Sofisintown
Well-known member
So I'm on the road, and for the first time I plugged the fridge (Alpicool 35) in the cigarette outlet on the dash, and I was driving for about 4 hours humming along, and checking the battery meter on the dashboard every so often, and it showed 14V or a hair under, all the time.
I stopped in a rest area for 20-25 minutes, and when I tried to start the car again to get going, it was dead. The lights would come on, but could not turn. Dead. Kaput.
I unplugged the fridge and put it on the house battery, and now I am waiting for the AAA rescue guy. The closest town is 2-3 miles away, but I was told it will be 90 minutes.
That screws up my plans a tad, but my main concern is that I was so sure that the fridge would work on the car battery without problem.
A nice Mexican family with 3 kids stopped next to me and they offered me a jump. They had a portable jumper, but the jumper was dead too. Then they brought their truck over and tried again, but the cables would barely reach. The father was teaching the bigger boy how the battery jumper thingy works.
Right on cue, the AAA lady came alive after 45 minutes on hold, and then a cop came over to see if all is ok, and I was talking to them all, trying not to lose the AAA lady on the phone, that I knew was my ultimate savior. :-/ .
So finally the crowds dispersed, and I settle for the night - or the next couple of hours- before I continue...
So here I am, in my comfy van with plenty of house power, restrooms and vending machines steps away 2:15 in the morning, for miss-plugging my fridge. Never again. :huh:
The battery is 2 years old btw, and has never been killed before.
I hope it will survive this one.
Cheers everyone, I hope your day had better end.
I stopped in a rest area for 20-25 minutes, and when I tried to start the car again to get going, it was dead. The lights would come on, but could not turn. Dead. Kaput.
I unplugged the fridge and put it on the house battery, and now I am waiting for the AAA rescue guy. The closest town is 2-3 miles away, but I was told it will be 90 minutes.
That screws up my plans a tad, but my main concern is that I was so sure that the fridge would work on the car battery without problem.
A nice Mexican family with 3 kids stopped next to me and they offered me a jump. They had a portable jumper, but the jumper was dead too. Then they brought their truck over and tried again, but the cables would barely reach. The father was teaching the bigger boy how the battery jumper thingy works.
Right on cue, the AAA lady came alive after 45 minutes on hold, and then a cop came over to see if all is ok, and I was talking to them all, trying not to lose the AAA lady on the phone, that I knew was my ultimate savior. :-/ .
So finally the crowds dispersed, and I settle for the night - or the next couple of hours- before I continue...
So here I am, in my comfy van with plenty of house power, restrooms and vending machines steps away 2:15 in the morning, for miss-plugging my fridge. Never again. :huh:
The battery is 2 years old btw, and has never been killed before.
I hope it will survive this one.
Cheers everyone, I hope your day had better end.
