Curious to know how people have their caravan fridges wired where the van has it's own battery. 12v of course.
When I leave home I have my van battery fully charged and fridge running on 12v whilst travelling. When I get to my destination the battery in the van is dead, so the fridge must be drawing from this as I travel. Prado is wired up with 12 pin Anderson plug and intended that van battery would be charging as I went but charge to van battery appears insufficient to match fridge draw down.
Something is not right here. How do other people have their fridges wired. My neighbor has his wired straight to the car in parallel with the car battery and must turn the fridge off every time he stops to avoid flattening the car battery. His does not run off the van battery at all.
What is the norm and how should it be set up for optimum power use conservation. When I get to camp of course I put my fridge on gas or AC power if in a caravan park.
Thanks
Jeff
When I leave home I have my van battery fully charged and fridge running on 12v whilst travelling. When I get to my destination the battery in the van is dead, so the fridge must be drawing from this as I travel. Prado is wired up with 12 pin Anderson plug and intended that van battery would be charging as I went but charge to van battery appears insufficient to match fridge draw down.
Something is not right here. How do other people have their fridges wired. My neighbor has his wired straight to the car in parallel with the car battery and must turn the fridge off every time he stops to avoid flattening the car battery. His does not run off the van battery at all.
What is the norm and how should it be set up for optimum power use conservation. When I get to camp of course I put my fridge on gas or AC power if in a caravan park.
Thanks
Jeff
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