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| appaloosadude Member Since: 17 Oct 2012 Location: Buckinghamshire Posts: 630   
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You've pretty much got it sorted. Why do you need to charge it on top of what you've got? Whack a couple of ice packs in it if you've room? Or take a generator, should you have one.
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22nd Jun 2013 6:25pm |
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| Innuendomaster Member Since: 29 Mar 2013 Location: South East Posts: 230
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So paying £600 for an Engel and I could have got a Ice box
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22nd Jun 2013 6:29pm |
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| Lou Sparts Member Since: 15 Apr 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 1501 
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I,ve run a cool box off of a battery boost pack purchased from machine mart for about £55.Will charge through the ciggy lighter during the day whilst driving and run your Engel all night. 2005 Td5 90 XS
Steve |
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22nd Jun 2013 6:31pm |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 
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depends where you are going, if it's a camp site get a hook-up, otherwise consider a small petrol generator
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22nd Jun 2013 6:40pm |
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| Innuendomaster Member Since: 29 Mar 2013 Location: South East Posts: 230
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I plan to be properly self sufficient. Next month I'm off to RIAT where we camp in a Armers Field along the runway. No hook ups there.
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22nd Jun 2013 6:44pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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What year is your Defender? If it's MY12 or older then there will be permanent live wires behind the cover for the rear RH light cluster. Install a cigarette socket using those wires and plug your fridge in there. Eventually, it would drain your battery but as a quick and dirty solution it would be fine for a couple of nights. I powered my 60l Engle in exactly this way last weekend whilst camping at Dunsfold. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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22nd Jun 2013 8:07pm |
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| Innuendomaster Member Since: 29 Mar 2013 Location: South East Posts: 230
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2010 I'm afraid, 2.4
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22nd Jun 2013 8:24pm |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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The feed is in my 2008 110, it can be reached by either removing the rear off side speaker and reaching in or by removing the whole plastic fitting.
One purple cable and one black cable with clear/white plastic fitting that takes normal spade sittings. Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
Richard |
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22nd Jun 2013 8:35pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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2010 is older than 2012 so you should be fine  Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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22nd Jun 2013 8:48pm |
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| WelshGas Member Since: 01 Oct 2010 Location: Vale of Glamorgan Posts: 935  
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Then you are in luck Innuendomaster. Offside, rear behind speaker, black and purple wires, permenant live and earth that is fused at 20amps.
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22nd Jun 2013 8:51pm |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069
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Do you know which fuse its linked to? |
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23rd Jun 2013 7:26am |
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| Innuendomaster Member Since: 29 Mar 2013 Location: South East Posts: 230
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Mines a Double Cab pick up, where would I find these wires?
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23rd Jun 2013 8:37am |
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| DiscoStu Member Since: 30 Jun 2007 Location: London/The far north Posts: 255 
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Gone on MY13 though?
 My Disco 'best bits'
Defender 110 XS CSW 2013 |
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23rd Jun 2013 9:22am |
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| ken Member Since: 18 Aug 2009 Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !! Posts: 4328
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Stu plenty of other ways
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23rd Jun 2013 9:32am |
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