Hi Tim,

That sounds fine. I think the manufacturer is being cautious. near as I
can tell, the Norcold does not have any kind of extra-sensitive
electronics in it -- and I can tell you that I have all kind of bizarre
systems hooked to the line that fed that Norcold ("that Norcold" as in, my
Norcold is now in your hands and I've got that Vitrifrigo to install), and
the Norcold was not troubled.

If the wire from the battery to the Norcold is nice and fat, then there's
no reason why you can't hook an inverter or other electrical appliances to
the same wire -- BUT it's but better to try to hook heavy loads directly
to the battery directly rather than share them off the same wire that
feeds other gadgets, too. FYI, the Norcold is not a heavy load at under 3
amps, so even decent wire will feed it just fine, if you want to run a
dedicated line to it.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR

On 10/28/2009 10:43 AM Timmy Evens wrote:

> i'm installing a DC 0400 Norcold fridge in my 83 westy. the manufacturer recommends not having any appliances wired between the auxiliary battery and the fridge as to avoid some fluctuation electrical phenomenon that i don't understand. i have a large gauge wire coming off an isolator in the engine compartment coming to an auxiliary battery under the front seat. i have an inverter wired off of the aux battery and was thinking of placing another larger deep cycle battery under the bench seat to boost total amp hours out of my auxiliary system. can anyone think of a reason why this wouldn't work?
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> thanks,
> tim
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