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Hotspur - 31 Jan 2005 18:45 GMT

Any thoughts re.charging my 12v golf trolley battery from the cigar socket.just
for whilst driving home,it will not stay on parked flattenning my battery.
As I have two towing sockets I intend later to run a live feed from the Fridge
wire and another to ground this will only charge whilst moving.
I intend to put a 2A fuse in line with the cigar lighter feed after all if it
will charge a coolbox it should charge a battery.
I also posted this on the caravan site,just double checking.Thanks

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Bob Minchin - 31 Jan 2005 23:45 GMT

Harry Hotspur@freeserve.co.uk (Hotspur) wrote in message
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>Any thoughts re.charging my 12v golf trolley battery from the cigar socket.just
>for whilst driving home,it will not stay on parked flattenning my battery.
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>will charge a coolbox it should charge a battery.
>I also posted this on the caravan site,just double checking.Thanks

Harry,

Have you tried reading what you wrote and then imagined what others might be
able to make of your posting.

You clearly know what you are try to ask but I'm buggered if I do.

Set out a clear question and we might be able to help.

Bob

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Hotspur - 01 Feb 2005 18:14 GMT

>Harry Hotspur@freeserve.co.uk (Hotspur) wrote in message
><41fe7ca3.2789984@news.freeserve.co.uk>...
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>
>Bob

probably churned it out too quick whilst still on line.Sorry
1.Can you charge a golf trolley battery from a cigar lighter?I now know you can.
2.Running a live feed from a towbar socket from the 12v caravan fridge is
normal proceedure when fitting towing sockets,they didn't do it in mine so I was
asking advice.Others have given it,thanks anyway.

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brian - 01 Feb 2005 00:16 GMT

> Any thoughts re.charging my 12v golf trolley battery from the cigar socket.just
> for whilst driving home,it will not stay on parked flattenning my battery.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> will charge a coolbox it should charge a battery.
> I also posted this on the caravan site,just double checking.Thanks

Providing that you only connect the spare battery while the engine is
running you will have no problem.If you leave it on when the engine is
stopped it will almost certainly discharge the car battery.
You might need a little more than a 2 amp fuse, if the spare battery is
discharged you could see quite a high current flowing for a short time, up
to 10 amps easily.

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Malc - 01 Feb 2005 15:50 GMT

> Any thoughts re.charging my 12v golf trolley battery from the cigar socket.just
> for whilst driving home,it will not stay on parked flattenning my battery.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> will charge a coolbox it should charge a battery.
> I also posted this on the caravan site,just double checking.Thanks

Whilst I'm with Bob as regards the intelligebility of the whole I
reckon most coolboxes will take more than 2 amps. After all thats only
24W of cooling at 100% efficiency. And a flat battery as Brian said
will probably take much more than that at first.

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Mindwipe - 02 Feb 2005 20:56 GMT

>> Any thoughts re.charging my 12v golf trolley battery from the cigar
> socket.just
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> 24W of cooling at 100% efficiency. And a flat battery as Brian said
> will probably take much more than that at first.

as noted by my collegues above it depends on the charge rate of the battery
in question really
easier option for you would be to purchase a cigar lighter charger adaptor
for your trolley if possible
if not them simply use the fridge feed off your white socket and see if its
ok
depends really on whether you have a split charge relay fitted

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