Swap 12v for 120v Fridge Element? UPDATE 2
EDIT--it turned out you can't swap them--they are not the same and it would fry things if you applied 120v to the 12v element ---------------------- UPDATE 25 Jan--12v is cooling down the freezer....
Forum Discussion
Ok, first my test overnight failed because a wire came off a blade terminal somehow, so I have to start over on that.
On the wiring in general, I take the specs I posted earlier to mean from the fridge to battery.
The 20 amp fuse is on a wire between the 12v element and PC Board, maybe two feet long. The actual wires on the 12v element are #16 AWG. The actual wires on the 120v element look the same but are marked (can't read it) AWM. Both of those sets of wires are aluminum.
I do have the manual statement that the 12v is only for short duration and it is not enough to do a cool-down, only good for maintain.
I can't figure out if they want that short duration only because they are worried about battery going down, as they seem to say, or if there is another reason you can't leave it on longer maintaining after the cool down using gas.
My plan is for more like 16 hours at 12v maintaining when on shore power at home, so the converter is on and no worries about battery going flat.
So if there is another reason for not leaving it on a longer time besides battery worries, I would like to know, so I don't wreck anything.
On the wiring in general, I take the specs I posted earlier to mean from the fridge to battery.
The 20 amp fuse is on a wire between the 12v element and PC Board, maybe two feet long. The actual wires on the 12v element are #16 AWG. The actual wires on the 120v element look the same but are marked (can't read it) AWM. Both of those sets of wires are aluminum.
I do have the manual statement that the 12v is only for short duration and it is not enough to do a cool-down, only good for maintain.
I can't figure out if they want that short duration only because they are worried about battery going down, as they seem to say, or if there is another reason you can't leave it on longer maintaining after the cool down using gas.
My plan is for more like 16 hours at 12v maintaining when on shore power at home, so the converter is on and no worries about battery going flat.
So if there is another reason for not leaving it on a longer time besides battery worries, I would like to know, so I don't wreck anything.
