Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at 17:03
Howdy Macca
The camper came with a 120 AH AGM but after the first time use of the fridge which only cooled for 2 hours I figured the battery was stuffed. Gave it a good long charge on my Ctek charger on the work bench at
home but 3 days later it was at 10.7 volts just sitting on
the bench. So I took the 120 amp hr battery out of my
Ranger and put it in the camper for last weekends 3 day
camp down at
Mount Gambier and after about 6 hours on day one which was only about 14 degrees max and raining the battery was down to 11.0
I have a 50 litre Waeco which I bought back in 2005 in my PX
Ranger and that would last 3 days without driving in those temps. I have a 60 litre ARB fridge in my Landcruiser which I took the camper to the Mount with and after 3 days the 2nd battery, 90 amp hr was 11.3 and no probs.
Now I think back and remember the previous owner telling me about four times how good the fridge works - I reckon that was his way of not telling me the fridge was stuffed lol
The Campomatic Camper trailer has a tapered front storage section and unfortunately a chest type fridge won't fit. Engel do a 57 litre upright that runs on 12 and 240 which is a bit dearer than some of the 12 volt only fridges available which from memory draws about 2.4 amps per hour.
Had a 60 litre Engel for about 12 years but it gave me more trouble than the Waeco.
I will get it sorted eventually
Appreciate your reply
Cheers
Gazz
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