How to Use Solar Power to Run Coffee Makers

Find out how many watts your coffee maker needs to run. Since heating up water to near boiling point needs a lot of electricity, many coffee makers average around 900 watts. Check on your specific model or find a coffee maker that needs less power to do the job. The number of watts will be used to determine the complexity and cost of your solar power system.

Install a solar power system using photo voltaic cells to capture the solar energy. Solar panels will need to run through a charge controller before the electricity reaches the deep-cycle batteries. The charge controller will help to keep the solar electricity from overloading the batteries.

Run the electrical wiring from the charge controller to the deep-cycle batteries. If you are only going to use the solar panels for your coffee maker, then you will probably only need one deep-cycle battery.

Connect the deep-cycle battery to an AC inverter, which will convert the direct current from the solar panels and the battery into the usable, alternating current is required by most household appliances.

Connect the AC inverter to an electrical outlet where your coffee maker is placed. Your coffee maker can then plug into the outlet, which will be powered by the solar panels on your rooftop.