Not exactly. My wife and I lived in our other van for 2 straight months
last summer with an electric only fridge and no charging during that
time other than the alternator while driving. It worked fine stopped for
as many as 3 nights in a row without starting the engine. We did not try
longer than that at a stretch. Of course we had 2 Group 48 batteries
running it rather than the single aux battery we have in this current
van. This current van had a charging path problem, uncovered by the
electric only fridge installation. The van we used last year had new
wiring for the aux battery setup since I had time to do a proper setup.

Mark

Don Hanson wrote:

>>
>>   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
>