Well, I got the 12v fridge wired to my house battery directly with an inline fuse. Thanks for the advice.
My next question is this. I live in a condo where I keep my camper on the truck full time. Unfortunately, I cannot hook up a smart charger to keep the battery topped off. Also, I can't install large solar on the top of the of the truck as I think someone might think it an RV. Right now I back it in the parking space and it looks very un-obtrusive. I try to drive the truck and camper every couple of days for 30 minutes to keep the battery topped off in between trips. I might buy one of the small 5 watt solar panels and put it in the dashboard and run the wire back through the sliding windows to the house battery if it will help to charge the house battery at all. The solar panel has a diode to prevent draw during non-charging periods. Any thoughts on the effectiveness or not of this? Also, I found a pretty good website that deals with deep cycle battery draw and traveling considerations:
http://home.mweb.co.za/zs/zs6phd/Deep_cycle_1.htm
My next question is this. I live in a condo where I keep my camper on the truck full time. Unfortunately, I cannot hook up a smart charger to keep the battery topped off. Also, I can't install large solar on the top of the of the truck as I think someone might think it an RV. Right now I back it in the parking space and it looks very un-obtrusive. I try to drive the truck and camper every couple of days for 30 minutes to keep the battery topped off in between trips. I might buy one of the small 5 watt solar panels and put it in the dashboard and run the wire back through the sliding windows to the house battery if it will help to charge the house battery at all. The solar panel has a diode to prevent draw during non-charging periods. Any thoughts on the effectiveness or not of this? Also, I found a pretty good website that deals with deep cycle battery draw and traveling considerations:
http://home.mweb.co.za/zs/zs6phd/Deep_cycle_1.htm