On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@vickersdesign.com>wrote:

> So the moral of the story is: run a big charge wire to your setup. In
> my case, since my aux battery and 1315 are under my rear seat, would
> it make more sense to run that bigger charge wire straight to the main
> side of the 1315 instead of going all the way to the main battery?
> Shorter wire, less drop etc...
>
> Jeff
>
>   Actually...I think the real story is....Maybe....trying to use a 12v
battery powered fridge for an extended time without any plug-in is not so
easy as it would seem.  For a few days, sure no problemo.  But...and I am
sure I will be told.."Yeah, but MINE works fine" by a bunch of listers,
we've spent plenty of winters off the grid,  camping amongst all kinds of
rigs...Very few have successfully used just 12v refrigeration  (away from an
electrical plug in).  Plenty of our 'neighbors' have tried...most of those
have had some problems or end up with ice chests as an Auxillary reefer..
With a large solar collection set up and plenty of battery capacity I guess
you can do it...but it seems that for extended camping away from shore power
our best bet is propane for the fridge...
  Just my experience..Oh btw, I have a 12v fridge in an old Dodge van that I
am about to haul away...don't recall the brand but it worked last time I
used it about 15 years ago..anybody want it?
  Don Hanson