Gotta love Miss Kitty. Part of the reason for looking into solar for things based in the garage is that we selected the garage as our "project" for the fall. Have contractor scheduled to come in an fix the walls and ceiling, and a flooring company to put in some type of nice floor. I've down sized, thrown out, and rearranged my tools and things. I keep eyeing the fridge and freezer, thinking that we could do quite well, thank you M Kondo, with just one fridge. But I didn't think I'd broach the subject with Miss Kitty until one of the existing units died. Both about ~20years old at this point. Well we stopped at Home Depot for some parts for another project and she said she was going to browse appliances. 10 minutes later she's dragging me down the appliance aisle pointing out the $3,500+ refrigerators. Takes me to a far corner of the store where they have some clearance items. A brand new Samsun, 24cuft, SxS model for $1,200. Absolutely the ugliest thing inside and out. No rounded corners, no cute storage bins, no indoor dispenser, no water filter, not a wasted inch inside. Perfectly square corners at every level. Checked with the associate and it is a newer model that doesn't have Samsung compressor problems of their older ones. Full warranty. Arriving next week.
Forget all the power studies of the separate freezer and fridge. I'm willing to bet it'll draw less than either one of the older ones. While that's good for our power bill, it means I won't save as much taking it off-grid. Oh, well, she did ask which battery back up system I was considering, so she may be thinking of rolling that into the garage renovation cost.
More to follow.