How long to recharge battery from shorepower?
The few times I have camped without electricity I have left before the battery was exhausted (two days) or I jumped it from the truck for 15 to 20 minutes to get through a third day and into the fourt...
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esox07 wrote:
I assume the OP is running the fridge on propane and I understand that the fridge still needs battery power to control things, but what does that mod do exactly to reduce battery power consumption by the fridge?
The climate control system is a 12 vdc heating element placed around the freezer compartment to help minimize the build up of frost. Obviously when running on shore power you don't really care how much this heating element is drawing but likewise as obvious when running on battery power alone whatever power that heating element requires is drawing down the battery. Since this climate control heater is just a convenience and not critical to the operation of the fridge it therefore only makes sense to turn it off when running on battery.
