This solar ice maker setup is relatively easy to create and will make around 5lbs of ice every 4 hours.
You will need:
– Solar panel(s) that can output 90w
– batteries
– charge controller
– 1000 watt inverter
– Ice maker
You must use a 1000 watt inverter because the ice maker needs 800 watts for one-tenth of a second to turn on. Afterwards it will run on 90 watts per hour.
Now that you have ice, you have an air conditioner! Check out this post on how to make a $454 air conditioner for around $15.
Very cool and very useful it could be incorporated into a system easily
Got it.
There’s one problem with that ice-maker. It won’t keep the cubes frozen, as the place where the cubes are ejected is not a freezer. You have to put the cubes in a bag and store in your regular freezer.
How is this a simple air conditioner?
Hope this will be reliable
Cool idea
If you like the DIY approach let me show you how to make your own DIY solar panels too http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D357GWE
Problem, solar panels arent cheap
Where is best place to purchase solar panels ?
Harbor freight! Bought a complete 45w kit for 139.00.