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Maybe you don’t need a bigger battery?

Monitor - animatedLike most Campervan travellers, we have always kept an eye on our batteries’ State of Charge (SoC), and as the price of Lithium batteries has slowly tumbled we wondered if it might be worth going for something a bit bigger in the energy storage department.

But as we have recently discovered, there are other options available to extend our off-grid electrical energy sustainability.

Turns out, it’s not all about battery capacity. Especially if you have a not-so-new van. Continue reading “Maybe you don’t need a bigger battery?”

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Portable Fridges & 12V Power

Fridge battery and solar panelDon’t have a Campervan, but still want to glamp-up your campsite with a fridge, and a 12V power supply?

A portable fridge is a great piece of camping kit for weekends away in the back of a van or in a tent – but you do need a reliable 12V power supply, not only to run the fridge, but also to hookup lights, and for charging phones and other devices.

Affordable portable fridges are now widely available, and it is pretty straightforward to setup a portable power supply, using a 12V deep-cycle battery fitted in a powered Battery Box – then just plug in a portable fridge, and even hook up a solar panel to recharge the battery for longer off-grid excursions.

A low-power inverter is also an option to provide a 230V outlet for charging drone and camera batteries or a laptop.

Or, if you have a slightly larger budget, a Portable Power Station is a one-stop-package that does it all!

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