Last fall I installed a deep cycle 32amp/hr wheelchair battery as an auaillary for my '84 westy. I have it wired through the relay under the driver's seat. Everything in the sink/stove/fridge area will run off this aux battery while camping, etc. I understood that if you ran the fridge off the aux, you would get a max of 3hrs out of the battery.So, instead of using the fridge i used an Igloo plug-in cooler which I plugged into an accessory outlet I have wired in off the aux batt. This also killed the battery within 3hrs. Should this have died this quickly? I would think the cooler would draw much less power than the fridge would. I mean, this is the same type of battery that goes into a wheelchair and those can go for a whole day. Both of my batteries charge off the stock alternator with no modifications made except tapping into the existing relay under the driver's seat. I think I'll try to fix the propane on the fridge. -steve- |
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