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wombat56


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G'day all

Am travelling overnite to Tassie Have dual battery set up in back of BT50 is it ok to leave plugged in Have it set up at -4 deg its a 75lt combo fridge freezer 

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The battery would be good for a few days, I would leave it on



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Turn it off, will hold just fine. Painters and Dockers are no more. so no one will lift the lid.



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whats the point, just about any thing you have will be checked and removed if it violates the rules of what you can bring in.
empy, turned off with the lid up will make it easy
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Ron Hi, Why would You want to turn it off? There is no danger. If You were camped up over night You would leave it on. I am guessing that the dual battery system was installed so that You could do just that. When I go on a trip I don,t even think of turning mine off. I have my freezer at either -12 (conserving batteries) or -18 (not worrying about batteries).

They will check for Dangerous Goods, Loose LPG, Metho (drink it before You get to the wharf) Firearms etc. The gas fridge in Your van will have to be turned off.

Enjoy the trip.

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If your battery capacity is OK, leave it on as per normal.

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Leave it on. I would like to be confident the battery supply is pretty well up there, first, but overnight should not ever be any kind of issue. Turning the fridge of is likely to result in an internal situation that requires attention (think smelly and manky internals).

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is As long as you haven't got a live fox in it, leave it on, unless you have an old battery! Seriously, should be good as long it cold before you set out!



-- Edited by Lancelot Link on Monday 27th of March 2017 11:28:15 PM

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I guess it depends how much is in there ? If reasonably full it could be turned off overnight due to having enough bulk in cold mass . Either way it won't use much battery if cold in the first place . If it's just a 1/2 litre of milk ? I would turn it off .. I tend to keep fridges running though .



-- Edited by Aus-Kiwi on Tuesday 28th of March 2017 08:12:50 AM

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Thanks everyone great advise by all it's my first time doing something like this not taking van to tassie as only there 3 weeks
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