{"id":1360,"date":"2018-02-03T14:00:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T04:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/news\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2018-02-02T14:23:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T04:23:09","slug":"never-turn-your-car-fridge-off-again-with-this-incredible-complete-12v-system-from-4wd-supacentre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/never-turn-your-car-fridge-off-again-with-this-incredible-complete-12v-system-from-4wd-supacentre\/","title":{"rendered":"Never Turn Your Car Fridge Off Again With This Incredible Complete 12v System from 4WD Supacentre!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thousands of campers, 4WDers and tradies have switched on to the fact that the Adventure Kings 60L<\/strong><\/a> and 80L portable fridges<\/strong> <\/a>represent incredible value for money. However, if you\u2019ve just bought your first 12v fridge<\/strong><\/a> then you might be surprised to learn that you can\u2019t just run it all the time, or you\u2019ll end up draining your batteries<\/strong> <\/a>quickly. 4WD Supacentre sells one of the best ranges of 12v gear<\/strong><\/a> in the country, and we\u2019ve put together this essential guide to show how anyone can install a complete 12v system<\/strong><\/a> in their car, van, 4×4, boat or caravan that will let you keep your fridge<\/strong><\/a> turned on permanently \u2013 no matter how much you drive every day. Let\u2019s look at how it all works.<\/p>\n

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  1. START WITH THE RIGHT BATTERY BANK:<\/strong> You need at least one auxiliary deep-cycle battery<\/strong><\/a> to run a fridge<\/strong><\/a>, because if you run it off your starter battery, you risk the battery being too flat to start the engine again. The Adventure Kings AGM deep-cycle batteries<\/strong><\/a> come in both 98 amp-hour<\/strong><\/a> and 115 amp-hour<\/strong> <\/a>sizes. What size do you need? For most people camping overnight, the Adventure Kings 98 amp-hour battery <\/strong><\/a>is heaps. But we\u2019re talking the ultimate setup here \u2013 so we\u2019d start with two of the 115Ah AGM deep-cycle batteries<\/strong><\/a>, and wire them in parallel, with the positive terminals connected together and the negative terminals connected together. This will give you an insane battery bank of 230Ah! Considering most fridges use around 5A per hour at their absolute most, that gives you almost 48 hours of running time without putting any charge into the batteries<\/strong> <\/a>at all.\n

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    1. NEXT, THE 12V BATTERY CHARGER<\/strong>: Because you\u2019re running a large battery bank, you need some serious charging ability. 4WD Supacentre stock and have a price-match guarantee on a huge range of the cracking CTEK<\/strong> 12v<\/strong><\/a> and 240v battery chargers<\/strong><\/a>. In this scenario, we\u2019d run the CTEK D250SA<\/strong> <\/a>DC-DC charger, and pair it with the CTEK Smartpass120<\/strong> <\/a>which can massively boost the charging capacity of your 12v system<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 up to an incredible 120 amps! That means that even on short drives, you\u2019ll be hammering heaps of juice back into your batteries, and from almost dead flat it\u2019ll take you about two hours of driving to completely fill the batteries again. That\u2019s seriously fast!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. NOW ADD SOLAR FOR A CONSTANT POWER TOP-UP:<\/strong> Whenever you\u2019re not driving your car or 4WD, your batteries<\/strong> <\/a>can still be charging if you add a roofrack<\/strong><\/a>-mounted solar panel<\/strong><\/a> to your electrical system and wire it in so it is permanently connected. Start with one of the beaut 4WD Supacentre steel roofracks<\/strong><\/a> to suit most vehicles, and you\u2019ve got a place that you can permanently mount a solar panel. Then, add the solar. In this case, we\u2019d add two of the Adventure Kings 110w Fixed Solar Panels<\/strong><\/a>, for one particular reason. These panels come without a regulator, which saves you money because the CTEK D250SA<\/strong><\/a> has its own in-built solar regulator. And here\u2019s a beaut little \u2018did you know\u2019 fact \u2013 the D250SA<\/strong> <\/a>can handle multiple types of input charges at the same time. While you\u2019re driving down the highway, it\u2019ll be taking the power from your alternator, supercharging it and directing it to your auxiliary batteries. At the same time, it\u2019ll also be harnessing the power coming from your solar panels<\/strong> <\/a>and putting that into your deep-cycle batteries<\/strong> <\/a>too!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        1. FINALLY, ADD A 240V CHARGER FOR PIECE OF MIND: This next bit of gear is perfect for tradies who spend long days on job-sites, those who camp at powered campsites or those who don\u2019t drive their car or 4×4 every day. Permanently connecting a 240v charger<\/strong><\/a> like the CTEK M200<\/strong><\/a> or M300 battery chargers<\/strong><\/a> allows you to top up your batteries any time they start to run a little low. Wherever there\u2019s a powerpoint you can be assured that within a couple of hours, your batteries<\/strong> <\/a>will be full to the brim again, even on hot days with the fridge<\/strong> <\/a>running all day.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          And there you have it! The ultimate never-fail electrical system that you can add to any car, van, boat or 4WD that\u2019ll let you run your fridge permanently. And all the major components listed above are available from 4WD Supacentre! Just add in a bit of wiring and a couple of lazy afternoons in the shed, or a day at your auto electrician\u2019s, and you\u2019re good to go.<\/p>\n

          And don\u2019t forgot that 4WD Supacentre have a price-match guarantee on the CTEK<\/strong> <\/a>gear that we stock. If you find a better price anywhere, we\u2019ll match it! Terms and conditions apply, please see https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/terms#ctek<\/a>for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Thousands of campers, 4WDers and tradies have switched on to the fact that the Adventure Kings 60L and 80L portable fridges represent incredible value for money. However, if you\u2019ve just bought your first 12v fridge then you might be surprised to learn that you can\u2019t just run it all the time, or you\u2019ll end up…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123456,"featured_media":1362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123456"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1360"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1368,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360\/revisions\/1368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}