adamf
Date Registered: 02-2004
Location: Sydney
TOTAL POSTS: 12
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Re: 12V Outlet
Check the fuse rating for the 12V outlet, so long as the fridge draws less current than that then you will be fine.
HTH
- Adam
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20/Feb/2004, 10:11 am
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BRETT72
X-TRAIL HOLIC
Date Registered: 10-2005
Location: Orange. NSW.
TOTAL POSTS: 1999
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Re: 12V Outlet
I am currently working on a better circuit for my Engel fridge due to advice I received from my auto electrican mate regarding the factory rear 12v output. Apparently, the outlet is rated at 10Amp, but the connections and cable are of a poor quality.
As a result, I have hard wired an Engel heavy duty cable directly from the battery to the rear passenger side for my fridge. It also has an inline fuse for safety reasons. The good thing about the Engel cable is the connection is a posi-fit, meaning that it screws in, and not simply slots in like the factory outlet. This stops the cable falling out and all the beer going cold.
I also run some heavy duty 20Amp cable from my auxillary fuse box to the rear also for running fluro's and whatever else I need. I just need to find some good quality marine type 12v outlets.
  
The posi-fit connection sits directly behind the fridge slide, so the constant moving wont put stress on the cable.
As seen in the third pic, all my accesories run via this fuse box, making tracing a problem a lot easier. It is also a lot neater too. The Engel power lead is grey in colour, with a white in-line fuse (bottom right corner of pic), for easy identification.
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28/Jan/2007, 4:16 pm
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Revhead Kev
Date Registered: 10-2006
Location: Mona Vale, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
TOTAL POSTS: 6360
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Re: 12V Outlet
With my phone charger I've noticed that the power outlet in the driver's pocket seems to be tighter than the cig lighter socket.
Maybe you need to push the compressor plug in more so that the middle pin makes contact ?
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2/Mar/2007, 10:01 am
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jalalski
Date Registered: 02-2004
Location: SUTHERLAND, SYDNEY
TOTAL POSTS: 29100
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Re: 12V Outlet
I tried my compressor and it is working fine from all 3 sockets.
Try pushing it a bit harder maybe it's not contacting properly.
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2/Mar/2007, 10:03 am
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jalalski
Date Registered: 02-2004
Location: SUTHERLAND, SYDNEY
TOTAL POSTS: 29100
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Re: 12V Outlet
The cig lighter will not work on the other two outlets, only the centre one.
Do you have any other 12 volts accessory (a light or something) you can test with?
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2/Mar/2007, 11:44 am
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