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Elbek

Member Since: 14 Dec 2024
Location: Uzbekistan
Posts: 5

Camping and using sockets on defender P400e

Hi! I was looking everywhere and could not find out. I'm planning to go camping in my Defender p400e. I was wondering, will the fridge connected to the socket in the trunk drain my 12v battery? Do I need to install another battery? Or I can just drive to a campsite in save mode(to keep the battery full) and everything will use big battery to run all the sockets?

14th Dec 2024 8:20am

Cheshire110

Member Since: 26 Jul 2013
Location: Cheshire/London
Posts: 2760

Do you mean the 12v cigarette lighter socket or do you have the 230V 3 pin socket too?

Either way though, they will only be powered up when the ignition is on so you won’t be able to leave a fridge running when you’re away from the car, or for long periods. The P400e will ‘shut down’ after a long time powered up if you don’t drive or press the brake pedal so it helps a bit but not loads.

If you want to run a fridge continuously then a battery pack (EcoFlow / Jackery etc) is a good option short of installing a second battery Cheers, David
Land Rovers of all shapes S3 onwards… Daily is a 110 V8.

14th Dec 2024 8:28pm

Elbek

Member Since: 14 Dec 2024
Location: Uzbekistan
Posts: 5

Both sockets actually. Just wondering if I leave like 50 percent of my battery and will turn on lights, open doors, using sockets without actually driving the vehicle(running ICE) for a two days, will it drain the 12v battery? Or the phev battery charges 12v, and I should not worry?

15th Dec 2024 3:16am

Cheshire110

Member Since: 26 Jul 2013
Location: Cheshire/London
Posts: 2760

Yeah the HV battery will keep the 12v battery topped up 👍

Sockets etc don’t stay on for very long though without the car “running” so you’ll find yourself turning the ignition on a lot if you want to draw power Cheers, David
Land Rovers of all shapes S3 onwards… Daily is a 110 V8.

16th Dec 2024 12:01am

Elbek

Member Since: 14 Dec 2024
Location: Uzbekistan
Posts: 5

Thanks for the reply!

16th Dec 2024 6:03am

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