Costway 54 Quart Fridge on SUAOKI G500

[TheGrrrrr]

I purchased and have used on 3 occasions the Costway 54 Quart Refrigerator/Freezer and have found it quite competent. Today I received my order for the SAUOKI G500 Power bank/Inverter from amazon and am testing it with the Fridge.

The Fundamentals of the test:

The G500 was charged fully before the test.
The Fridge was loaded with 40+ cold beers, a 4-pack of meal replacement shakes and a carton of egg substitute.
The air temp at the beginning of the test was 76f and will not drop below 70f.

The Test:

The full Fridge was plugged into the G500 at 5:48pm on Thursday, November 15th 2018.

The set temp of the Fridge is 35f

At power up the interior temp of the Fridge was 64f

The compressor kicked on at 5:54pm

The interior temp of the Fridge reached the set temp at 6:04pm - 10 minute cool down

During initial cool-down the G500 indicated a DC power draw of 50w

The lid of the Fridge will be opened 2 times per hour for 5 seconds during waking hours to simulate use.

My goal is to determine the total run time for the Fridge powered only by the G500,

Updates to come....

 

[TheGrrrrr]

Ok, the test has wrapped up and the numbers are in...

The G500 gave up after approximately 34 hours. I suspect that decent sunlight and a 100w panel could power this setup indefinitely.

 

[MuckSavage]

Nice test. Thanks for sharing

 

[CJRK]

Very helpful information...wish there were more tests like this conducted on a variety of common fridges utilized in overland builds.

 

[Jean-Yves Hudon]

Thanks for sharing. It gave us data and experience with brand other than the usual like arb, dometic, etc. And hope you got a few beers out as well lol!

 

[Mark D]

I am very interested to see if the 100 watt panel will do the trick.

 

[TheGrrrrr]

I am very interested to see if the 100 watt panel will do the trick.

It worked great over 3 days. Haven’t used it longer than that.

 

[Mark D]

It worked great over 3 days. Haven’t used it longer than that.

Is that three days parked without moving? I just bought one of the Wynter fridges. I don’t think they are very efficient, paperwork says 5.5 amp draw.

 

[Mark D]

Looking at the Costway website, the 54q draws 50 watts. 50/12=4.166 amps.

 

[TheGrrrrr]

Parked with near optimal sunlight, but high temps were about 55 and lows at 30 so it wasn’t running as much.

 

[Mark D]

Looks like you are taking a good scientific approach to this. I see so many people who move everyday and put their 5 watt panel out thinking it is running their fridge and not understanding that 5 minutes of a spinning alternator crates way more power than their panel. Thanks for your posting and keep us up to date on your findings.

 

[Reaper_st84]

Ok, the test has wrapped up and the numbers are in...

The G500 gave up after approximately 34 hours. I suspect that decent sunlight and a 100w panel could power this setup indefinitely.

How many a/h have the SAUOKI G500 Power bank?

 

[JzzR83]

Thanks for the report on how the power bank works. I am not able to find it on amazon right now. Seems to be a good option instead of the Goal Zero.

 

[Inthewoods]

TheGrrrrr, great info. how did you like the frig? did it make ice without freezing the other side? looking into the frig then a power supply.

 

[TheGrrrrr]

I have not used it to make ice. I’m not sure I would trust it not to freeze both sides.

 

[avgjoe624]

where did you find your insulate cover? i have the same fridge and cant seem to find one anywhere

 

[Inthewoods]

With one lid it looks like the cold air flowed into the other side making it colder then you want it to be . I see cooler with two lids. just wondering if that cold air flowed into the other side.

 

[Farmjeepwrangler]

Simply take watt hours and divide by 12 and that will give you amp hours. ( they rate them in watt hours so you think your getting more for your money). 500whrs/12 volts = 41.66 amp hours. A cheap “deep cycle”marine battery from Walmart 135 amp hours (1620 whrs)costs $79.00.

 

[TheGrrrrr]

where did you find your insulate cover? i have the same fridge and cant seem to find one anywhere

I used the Smittybilt 2789-99 Transit Bag. The fridge seems to be identical to the Smittybilt one.

 

[avgjoe624]

I used the Smittybilt 2789-99 Transit Bag. The fridge seems to be identical to the Smittybilt one.

awesome!!! thank you