caravan fridge
Submitted: Friday, Jun 16, 2006 at 19:44
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lorry
I hope someone can help me. I want to run my 3way caravan fridge on 12v from my 3l turbo diesel RA Rodeo ute alternator.
I have installed two 6mm wires, (negative and positive) from an anderson plug at the front of my van to a 12v power point inside the van, just for the fridge. I have also put 6mm wires (neg and pos) from the engine bay to an anderson plug connection at the rear of the ute.
My problem is, how do I connect up the wires in the engine bay? Can I connect directly to the alternator terminals after connecting to a 20amp circuit breaker? I thought that the fridge could be run only when the Rodeo engine is running and therefore have no chance of flattening the vehicles battery when the engine is stopped.
Could someone please advise me on the above problem please?
Regards, Lorry.
Reply By: Member - DOZER- Saturday, Jun 17, 2006 at 20:00
Saturday, Jun 17, 2006 at 20:00
Lorry
Running straight off the alt is possible, and will result in more volts getting to the fridge, but you will need a relay to switch it on once the motor gets going and the alt charging. However, it would be better to connect to a aux battery and do it that way, for the following reasons.
12v on a 3 way is real inefficient.hooking up with large cables helps, but not much....as far as comparison with gas goes....there is no comparison on fridge performance on either 240 or gas to 12v
Having the fridge off while the motor is off, will raise the inside temp up on the fridge, you dont want that...because 12v wont chill it back down, but will keep it steady...
Lastly, these fridges dont like being out of level at all....
Andrew
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