Garrettwolf
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Garrettwolf said:I recently purchased a Dometic cf-18 used It seems to work well, I have plugged in to my jumper battery. It is working as far as I can tell. Does any have any information on this, like maintenance, up keep, preventitive maintenance?
SternWake said:Thank you and everyone for the great advice, I want to be clear, I was only testing the unit, not planning on running it from the jumper. I just purchased it , rather cheaply from Craigslist and needed to test it. It seems to work as it should.
So hard wiring it in is better ? I am new to this and don't have a van as of yet, but when I do where does it hard wire in at? I plan on getting solar, the harbour freight ones for now and a couple of deep cycle batteries. Does it wire to that or the actual vehicle battery?
I have so many questions lol. Sorry,
Again thank you all.
Wolf
That jumper pack only has a 12AH AGM battery. They are not a great battery.
https://www.amazon.com/D5744-Sealed...=UTF8&qid=1478418177&sr=8-5&keywords=ub+12120
In 75 F, it can likely power the fridge for a few hours at most.
Make sure the cooling unit vents are not obstructed, run it from a bigger battery, and save he jumper pack for its intended use, jumping a vehicle whose battery is overdepleted.
Recharge the jumperpack for several days and save it for actually jumpstarting. They are not a great substitute house battery, not even close.
The Ciggy plug will eventually fail and perhaps cause your food to spoil.
Junky connector when new, worsens quickly with use.
The remedy is cutting off the ciggy plug and wiring to house battery fuse block.
SternWake said:The ciggy plug has two wires a (+) and a (-) The spring loaded tip is the (+) and part which touches the sides of the receptacle is the (-).
There are some very basics here that you need to understand before you start cutting cords. I'd even hold off on cutting the cord until you realize how simple it really is and have developed some very basic skills in wiring of DC items.
Almost There said:Thank you for this. I suspected as mucyou have one layin around.h based on my wiring in the Marinco outlets in the van but needed it confirmed.
I know how much you detest ciggie type outlets and plugs but I have an emergency situation going on and need to replace the plug unit that came with my fridge. Until I settle in one spot this winter so I can order something like an Anderson pole set up for it, I have to be able to run on the 12V replacement I have in stock. Hard wiring is not always practical as I need to be have the two units still portable.
I can't be dragging a 120v extension cord down the highway....
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