Wednesday 12 June 2019

How to Power Your 12 Volt Fridge For Longer

12v fridge power adapter
How to Power Your 12 Volt Fridge For Longer.

Annoyed of having to find ice to keep your Esky cool.

Fortunately the 12 Volt Camping Fridge are a great invention and help keep our food cool for longer.

But like everything in life, there are pros and cons.

There is different way to go about this:

1. You can use the battery from your car where can add a lead to your battery to quickly connect your 12V fridge.
Depending how long you will use the battery this method is not recommended as you can flattened your battery and reduced it's life span.
These battery are not design for this type of usage.

2.Instal a Dual battery system (a 2nd auxiliary battery) in your car with a Deep Cycle batteries which are designed to consistently deliver power, for much longer.
These type of Battery allow a much deeper discharge and limit damage.

The auxiliary battery can be used to power your 12 volt camping fridge and also other 12 volt accessories.

It will depend on how much you want to spend as you need a few accessories to set it all up:


  • Battery connections
  • Battery cables
  • Battery isolator
  • Battery charger
It also depend on how much room you have available in your car.


3.If you are after a simple plug and play and stand alone solution to power your fridge you can use a portable power pack rechargeable with solar.







Overall you can you use different options and common sense that suit you best at time of your trip like using ice bag, protect you fridge from the heat.



And if during the trip you have access to a 240 AC power point you might want to be able to use a: 

12VDC 12.5 Amp Switchmode Power Supply - Mains to Cigarette Lighter Socket 





Fridge Power Supply Adapter


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