Victripper wrote:Just spoke to a friend at work and asked him what he thought about the crimping in to existing wiring coming from the front of the car and he said he would run a new wire from the battery with a low voltage cut off on the front near the battery to ensure that we don't over drain the battery and can't get away later.
We are thinking of 6mm cable from the front to back and that way I can hang anything I want off it without any issues of over heating the wiring that would of been running off otherwise. When we do it I will be sure to note the parts and take photo's so everyone can see how we did it.
Waste of time running an extra wire, unless you're planning on pulling more than 20 amps.
There's one 20amp fuse for the cigarette lighter, and a seperate one for the accessory power outlets in the centre console and the boot.
It's only powered up when the engine is running, or the key is in the ACC position, so it won't drain your battery when the car is right off.
If you want to have power when the car is right off, then you WILL need to run your own wiring, and a low V cutout would be essential.
Is there space under the bonnet for another battery
no
A better solution would be to have a dedicated battery for the fridge in the boot, and keep it charged when the car is running.
You'd need to have it well tied down though, so it can't fly through the cabin in an accident.
Note, there is a LOT of wasted space inside the spare wheel. You can chop out a lot of the polystyrene the jack is mounted in to put something down there.
or just upgrade the battery to a higher capacity as I am looking at borrow a friends car fridge at christmas and then look at buying one for the wife for her birthday when she likes the cold food all the way to QLD and back. Even better Cold JD's and wine to enjoy on the stop overs.
Check what current the car fridge you are looking at requires. It should be well under 20 amps.
What is the capacity of your current battery? I think SpecB and GT models come with larger batteries, so if you have a smaller one you can certainly go bigger.