Fridge set up for FL2

[FraserG]

Have been reading a few conversations about a fridge for the FL2, thought I would share my solution-

Borrowed a friends 40l Engel for a trip to Darwin, wired the 12v in the boot for constant power, and added an Anderson plug to the battery. When the car was running had the fridge running just above freezing, then when camping attached a foldable (blanket style) solar panel (Solution x 100w foldable) to the anderson on the battery, lay the panel in the sun- worked a treat.

Ran fridge overnight off battery no problem, until we got further north and the night temp was around 23. The car would need to be driven the next day- but it always started off the standard battery.

As such I bought the Waeco 40l- mainly because the Waeco shuts itself off if it detects the main battery is too low- haven't tested this yet but will be in the High Country for a couple of weeks with some friends where I will see if this function does actually work. It fits perfectly in the boot with the ventilation in the right spots.

Hope thats of help to someone out there,

Cheers

Fraser

[FraserG]

Hi All,
Was up in the Strezleki ranges (Vic) for a week, so got to test the solar panel fridge combo further. Without running the car the solar panel maintained the battery for two days, the weather was generally fine. I used a cig lighter volt meter to monitor the charge throughout the experiment- with solar it was reading up to 13.2, but generally in the high 12's.
Hope this helps out.
Fraser