Date:         Tue, 10 Jul 2001 14:02:24 -0500
Reply-To:     wilden1@JUNO.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Westy Fridge amperage?
Comments: To: vw@EMRIVER.COM
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Try 6/10 amp rating. Big enough to run a little roof fan or charge your
battery.
I've sold automatic gate operators that run on solar and a car battery
and the panels I've seen over the past fifteen years are normally under 1
AMP and are used as trickle chargers.
You can pick up a cheap amp gauge that you just hold next to the 12v
source line and check the amps with the refer on.

Stan Wilder
1983 Westfalia Air Cooled

On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:11:04 -0500 Steve Gough <vw@EMRIVER.COM> writes:
> I'm setting up a solar charging and aux batt system in my '86 Westy.
>
> My charge controller has a neat feature:  It will automatically
> disconnect
> the load when battery voltage gets low, preventing over-drawing the
> battery.
>
> But it only has a 6 amp rating for this.  Anybody know how much
> amperage
> the fridge pulls?  I have ratings for everything else I'm hooking up
> to it.
>
> Of course I don't plan on running the fridge much off 12V, but it
> would be
> nice to have that choice.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Steve Gough
>

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