Thursday, Sep 15, 2016 at 11:52
It works fine if you first try experimenting at
home how long your fridge and other accessories will run for and it's a good idea to do the same experiment if you have fitted a dual battery system. Keep a voltmeter handy to
check battery level and having a battery charger handy if or when you run the battery to low. You can determine approx what your limit is and stay
well within that but when you're on the road don't forget to take weather conditions and distances driven into account to give yourself a good safety margin. You can also fit a digital voltmeter gauge to your car to keep an eye on the battery if you need though I never fitted one. It all may sound like to much work or effort to go too for some but it's better to have some knowledge of your products limits from playing around at
home than to just plug it in and expect to never have any trouble when out in the bush which quite often happens to those who are not interested in learning about their gear and it's limits. In saying that yes we all have things we're interested in and things we are not that's how it is.
When I was working at TJM yrs ago I had a customer with a new Pajero that didn't want a dual batt system so I recommended trying this which he did and he was quite happy with the simplicity of the idea and was not aware these batteries were available. He returned a few months later and was very happy because he didn't have to lug his fridge into motel rooms for overnight stays but he still carried the 240v adaptor for the fridge which I use to do if I thought I was pushing the batteries limits.
Sorry about the big story you may not have expected this kind of reply but while some may think it's still too risky others take measures to reduce the risks and get good results and as I previously mentioned I done this for around 7yrs and never had a flat battery.
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