That looks pretty cool and comes in at a good price, even when you consider the cost of a battery. But I think it leaves me wanting as far as having a power invertor and a method to charge it on the road.
Ah my bad. Looks like that fridge has a draw of about 4amps. You can count on it only running about 50% of the time. So running the fridge alone would mean you'd get around 18 hours on a Yeti 400 without recharging it. That should give you a baseline. Take the AH rating of any unit you look at, divide it by 2 and that should be a rough estimate for how long it would run the fridge you're looking at. Another example, Jackery 500 is 43Ah (@12v) , so it would run the fridge for roughly 21.5 hours. Obviously not counting phones or anything else.
Glad to help. PM me if you need any more help.
How long does it take to charge that monster? 190ah would last me a month at camp maybe even longer.I considered dual batteries but ended up DIYing a 190ah lithium portable battery with built in inverter. It’ll run my fridge, camp lights, etc for days. There are two powerpole connections on the side as well if I need a higher amerage 12v connection.
I don't know much about this but from what I've read (see https://thesolaraddict.com/goal-zero-yeti-regulated-12v-fridge-freezer/), with the older (non 'x') Goal Zero models it's recommended to get their 12V regulated cable and some other power adapter for fridge use. The newer models regulate the output.
About 13 hours with my 15a charger. It is a monster but I have plenty of time between trips.
For your fan and phone charging, you can just use a portable battery pack.
Thats a lot faster than I was thinking. Do you have to use a balance charger or you have the balancer built in? Those lifepo and lipo chargers can cost a pretty penny.
The BMS balances the cells but I did buy a charger that uses the proper charge profile for lifepo4.
That’s clean man, I really like your setup. A lot of utility to say the least.I did a non-permanent dual bettery setup on my Raptor.
( not planning on doing it for the Ranger...yet)
I used a Trolling motor battery case, a size 34 AGM battery,
a battery charger/ isolator and a cicrcuit breaker to and from source battery(hood) and 2nd battery(bed). Run the 7awg from the charger/Isolator kit, under chassis frame, then into the bed.
(Its important to add circuit breakers to and from, for safety reasons, in case the wire gets damaged you dont want it to turn into an arc welder, remember you now have 2 batteries, not one)
No issues, for the year that I had the truck...running inverter, power saw, tools, Arb twin comp, etc...
Its not the prettiest setup, but it worked.
And its Not permanent, so I was able to remove the whole thing before trading my Raptor.?
Thanks!
I really want to see how you attached those molle panels to your bed.Thanks!
That was on my previous truck.(traded)
I forgot to mention, It also had 2 Duravolt Solar panels, thats why there’s a solar controller next to the ARB twin.
