On Jul 18, 2005, at 1:06 PM, Michael Elliott wrote: > I, for one, look forward to hearing ideas about this. > > The fridge should not care where the heat used to boil the > water/ammonia > solution comes from. A propane flame, 12V or 120V. The electrical > heater > is a dual-voltage part, with both halves rated at 85 watts. Watts is > pretty much heat in a case like this, so 12V or 120V, the performance > should be the same. > > http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/fridge.htm > > That's the reefer. I run both LP and 12V when I am driving -- my LP > flame does not blow out. But I've never seen a difference between LP or > 12V alone when driving. > > GoWesty's explanation, about charge rate issues. Hm, I have a problem > with that. As long as the battery is providing 12 volts or more, the > reefer should be heating and cooling fine. So I'd check to see if the > battery is providing the voltage. Make sure the battery is charged > (drive for a few hours). If the battery does not provide 12 volts when > the reefer is set to 12V (can't do that indefinitely, the reefer pulls > 7 > amps when on 12V, but a few hours, anyway) then either the battery is > not actually receiving a charge or it is a bad battery. > > -- > > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > Carlsbad, CA > KG6RCR > > > > On 7/18/2005 12:08 PM Chuck Reisinger wrote: > >> My Frig isn't doing so well running on 12v when underway..... thought >> in theory - that you could run the frig while underway or parked for >> 1-2 hours....changng over to propane when stopped for longer periods >> or >> for the night..... new batteries and frig update completed by >> GoWesty.....talked with Chris at GW...he told me the aux battery >> doesn't charge at the same rate as the main....I didn't know >> this.....he suggested just staying on propane....btw: frig works like >> a champ on 110.... >> >> So....is the 12v frig feature a WASTE? Is there anything that can be >> done to resolve this? >> >> Would installing a new alt help? >> >> Thanks much >> > |
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