Date:         Tue, 7 Feb 1995 07:56:17 -0800 (PST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Thom Fitzpatrick" <thom@tim.com>
Subject:      Re: 6V - 12V

>Yea but who cares- 1.5 amps is just a trickle compared to 5.5 amps thats 
>required for the fridge.   You'd have to put 4 of them in parralell just to 
>get the amperage.  So that drains around 12 amps at 6 volts.  This is 
>unrealistic as well, there are no 100% efficient machines out there.

But my intention was to be able to recharge the deep cycle battery,
in which case 1.5 amps prolly would be a good idea.

I'd already given up on the idea of running the fridge off the generator
'cause I didn't want to convert.  I wanted a way to recharge the aux
battery "in the field."

Thom
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