Hello all
On my camper van i have - a single solar panel connected to a Victron solar regulator 100/30. A Victron 12V 30A Non Isolated 12/12DC split charger. A Victron IP22 230v 30amp mains charger, all connected correctly to a lead acid leisure battery.
With my old system i used to have a small split charge device that detected when my engine was running due to volt spike from alternator then it sent 12v to the 12v 40L fridge and trickled charge the leisure battery through an output connection, i also had a cheap solar controller charging the battery and a Zig CF8 for mains and 12v distribution.
My issue is everything using this new Victron equipment is perfect..... But where do i now connect the 12v fridge to automatically receive 12v when the engine running?
As this little split charge device doesn't seem to want to work the same now ( might be because i'm not connecting its 12v output to the leisure battery as the Victron is doing this now), So when i say it doesn't work i mean it works when i adjust the little adjuster screw to manually adjust the volt sensitivity but no matter what i adjust it to it doesn't respond to the engine on/off automatically.
So am i over complicating things?... Do i just connect the 12v fridge to the fused 12v output busbar from the leisure battery so it runs on 12v and the victron splits the alternator power to keep the leisure battery topped up ?
If this is the way to do it then i'll have to keep remembering to manually turn on the fridge to run on 12v each time, which is kinda annoying and what happens if i get home and forget to switch the 12v fridge off for days and days.
i hope this make sense LOL what do you think
