How To Wire 12 Volt Fridge In Your Truck

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2 жыл бұрын

In this video I show you how I wired my 12volt fridge in my truck to have full time power without a secondary battery / dual battery or additional power source. This set up allows me to go about 3 days without charging in decent weather. Hotter temps will decrease that as the fridge will run more.
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@stevebrown263 Жыл бұрын

Sooooper good explanation and illustration. I don't understand why KZfaq has never raised your stuff up to where more people can see it. Your fuse protects your wiring to the fridge, not the fridge. The fridge has its own fuse to protect its wiring. So use the smallest fuse you can that falls at or below the rating for the wiring from the fuse to the fridge. My Dometic is rated at 9A, so my wiring is sufficient to carry 12A and my fuse is 10A. The fuse will blow before the wiring becomes a toaster element.

@chuyvapes5551 3 ай бұрын

I’ve always been intimidated to wire any extras but this video gave me confidence and i am ready to wire up my fridge to my XJ

@OdySlim 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome Job. I have ADD and you kept my attention till the end. Using fuse blocks and relay/ switch boxes to connect circuts is a gazillion times safer than splicing into a hot wire and wrap gum wrappers around the fuses like they did in the 70's to power all of you gadgets from one source. Have a great rest of your weekend and Regards from Ody Slim

@JeffHeiden 2 жыл бұрын

Well done buddy! Great video to help people do these types of things!

@setsailatnoon 2 жыл бұрын

Your summation was fabulous...good work.

@bwildjournals 2 жыл бұрын

This kinda video can be quite challenging to make. You did a great job! Thanks for sharing.

@SirWilliamGoes 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@bottomlinebassin2001 Жыл бұрын

Nice work Will, I watched a ton of vids and yours was the best to help me get the wiring done. Thanks 🐟💪

@SirWilliamGoes Жыл бұрын

Awesome. Glad I could help.

@TerrysTinCanTravles Жыл бұрын

😊😊😊 awesome I understand all this . Sometimes, it's hard for me to understand the concept of stuff

@freddie3258 Жыл бұрын

Really helpful, thank you!! I'm using your set-up on my 100 series Toyota LC.

@SirWilliamGoes Жыл бұрын

Awesome glad i could help

@travelingocean Жыл бұрын

First time subscriber. Awesome. Funny. Cheers

@oceangoin79 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Got a good laugh at the Christmas Vacation clip. Nice touch. 😂 Gave me some great ideas for my new APL55 install for the bed of my Tacoma. Cheers!

@SirWilliamGoes Жыл бұрын

🤙🤙

@sparksglencoe2037 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video man, I actually want to do this, and I'll be sure to use any links you provide to support your excursions and beer funds.

@SirWilliamGoes 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man

@stevebrown263 Жыл бұрын

One other thing: the diode is not a fuse, even though it fits in a blade fuse holder. If you remove the fuse and put in the diode, it will slightly drop the voltage to the alternator sensor and cause it to raise its output voltage output to compensate. Only problem is, your alternator sensor circuit is no longer protected since the fuse is gone. Now if we just had a fuse with a diode in it... 🤔

@PLUTON9475 2 жыл бұрын

Amaizing

@SHWELL11 2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah,the "Snacks Mod"..

@WolfOverland 2 жыл бұрын

😂 😅 👏 good video. 20+ year honda master technician approved. 👏

@SirWilliamGoes 2 жыл бұрын

NICE!!!! Ill let you deal with the guy who use to be a master automobile electrician who’s sure to show up here at some point to tell me how Im gonna blow up and Im a danger to others 😂🤣 it’s KZfaq, he’s bound to be here.

@Jedig33k 11 ай бұрын

You had me at "I do cool shit" ;)

@jitterspec 2 жыл бұрын

Sir Goes: another excellent video. Your my favorite overland channel for real practical mods like this. Well done sir! How many hours of 12v power can you get to power your fridge? I'm using a battery box that is rated 540WH and it's good for about a day in summer. 50W is max power consumption of my fridge. Also can you charge your batteries with solar panels once at camp with your setup?

@SirWilliamGoes 2 жыл бұрын

Depending on ambient temps I can get anywhere between 2-4 days with this setup. I could hook solar up, this was actually the original plan but I move so much I dont need it. In order to hook solar up i just need a controller and a panel

@herbrachel9707 2 жыл бұрын

I love this guy. He fits my style to a t

@ii1825 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video. I think a 20a fuse is way overkill though. Most fridges I know of would prob run just fine on a 10a or maybe even a 5a fuse. Not 100% sure what they draw when the come on initially but I'm pretty certain they dont use anywhere near 20a. Ok so I just checked my Dometic CFX50 in the garage running on AC 120v it draws .5 amps. Convert that to 12v and its 5.52 amps. So you could definitely run it on a 10 or even a 7.5 amp fuse.

