Is it feasible?
I know that it's not a good idea to run your fridge on DC while static (unless you want a flat vehicle battery quickly). However, is it possible to have a windscreen solar panel hooked up to your cigarette lighter in the cab thus powering the vehicle battery which is being used by the fridge??
The reason I ask is that I am heading off to France/Spain on Sun as part of my full-timing ....ahem 'experiment' and would only be using gas for the fridge and some minor cooking. The solar panel I have is one of the big ones from Halfords that plugs either into cigarette lighter or using croc clips direct to battery. Obviously the charging of the battery would only take place during the day but that's when I would have the fridge on and it would be turned off (or on gas depending on contents) when it got dark.
Am I missing something completely obvious? Not unlike me I must say!
Any thoughts?
I know that it's not a good idea to run your fridge on DC while static (unless you want a flat vehicle battery quickly). However, is it possible to have a windscreen solar panel hooked up to your cigarette lighter in the cab thus powering the vehicle battery which is being used by the fridge??
The reason I ask is that I am heading off to France/Spain on Sun as part of my full-timing ....ahem 'experiment' and would only be using gas for the fridge and some minor cooking. The solar panel I have is one of the big ones from Halfords that plugs either into cigarette lighter or using croc clips direct to battery. Obviously the charging of the battery would only take place during the day but that's when I would have the fridge on and it would be turned off (or on gas depending on contents) when it got dark.
Am I missing something completely obvious? Not unlike me I must say!
Any thoughts?