Utah KJ
Free State of Florida
Or, you can install the kit I posted. Battery protection and cold food win/win
12V Fridges on non-dual battery non-expedition vehicles
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Or, you can install the kit I posted. Battery protection and cold food win/win
Jay H
servicedriven.org
I use my waeco fridge in my Toyota rav 4 with a single battery. I am running a single
31 sized marine battery. It has more cold cranking amps than the stock battery because it is 2 sizes bigger. It also has enough capacity to run the cdf 35 for 3 days and not hit the 11.8V cut out. A simple cheap and effective solution for my needs.
If you have a fridge with a danfoss Compressor look up the controller and down load the
Schematic. It will show a table of what resistor to use for a given cut out voltage.
31 sized marine battery. It has more cold cranking amps than the stock battery because it is 2 sizes bigger. It also has enough capacity to run the cdf 35 for 3 days and not hit the 11.8V cut out. A simple cheap and effective solution for my needs.
If you have a fridge with a danfoss Compressor look up the controller and down load the
Schematic. It will show a table of what resistor to use for a given cut out voltage.
SWITAWI
Doesn't Get Out Enough
dstock
Explorer
I installed this system in a single batt JK that is used on many multi-day outtings with a fridge:
It makes for an excellent safety net.
Sorry, but what is this?
targa88
Explorer
Check with folks @ Sierra expeditions
Montana Cruiser
Adventurer
What is that system?
I installed this system in a single batt JK that is used on many multi-day outtings with a fridge:
It makes for an excellent safety net.
off-roader
Expedition Leader
Well more details would be nice... unless you just want attention and are playing some kind of weird 'hard to get' thing...
I'll reply for Utah KJ. He's known for being vague about his magic boxes on our local forum too.
I'm not affiliated with his product in any way. As I understand it his magic boxes monitor battery voltage and automatically start the engine if voltage drops below a set point. Then shuts it off when the battery is re-charged. It also sends you a text, or something, to let you know the trucks running.
Neat idea. I believe he has one local vender selling them.
I'm not affiliated with his product in any way. As I understand it his magic boxes monitor battery voltage and automatically start the engine if voltage drops below a set point. Then shuts it off when the battery is re-charged. It also sends you a text, or something, to let you know the trucks running.
Neat idea. I believe he has one local vender selling them.
4RunAmok
Explorer
What is that system?I installed this system in a single batt JK that is used on many multi-day outtings with a fridge:
It makes for an excellent safety net.
I'm not sure what the three black boxes/plug sets are, but they look like an Remote Start/Car Alarm system... The blue thing is a Sure Power Low Voltage cutoff. These are unique over other Low Voltage cutoffs in a few ways. 1, it gives you complete control volt by .volt down pretty low, it comes preset at 12.1 volts (labeled as such, but my experience is that they're all over the place unit by unit, so test it). We set our units at 10.8 volts before it shuts down the systems we attach to them. You can set to any voltage (xx.xx volts) within a range.
2, it gives you 45 seconds (or so) warning before it kills the circuit, audible warning and Flashing Red LED.
3 and coolest, it uses a regular 35 amp relay and has a post to hook up to the normally open side and the normally closed side (neat for a number of reasons, including sending voltage to a Remote Start to start your vehicle in case of low voltage. Most Remote Starts are programmable to shut down after so many minutes, so the cycle can repeat)
Available here:
http://www.ase-supply.com/Sure_Power_130512_Low_Voltage_Disconnect_p/sp-130512.htm
Data Sheet here:
http://www.waytekwire.com/datasheet/80029.pdf
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Utah KJ
Free State of Florida
And 100 kits shipped to Russia.
Montana Cruiser
Adventurer
Wow, very cool idea and thanks for the info!
Utah KJ
Free State of Florida
It's a bit more complex than 4Run is stating and the fact the other boxes are unknown is to him is testiment to that... and if you run down your primary batt to 10.8 volts, you will damage it especially if it's a starter batt.
It is a very excellent idea and you should buy one from me.
It is a very excellent idea and you should buy one from me.
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4RunAmok
Explorer
LOL... I did identify them as a remote start system
And the systems we run down to 10.8 volts are not house and not starting batteries, they run two computers used for traffic analysis, so no dangers of being stuck here.
Have a look
I would love to support your work, if I didn't have the know-how to make my own