First of all Carl, my refer only draws 1.1 amps. A Friend whom I have been helping out with solar, just bought his new refer and it only draws. .6 amps All appliances are not created equal. The surge when mine starts is about 2.6 amps, and only lasts about 1 nano second. My chest freezer is exactly the same power draw.
Watercan lady. I have 3 gennies and my largest is actually 7kw. I can and have run my entire house on it for several hours at a time , due to the fact there are several days a year of total clouds when I get little or no solar.
Leon, how big your house is has no bearing whatsoever on solar. What is a factor though, is how MANY people live there and how many of those are kids. Kids are the biggest downfall of solar. They waste power (and everything else) just being kids.
You must learn to live within the solar limits, it will not learn to live within yours !