Saturday, Feb 25, 2012 at 15:39
Thanks everyone for your comments and advice. I also talked to SSB who made the battery and they confirmed that the fridge would only run for about 12 hours on that battery.
They suggested that the battery would need a 150 Amp hour regulator, as a minimum, if I were to mount the battery in my Nissan Navara ute and they advised their dual battery kit, part number DBC150K, price $278. This kit, they said, contains everything I would need to mount the battery in my ute and have it charge successfully.
I have always planned to do that but may now have to bring that forward and also buy a new fridge.
Interestingly, even though its their battery and charging kit, they could not tell me how long it would take to charge the battery from a 10V state. I will call back next week to talk to the expert and if I get any answers will add them to this thread.
One other interesting snippet. They said the battery was a VRL-SLA type, so a lead acid battery. Battery Mart in Tempe, who sold it to me said it was a gel battery. Not sute how this affects charging but on my charging attempts, I chose gel battery as instructed by Battery Mart.
Thanks again for all your help though, its greatly appreciated.
bobj
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