hi, ive got an engel 60ltr fridge (new), ive cut the cigarette plug off to put an anderson plug in its place. ive purchased another lead that has the anderson pug and an inline fuse but this lead is a slightly thicker wire than the original that im joining it to.. could this be a problem. i hope you can understand what im trying to say, im not at all experianced in electrical at all. THANKS PETER
bobsa said
02:35 PM Jan 9, 2022
All good Peter , thicker the better , will be less voltage drop
Bob
cobberdog said
03:02 PM Jan 9, 2022
thanks bobsa
Whenarewethere said
03:03 PM Jan 10, 2022
I made the cable a bit shorter & squeezed in a 7.5amp panel circuit breaker. Also replaced the 1100mm + & -- total length of 16awg cable with 12awg within the fridge. So heavier gauge wire everywhere to minimise resistance. The 2m lead which came with the fridge was only 16awg. So that was chucked out.
could that last bit of wire in the plug not cause a problem by over heating? 12awg into 16awg?
Whenarewethere said
03:28 PM Jan 10, 2022
I folded over the 12awg wire about 4 times so there was enough to solder into the lug. Then heat shrinked.
If you want to solder lugs & don't have a large enough soldering iron, drill a hole in a block of wood, stand up lug & heat with heatgun. Fill with solder.
cobberdog said
04:21 PM Jan 10, 2022
thanks
Whenarewethere said
04:51 PM Jan 10, 2022
For long runs where one wants heavy gauge wire & 6awg is not enough but still want to use 50amp plugs:
Just a few ideas to get the grey matter thinking Maybe you come up with something better.
cobberdog said
04:56 PM Jan 10, 2022
thanks again.
valiant81 said
12:23 PM Jan 11, 2022
Hi all; Some of you may know of this trick, but the standard Engle 12 volt cigarette plug can be pulled apart to leave a 2 pin plug that is keyed as well and will only be able to be plugged into the Engle socket and then the plug has a screw ring that will connect to the 2 pin socket. This has the advantage of once installed will not vibrate out or be removed until the plug is unscrewed.
A far better way of connection to your 12 volt source and know way of making a poor connection and find out later that your fridge has gone off and no cold beer. I got my Engle sockets from Ebay. Cost peanuts.
hi, ive got an engel 60ltr fridge (new), ive cut the cigarette plug off to put an anderson plug in its place. ive purchased another lead that has the anderson pug and an inline fuse but this lead is a slightly thicker wire than the original that im joining it to.. could this be a problem. i hope you can understand what im trying to say, im not at all experianced in electrical at all. THANKS PETER
Bob
I made the cable a bit shorter & squeezed in a 7.5amp panel circuit breaker. Also replaced the 1100mm + & -- total length of 16awg cable with 12awg within the fridge. So heavier gauge wire everywhere to minimise resistance. The 2m lead which came with the fridge was only 16awg. So that was chucked out.
More info on my fridge in this thread:
https://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t65059593/extra-fridge-insulation-wattage-test/
I folded over the 12awg wire about 4 times so there was enough to solder into the lug. Then heat shrinked.
If you want to solder lugs & don't have a large enough soldering iron, drill a hole in a block of wood, stand up lug & heat with heatgun. Fill with solder.
For long runs where one wants heavy gauge wire & 6awg is not enough but still want to use 50amp plugs:
https://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t65662065/50amp-anderson-plug-expand-for-4-awg-cable/
Or even heavier option idea:
https://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t65697648/compact-anderson-175amp-to-50amp-adapter/
Just a few ideas to get the grey matter thinking Maybe you come up with something better.
Hi all; Some of you may know of this trick, but the standard Engle 12 volt cigarette plug can be pulled apart to leave a 2 pin plug that is keyed as well and will only be able to be plugged into the Engle socket and then the plug has a screw ring that will connect to the 2 pin socket. This has the advantage of once installed will not vibrate out or be removed until the plug is unscrewed.
A far better way of connection to your 12 volt source and know way of making a poor connection and find out later that your fridge has gone off and no cold beer. I got my Engle sockets from Ebay. Cost peanuts.