Recently bought a norcold fridge. Now I see that my rear power source is only hot when the key is on. This is in my wife's Honda pilot. Should I run a fused always hot line from the battery to the cargo area ,or will the items in the fridge stay cold over night?
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Run power back there. My wife has the equivelent Honda and the power back there is terrible. I ran an inverter running a laptop and got the power socket overheated and blew the fuse.
Run a 12g wire back there.
Run a 12g wire back there.
I dont think the fridge would stay cold all night, unless it was also cold outside
I don't have experience with a norcold fridge, i have had experience with a truckfridge in my vw camper. on a decent auxiliary car battery, it would keep it running overnight into the morning (6pm- 9am) most of the time. I had to run a huge deep cell battery to keep the fridge going for longer than overnight.
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I'm not sure that the power draw is for your Norcold, but if it is anything like my Engel it isn't much. The power in my Tundra is timed - stays on for probably a 1/2 hour. I ended up making a cigarette lighter connection that clamps directly to the battery. Runs all night with no issues. I recommend getting an insulated cover to help cut down on cycle times as well.
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I found a manual and it says to use 10 gauge wire. So I am going to do like you guys suggest and run a fused wire to the cargo area. Going on a 2 week trip It will be so nice not to deal with ice. Going to Spencer's graduation from basic training at Ft. Jackson SC. Then down to Florida for a few days, Then New Oleans for 2 days