Trailblaza 240v 12v switching

Submitted: Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 07:45
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Hi, I am looking to sell my Waeco FF90 and get a Trailblaza 50l-60l (75mm insulation). I have found that the FF90 cannot freeze fish quick enough when running 50% of the time off a generator and the other 50% off 12v battery. I was planning to get a second thermostat fitted to the trailblaza to help the freezing process - can anyone tell me how better the freezer performs with a 2nd thermostat?. The only thing that I need to get my head around is how to get the power into the Trailblaza while camping. The last few trips I have done we have had both engels and waecos and plug them into the genset (240v) and also have them plugged into a battery (12v) and have a battery charger charging the battery. The genset lasts for around 6hrs and when it shuts off the charging of the battery stops and they automatically switch over to using the 12v power. This is a great setup but I have been told that trailblaza cannot do this.

My question is what is the best way to supply power to the Trailblaza? Can I have a battery charger charging a battery that the fridge is sucking power from? I have a honda 2kva inverter genset and use a cheap battery charger (I will have to buy a three stage one I know) to charge the battery so I can run the genset on econo mode. There is a battery charger built into the genset but the documentation says that you have to run the genset at full revs. This doesn't suit as we start the genset up before we leave camp and it runs all day.
Thanks!
Justin
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