# How to power refrigerators?
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-power-refrigerators/5619
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [March 27, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-power-refrigerators/5619 "2014-03-27T22:05:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@kuliksco](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kuliksco)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-power-refrigerators/5619/1 "2014-03-27T22:05:16Z")
How do you end up powering a refrigerator? Is it also possible to power other appliances like ovens?
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### Author:  [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-power-refrigerators/5619/2 "2014-03-27T22:15:04Z")
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!)
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### Author:  [@kuliksco](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kuliksco)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-power-refrigerators/5619/3 "2014-03-27T22:32:01Z")
[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?
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### Author:  [@Hibou](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hibou)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-power-refrigerators/5619/4 "2014-03-27T22:35:32Z")
Food carts have minifridges (and other food goodies!). They can be found in towns, usually on the same space as a park.
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### Author:  [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-power-refrigerators/5619/5 "2014-03-27T22:37:00Z")
> [@Hibou](#):
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> 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.
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### Author:  [@Robik](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Robik)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-power-refrigerators/5619/6 "2014-03-27T22:37:17Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@dovla](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/dovla)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-power-refrigerators/5619/7 "2014-03-27T22:50:46Z")
> [@KA101](#):
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> [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.
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### Author:  [@jokermatt999](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jokermatt999)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-power-refrigerators/5619/8 "2014-03-28T00:02:12Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@kuliksco](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kuliksco)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-power-refrigerators/5619/9 "2014-03-28T00:07:50Z")
[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?
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### Author:  [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-power-refrigerators/5619/10 "2014-03-28T02:07:35Z")
[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.