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[gingeback]

Hi, I'm after some advice.
I have a conversion with a fridge, the conversion was done by Dawlish import centre, but when I go camping the fridge will only run for about 1 day? is this normal?

I put a volt meter on the leisure battery and its on 10v and the fridge doesn't seem to be running, now I know they are not meant to flatten the leisure battery but the only other thing we have running off it is the water pump/sink (which we rarely use) so is the Fridge cutting out early? and if so is there a way of changing this?

my Leisure battery is-
85UKG
12v
85AH

My fridge is-
INDEL B
MOD CR042NV3**
S/N 640088

As it is its pretty useless to us, so any help would be gratefully received.

Cheers.

[westonwarrior]

Sounds like the leisure battery is not charging this could be due to the charging system installed or the battery

when the engine is running and supposed to be charging the leiaure battery what is the voltage across the battery?

[gingeback]

when the engine is running seems to go to 13ish, and after a bit of a journey the fridge will come on but will only run for say 1 day MAX then switch off when the leisure battery hits 10v.

[westonwarrior]

It may be your not taking it fot a long enough charge, have you made sure its totaly charged up with a battery charger.

short journeys won't charge it up enough

[MountainGoat]

Do you plug your Bongo into the mains at home overnight before you leave for a trip. It is essential to do this so that your fridge is at the right temperature to take your food and your leisure battery is fully charged. There is no way your fridge is going to be cold enough after a short to medium distance run if it is warm when you set off.

Tony

[haydn callow]

Fridges use up a fair bit of electricty.......your system is doing what it is supposed to do.(proctecting) the battery......10 volts is well flat and no battery should be allowed to go below 11 volts to help prevent battery damage.
Assuming your battery is rated at 100 amp hour :-
You will probably only ever get about 80/90 amp hours into it however you charge it.
When there is about 40 amp hours left in it ...it will be to all intents flat.
This gives you approx 50/60 amp hours you can use.
If your fridge uses 3 amps per hour you will have about 20 hours running time (not counting anything else you might switch on.) 60 divided by 3 = 20

as your battery gets older this will reduce.