springerdan

Allo All, well, its been a while but im back on Elra albeit sporadically which should change once i get into Beckets Park in northampton. is anyone else on the forums heading for the new marina there? ~dan

Hi, after years of living without a fridge onboard i have finally bit the bullet and acquired an old RM212 to experiment with. i was intending on running the fridge as follows:- put a fair few of those cold block things into it. as i leave for work in teh morning, put the fridge onto gas. when i come home (anywhere between 6 and 7pm), take it off gas and place it into 240v mode as i run the generator to charge the batteries. turn it off at 8pm and avoid opening the thing until the following morning. after opening it in the evening, run the fridge on 12volt for a few minutes. if i cruise, turn the thing on and take the power while its being made. however the good woman and i have lost our bottle with gas, so to speak, so i was considering getting hold of a 12volt timer and asking that to run the fridge for the odd hour or half hour during the day and keeping some coldness that way until the usual 7 till 8 battery charging time when the fridge can run from the generator. i have a 20 amp charger (and 10A for the lesser used bank) so i dont have many amps to be able to put in in my limited time available. i also only have a 220amp domestic battery bank and really would not want to run that down far. currently () i dont really need to charge every day for more than around half an hour as i use very very little power which at this time of year the solar panels seem to help keep abreast of. i have 36watts of panels (dont ever see more than 12 watts come out of the whole set..) so i am hoping that with a little more solar, a 12v timer for the fridge and a little more battery charging i can avoid having the gas plumbed in - which i am not sure is even legit nowadays. can you chaps and chapesses comment please on whether a timer running a fridge will be a waste of money and effort as i really dont have the funds available to buy a really efficient fridge and anything has to be better than nothing! first topic/post so please be gentle! ~springerdan