How to power refrigerators?

kuliksco · 2014-03-27T22:05:16.000Z

How do you end up powering a refrigerator? Is it also possible to power other appliances like ovens?

KA101 · 2014-03-27T22:15:04.000Z

Full-scale refrigerators aren’t power-able yet. Vehicle minifridges are!

Install 'em in a vehicle setup, then power it via vehicle batteries: charge the batteries via engine & alternator, solar panels, or minireactor. You’ll need vehicle controls to switch everything on.

(You don’t have to make an actual wheeled vehicle. Just a few frames on the ground works fine. Several forum folks have made “utility modules” that fit into their bases; just ask!)

kuliksco · 2014-03-27T22:32:01.000Z

[quote=“KA101, post:2, topic:5619”]Full-scale refrigerators aren’t power-able yet. Vehicle minifridges are!

Install 'em in a vehicle setup, then power it via vehicle batteries: charge the batteries via engine & alternator, solar panels, or minireactor. You’ll need vehicle controls to switch everything on.

(You don’t have to make an actual wheeled vehicle. Just a few frames on the ground works fine. Several forum folks have made “utility modules” that fit into their bases; just ask!)[/quote]

Thanks! That’s a great idea. So far luxury RV’s are I think the only places I have seen minifridges and they don’t appear to be craftable. Can you find them anywhere else?

Hibou · 2014-03-27T22:35:32.000Z

Food carts have minifridges (and other food goodies!). They can be found in towns, usually on the same space as a park.

KA101 · 2014-03-27T22:37:00.000Z

Hibou:

Food carts have minifridges (and other food goodies!). They can be found in towns, usually on the same space as a park.

You can also find 'em (rarely) in places where you’d find hardware: tools and such.

Robik · 2014-03-27T22:37:17.000Z

Also regular RVs, and Ice cream carts and Food carts are sometimes in parks. I looted it in the furniture store too, but that seems rare.

dovla · 2014-03-27T22:50:46.000Z

KA101:

[quote=“Hibou, post:4, topic:5619”]Food carts have minifridges (and other food goodies!). They can be found in towns, usually on the same space as a park.

You can also find 'em (rarely) in places where you’d find hardware: tools and such.[/quote]
Found one in a fancy house too (those stone / glass houses). Doesn’t seem to be the rule. Parks are probably the best place to look.

jokermatt999 · 2014-03-28T00:02:12.000Z

The parks are pretty nice since you get a free cart to drag the mini fridge around since it’s pretty heavy.

I started with a shopping cart upgraded to a cargo container that I dragged around, with a 2x3 utility frame with the crafting options. I eventually wound up combining them, and using a large electric engine and 6 or 7 solar panels to power it. The storage is still a little meager and I can really only make our from one town to another before recharging, but it hasn’t slowed me too much. It’s pretty maneuverable too.

Basically, vehicles: totally worth it. It wasn’t as bad to put together and understand as I thought honestly.

kuliksco · 2014-03-28T00:07:50.000Z

[quote=“jokermatt999, post:8, topic:5619”]The parks are pretty nice since you get a free cart to drag the mini fridge around since it’s pretty heavy.

I started with a shopping cart upgraded to a cargo container that I dragged around, with a 2x3 utility frame with the crafting options. I eventually wound up combining them, and using a large electric engine and 6 or 7 solar panels to power it. The storage is still a little meager and I can really only make our from one town to another before recharging, but it hasn’t slowed me too much. It’s pretty maneuverable too.

Basically, vehicles: totally worth it. It wasn’t as bad to put together and understand as I thought honestly.[/quote]

AH cool, do solar panels work indoors?

KA101 · 2014-03-28T02:07:35.000Z

[quote=“kuliksco, post:9, topic:5619”][quote=“jokermatt999, post:8, topic:5619”]The parks are pretty nice since you get a free cart to drag the mini fridge around since it’s pretty heavy.

I started with a shopping cart upgraded to a cargo container that I dragged around, with a 2x3 utility frame with the crafting options. I eventually wound up combining them, and using a large electric engine and 6 or 7 solar panels to power it. The storage is still a little meager and I can really only make our from one town to another before recharging, but it hasn’t slowed me too much. It’s pretty maneuverable too.

Basically, vehicles: totally worth it. It wasn’t as bad to put together and understand as I thought honestly.[/quote]

AH cool, do solar panels work indoors?[/quote]

No. is_in_sunlight requires being outside, sorry. Most folks work around that by knocking out a section of wall and replacing it with a vehicle “board”, which serves the same purpose. You could use an external vehicle door and add curtains for the same effect as a domestic window, with the added perk of being able to open it from the outside.