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Originally Posted by NevadaJim
The TV probably wont be on for more than an hour or so, and I can run the laptop off the battery when the truck isn't running. How about these 12v coolers? Does anyone run theirs 24/7 or do you just use ice in it? That's the only item I think I would consider leaving hooked up, unless I'm instructed otherwise.
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It starts with the TV being on for only an hour.... :roll:
I run a 12 volt cooler, plugged in 24/7. Except weekends as explained above. Summer time creates issues, most 12 volt coolers will only cool 30' or so below ambient temp.
Basically what this means is if it's 80 in the truck during the summer, you'd be lucky to keep the cooler temp @ 50' or so. Not really cold enough to keep the milk from chunkin up.
I run a 1200 watt inverter. it will push 800 cont. Run my microwave, TV, xbox, notebook charger, and other misc chargers. Not all at once mind you. I've haven't tried to watch TV, and heat something in the microwave at the same time. Don't want to. (though from what the manual states, I could, for about 10 minutes, before the inverter went into thermal shutdown, and I killed the batts)
I do how ever run the microwave, and or TV with the ruck not running without running into any problems with the batteries draining. (ONLY USING ONE DEVICE IE: MICRO/TV/ETC) Though I've never had to use the microwave for more then 5 minutes or so.. come to think about it.. when was the last time anyone used their microwave for longer then 5 minutes lol.