@SirWilliamGoes 2 жыл бұрын

Noce! Not sure the amps I know it draws about 55watts

@markbell7658 Жыл бұрын

@Sir William Goes a handy trick mate, amps volts and watts all work together. 55watts divided by 12v = 4.6 amps

@herbrachel9707 2 жыл бұрын

The fridge in my house runs on 15 amps. You could get by on 5 amps prolly. Good to see you again. Oh yeah. I hit an erosion gully so hard up on the old nc 105 it shorted out my battery internally. Now I have a glass mat battery. Since then I have came up with a shock absorbing battery tray. Do you think there is a market?or is it already being made?

@SirWilliamGoes 2 жыл бұрын

Wow Ive never heard of that happening. Im sure someone will see the value

@hawkeye7435 Күн бұрын

😊😊😊

@znovosad555 2 ай бұрын

Wait do most people hardwire their fridges? Honestly, im looking at options for my FJ to figure out what’s easiest. A fridge is an addon id lile eventually

@SirWilliamGoes 2 ай бұрын

Its a solid option to prevent loosing connection particularly in bumpy conditions like off-road. Full time power is a mistake either way though

@williamzoom 2 жыл бұрын

How long can you let the fridge run without starting Apple before you have whip out the jumper pack?

@SirWilliamGoes 2 жыл бұрын

I meant to add that info in the vid but forgot. In decent temps somewhere around 2-3 days. In really high temps its only about 1.5 days and really low Ive gone 4. I usually start apple for about 10min if the batt gets to 11.6 or lower on volt meter.

@ccwstraightshooter9761 4 ай бұрын

That X2 battery sucks. I went through 3 of them in 18 months on warranty . Finally switched it to the Duracell equivalent and it is way better. Also has more capacity than the X2. I didn’t have any parasitic draws going on with the X2 either. My other overlanding buddy is on his second x2 now inside 1 year.

@SirWilliamGoes 4 ай бұрын

Man funny you say that. I had great luck with the first one then went through three in 2yrs. From my understanding they got bought out and are no longer northstar batts. I switched to full throttle and it seems good.

@chuyvapes5551 2 ай бұрын

@@SirWilliamGoes i wired up just like you showed except I didn’t cut the cord i used the cigarette plug and it works fine but when the jeep is off so is the power to the cigarette plug. Any suggestions?

@richienell 3 ай бұрын

So your setup for powering the fridge is creating full time power to fridge from your deep cycle battery.....instead of just plugging the fridge into a cigarette lighter connector for part time power? Did I miss another reason for your setup...regarding powering the fridge?

@SirWilliamGoes 3 ай бұрын

correct, eliminating the cigarette lighter connector is also a huge benefit as they are very unreliable particularly if you do any off roading.

@richienell 3 ай бұрын

@@SirWilliamGoes Thank you Sir, I overland in a 2006 LX470 and always take an extra stand alone truck battery with me (in case alternator went out and could not charge starter battery). What about running fridge off of truck battery while driving and somehow connect fridge to posts of extra battery when not driving?

@SirWilliamGoes 2 ай бұрын

At that point you’re basically running a dual battery setup.

@richienell 2 ай бұрын

@@SirWilliamGoes Was asking because Im not interested the seemingly more complicated "dual battery" setups I've seen with other components added if I didn't have to. Maybe just connecting fridge cable to posts of other battery isn't safe for all I know. Maybe it wouldn't last long enough then no way to charge it unless you switched it out with truck battery.

@petyweestraw 10 ай бұрын

Is that a amp install kit?

@SirWilliamGoes 9 ай бұрын

Yes

@petyweestraw 9 ай бұрын

Great idea actually

@WolfOverland 2 жыл бұрын

….Will 35s fit on a 1999 jeep?! 😂

@SirWilliamGoes 2 жыл бұрын

You’ll need to lower it first and remove the drain plug

@GoXplr 2 жыл бұрын

@@SirWilliamGoes lol ... right

@321southtube Жыл бұрын

Firefighter for 30 years. Responded to a lot of car fires. Long story short... Don't listen to this guy. He's got his hand out for affiliate and patreon handouts. He's not going to stand behind his words, his advice, or anything really when you start your own car on fire. Diode in a fuse box...omg. 🔥

@SirWilliamGoes Жыл бұрын

Been this way since 2015 running strong. But as I stated at the beginning this may not be the right this is just the way I did it.🤷🏽‍♂️