battery packs
Submitted: Thursday, Dec 06, 2001 at 01:00
ThreadID:
587
Views:
2622
Replies:
3
FollowUps:
2
This Thread has been Archived
ian
I am thinking of purchasing a battery pack to run my fridge when away on camping trips,has anybody had any experience with these type of units as compared to a duel battery set up ? ,thanks Ian
Reply By: Patrick - Thursday, Dec 06, 2001 at 01:00
Thursday, Dec 06, 2001 at 01:00
Hi Ian - I had a simailar question on this site back on 24 October and receieved some interesting
feedback.
In my case I was looking at a Thumper unit to power my Waeco 52 litre fridge because at that time I understood that a 2nd battery system could not be installed in my Pathfinder. I subsequently found through an aftermarket dealer in
Brisbane that I could. The 2nd system cost $650 which was for an Parnaha tray with an Optima deep cycle battery plus 2x 6amp cables to connectors in the rear. The Thumper alternative was $700 - $750 and I found through the advice received that it would only run my fridge for around 24hrs before charging would be required. The charging process is very slow and could take up to 18hrs to conmplete.
There were plenty of people who said that they liked the Thumper but I also spoke to extremely experienced off-roaders and a couple of local 4wd shops who said that they are more suitable to low ampage use rather than powering a fridge.
A normal Danfross 35 condenser can use up to 4 amps per hour when the conditions are hot so it does not take much to draw down a 48amp battery. Remember that you have to allow for a cut off at around 20% of that.
I believe that after all the advice I received that my decision to install the 2nd battery sysyem was the more practical and cost efficient way for me for the future.
For more info try doing a search of Exploroz.com by simply going to the search option, typing battery packs of power packs and up it come.
Best of luck
AnswerID:
1542
Follow Up By: Ian - Thursday, Dec 06, 2001 at 01:00
Thursday, Dec 06, 2001 at 01:00
thanks guys it gives me something more to think about !!!! ian
FollowupID:
487
Follow Up By: Geoff - Monday, Dec 10, 2001 at 01:00
Monday, Dec 10, 2001 at 01:00
Patrick could you e-mail me the
Brisbane dealer who did the work
Thanks Geoff
FollowupID:
497