How to run fridge/freezer off extra battery
Aloha! I don’t have an RV but I do have a 1972 VW bus converted to be a coffee bus and have a question. My first thought was an RV forum because it is similar to how RVs operate! I would like to be...
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mauisanna wrote:
not sure any of the info for the inverter as it was installed by the previous owner. I just know that if it is off then nothing electrical in the bus works when the bus is plugged in!
This sounds more like "Converter" to me. Not Inverter. It makes 12V out of 120V, and charges the battery. If lights and other small electrical things inside the bus don't work when it's off, then your battery is dead. Or you're accidentally switching both the battery and Converter off.
Running electric kettle without generator on a single battery, you'll kill the battery in no time.
Use propane for kettle. Fridge is possible to run with 2 batteries, solar and alternator.
