YBOD
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Went for our first camp trip in the D40 and come across a problem.
We have:
Second battery in the tray
Connected directly to the first battery via a battery world controller and a huge thick double core cable (negative returns to battery)
Between the controller and second battery we have an accessories fuse box
Waeco 45l fridge which is connected to the accessories fuse box
No other accessories connected or running
The setup performed wonderfully with cold fridge and freezer for four days and nights, however driving home yesterday we found a problem. When driving along with the fridge on, if we plugged the phone into the cigarette lighter or the iPod into the socket in the arm rest neither would charge. The IPod would play through the stereo but wouldn't charge.
When we turned the fridge off the phone and iPod immediately started charging fine. I'm no auto electrician (installed the second battery and controller entirely by following the instructions in the box) but this don't seem quite right.
Is this because the alternator is not producing enough power to run the fridge pls phones or is there some other issue here? Both batteries were fully charged (second battery fully charged on the bench at home before left and engine running for about six hours each day while we toured around)
Any ideas? any fixes for this?
We have:
Second battery in the tray
Connected directly to the first battery via a battery world controller and a huge thick double core cable (negative returns to battery)
Between the controller and second battery we have an accessories fuse box
Waeco 45l fridge which is connected to the accessories fuse box
No other accessories connected or running
The setup performed wonderfully with cold fridge and freezer for four days and nights, however driving home yesterday we found a problem. When driving along with the fridge on, if we plugged the phone into the cigarette lighter or the iPod into the socket in the arm rest neither would charge. The IPod would play through the stereo but wouldn't charge.
When we turned the fridge off the phone and iPod immediately started charging fine. I'm no auto electrician (installed the second battery and controller entirely by following the instructions in the box) but this don't seem quite right.
Is this because the alternator is not producing enough power to run the fridge pls phones or is there some other issue here? Both batteries were fully charged (second battery fully charged on the bench at home before left and engine running for about six hours each day while we toured around)
Any ideas? any fixes for this?