Wild Wanderer

I'm in the middle of a Sprinter 316 build and trying to nail down whether a 12v compressor fridge is genuinely viable as a permanent solution up here in the UK, or whether I'm kidding myself.

WildWanderer | 847 posts | ⭐ Regular Contributor @CopperWelder That's a clever setup actually! I did something similar last winter in Wales, though I was only juggling a small cabin alongside the...

Had this same issue with my Sprinter last winter. What sorted it for me was enabling the engine running detection via the ignition wire rather than relying on voltage sensing alone — means the...

@T5Life great data point, cheers for sharing. Eighteen months is genuinely reassuring for a van setup where loads are fairly modest.

WildWanderer | Posts: 847 @Charlie1981 Solid choice on the Fogstar Drift — cracking battery for the money.

Jumping in a bit late here but wanted to add something nobody's mentioned yet — cable routing. If your input negative or positive is running close to the exhaust or engine block, you might be...