bundyjd
John
I've recently bought a 100AH deep cycle battery in a standalone battery box, mainly to power a little Evakool camp fridge.
The battery will be hooked up to a 240V smart charger while at home and I have a couple of solar panels to keep it going once camp has been set up, but looking for the best way to keep it charged enough to run the fridge while on the go.
I bought the battery, battery box and solar panels on sale at RTM and was going to get a DC-DC charger but the guy at RTM said I should "just plug it into the 12V cig socket" in the cargo area of my Forester. He even made up a lead with a 12V cig plug on one end and an Anderson plug on the other and gave me that for nothing (think he was bored).
I'm not thinking that's actually going to work too well, and that I will need a DC-DC charger to get the voltage I need to charge it properly. So thinking something like a CTek dual DC-DC charger, and assume I will need to run some heavy cables to an Anderson plug in the cargo area, and plug the charger into that.
Any thoughts on this setup?
Cheers,
John
The battery will be hooked up to a 240V smart charger while at home and I have a couple of solar panels to keep it going once camp has been set up, but looking for the best way to keep it charged enough to run the fridge while on the go.
I bought the battery, battery box and solar panels on sale at RTM and was going to get a DC-DC charger but the guy at RTM said I should "just plug it into the 12V cig socket" in the cargo area of my Forester. He even made up a lead with a 12V cig plug on one end and an Anderson plug on the other and gave me that for nothing (think he was bored).
I'm not thinking that's actually going to work too well, and that I will need a DC-DC charger to get the voltage I need to charge it properly. So thinking something like a CTek dual DC-DC charger, and assume I will need to run some heavy cables to an Anderson plug in the cargo area, and plug the charger into that.
Any thoughts on this setup?
Cheers,
John