Date:         Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:42:51 -0600
Reply-To:     Richard A Jones <jones@COLORADO.EDU>
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From:         Richard A Jones <jones@COLORADO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Dometic fridge wiring question (diagram supplied)
Comments: To: musomuso@gmail.com, mark drillock <drillock@earthlink.net>
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Mark & Neil:

What am I missing in this discussion about hooking
the fridge relay to the aux battery?  It seems to me
there are two options:
(A) keep the fridge relay.  Then why move it to the
    aux battery since it only works when the alt is
    charging?  Don't mess with the fridge wiring at all.
(B) remove the relay--and wire the fridge to the aux
    battery so you can run the fridge on 12V whenever
    you want.  In that case, an external indicator light
    added to the kitchen panel would be good, since the
    7 amp heater in the fridge could run your aux battery
    down overnight.
But why try to figure out how to move the relay to the
aux battery?  Admittedly, my thinking is contaminated
by my purely manual setup that I inherited (well, really,
purchased) of no relay and a battery switch.  And, yes,
I have run my aux battery down, but not from the fridge....

Richard
Boulder