"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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We used to use a 12V fridge on road trips when I was a kid. My
dad put a second battery in with a battery isolator, and some
rather large gage wire (fused) directly from the second battery to
the fridge. Never had an issue other than that the battery would
run down if we were parked for a day or more.

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Bob La Londe

http://www.adventureparents.com/blog...ruck-or-camper
"Unquestionably, a good fridge/freezer is going to cost you close
to $1000,..."


I don't think those high performance fridges existed back in the
1970s. We just had a 12V refrigerator. I'm not even sure the 12V
cool boxes (not really a fridge) existed back then either.

Starting to feel old here. On the way back from the river with a
buddy one day I took a detour down a canal bank to show him some
places he could fish without a boat. I pointed to one spot and told
him I caught my first bass there in 1974. Made me feel like a
dinosaur when he replied, "That's before I was born Bob."
Bob La Londe

Before I lucked onto the free-for-the-fixing APC1400 UPS I was looking
for a used 12V RV fridge for power outage backup. The dealers told me
they had nothing and I wouldn't find one for under $500.