Battery Power

[swagger]

Hi all...of to france in my gal soon, so will be running aircon and a 12v fridge from the car battery, how good is the battery in the gal, will she be able to handle it, what is the max watts output that the battery can handle, my landcruiser use to handle 110 watts....hope someone can ansa...cheers

[RADIOTWO]

Hi all...of to france in my gal soon, so will be running aircon and a 12v fridge from the car battery, how good is the battery in the gal, will she be able to handle it, what is the max watts output that the battery can handle, my landcruiser use to handle 110 watts....hope someone can ansa...cheers

 

Swagger

 

I don't know what you are really after ? with regards to the battery ! as when you are driving the power comes from the Alternator, so as long as the Alternator

is rated high enough, it will run everything.

 

I also think you are mistaken with your ideas of power, if as you say 110 Watts that is only 9 amps which is nothing ! a Alternator is rated about 100 Amps !

 

Radiotwo

[swagger]

Hi all...of to france in my gal soon, so will be running aircon and a 12v fridge from the car battery, how good is the battery in the gal, will she be able to handle it, what is the max watts output that the battery can handle, my landcruiser use to handle 110 watts....hope someone can ansa...cheers

 

Swagger

 

I don't know what you are really after ? with regards to the battery ! as when you are driving the power comes from the Alternator, so as long as the Alternator

is rated high enough, it will run everything.

 

I also think you are mistaken with your ideas of power, if as you say 110 Watts that is only 9 amps which is nothing ! a Alternator is rated about 100 Amps !

 

Radiotwo

 

Yeah lol, got my watts and amps mixed up, just wanted to know how many amps can i use, i got a 12v fridge, kids will have there dvds plugged in too, so power will drain from somewhere

[gregers]

well i too have had all of that on mine albeit mine is a mk2 but has been ok when ive done it.

[Mirez]

90AMP for Mk1, 120AMP for Mk2 so a little over 1Kw for the Mk1 and 1.4Kw for the Mk2 - I get the feeling you actually mean how much can you draw from the auxillary systems (ie the 12V outlets) though?

 

In real terms that electrical system will handle a theoretical 720Watts with the front and rear sockets being fed from seperate lines - this should enable you to draw 360Watts max from each socket (with the rear being /2 if you have dual sockets)

 

With most car fridges being around 35/50Watts and DVD players coming in at around 40Watts you'll be absolutely fine. All the vehicles own circuits (including A/C) will have dedicated feeds and can be ruled out. If you plan on running this with the engine off though then you need a whole different equation ;)