AMcQ46
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First time away in the van for a while and the leisure battery only lasted 36hrs before dropping below the 10.4v low voltage limit for the fridge to trip out (some time on the 2nd night)
the only load was the dometic fridge, not much solar as it was pretty overcast Through the day.
but in the past it has lasted Over 3 days, so something is failing, is it the battery or the fridge?
I throw the fridge into The equation as It is making a lot more noise than it used to and goes through rapid and short compressor cycles with the pump frequency speeding up Then tripping out in 30 seconds.
So Is it pulling more current than it should?
so my question to the experts is ... what checks should I make to start the diagnosis?
The set up is in a Ford transit dayvan as follows
115Ah leisure bat. I hadn’t put it on ehu to charge, but had driven the van a fair bit in the week.
100w solar
Dometic fridge 12V , book rated at 31Ah/24hr Power consumption And also 5.9A current rating.
any way I can measure the fridge power consumption? Or check the battery health?
the only load was the dometic fridge, not much solar as it was pretty overcast Through the day.
but in the past it has lasted Over 3 days, so something is failing, is it the battery or the fridge?
I throw the fridge into The equation as It is making a lot more noise than it used to and goes through rapid and short compressor cycles with the pump frequency speeding up Then tripping out in 30 seconds.
So Is it pulling more current than it should?
so my question to the experts is ... what checks should I make to start the diagnosis?
The set up is in a Ford transit dayvan as follows
115Ah leisure bat. I hadn’t put it on ehu to charge, but had driven the van a fair bit in the week.
100w solar
Dometic fridge 12V , book rated at 31Ah/24hr Power consumption And also 5.9A current rating.
any way I can measure the fridge power consumption? Or check the battery health?
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