{"id":21516,"date":"2020-11-04T10:55:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T08:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/?p=21516"},"modified":"2021-09-13T13:02:50","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T11:02:50","slug":"refrigerated-mobile-butcher-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/04\/refrigerated-mobile-butcher-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Refrigerated mobile butcher shop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Until recently lead acid batteries – half a ton of them – provided the daily energy needed to run the refrigeration plant of a mobile butcher shop selling produce amongst the hilly terrain in the Rioja region of Spain.<\/p>\n

Worse still, the sixteen batteries could only be recharged from a 230V power supply at the end of each long day.<\/p>\n

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CHANGE TO LITHIUM BATTERY STORAGE<\/p>\n

What a difference Lithium has made! With a 60% reduction in weight; the addition of solar power, and charging from the alternator, the power installation has gone from ‘worst’ to ‘best’ of all worlds.<\/p>\n

The cutting edge installation was carried out by Distribuciones Solares del Principado SL (DSPSolar)<\/a>\u00a0based on Spain’s north coast, for Rioja region’s\u00a0Parry Innovation S.l<\/a>\u00a0 – who specialise in converting Borco H\u00f6hns\u00a0<\/span>commercial vehicles into attractive and practical mobile retail outlets.<\/p>\n

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<\/div><\/a> The fuses and equipment compartment is accessible from outside in a hermetic enclosure fitted with a rubber gasket. It is equipped with forced air extraction controlled by a thermostat for proper ventilation.<\/p><\/div>\n

The power provision for the mobile butcher shop plying its trade in sunny Spain takes advantage of every opportunity for power generation, weight minimisation, ease of use, and system control:<\/p>\n

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