Page 6 - Dometic RM Series Refrigerators Service Manual

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BREAKER
POINT

RELAY

REFR.

CAUTION I - -

Do not operate therefrigerator on 12 Volt
when the vehicle is parked.You will run
out of battery in a rather short time.
If possible the installation of a 12Volt ope-
rated refrigator should be completedwith
a relay mounted either in the car or in the
vehicle (see diagram). This realy will au-
tomaticallycut out the refrigeratorwhen
the car motor is stopped.

Fig. 1

The figures below are guiding valuer calculated in consideration of
0.5 V voltage drop (about 7 % input loss) in the connection cables
without taking into account the losses at the terminals,

Maximum length of two conductor cable in feet from AWG in mm
power supply (solid cooper wire)

AWG 95 w 125 W 150 w 175 w 225 W 275 W Area

14 28 21 17 15 11 1 . 6 2 8 2.082
12 45 34 28 24 18 2.052 3.307
10 72 54 45 38 30 24 2 . 5 8 8 5.260
8 87 72 62 48 39 3 .264 8.367
6 99 77 62 6 . 1 1 5 13.299

Maximum length of two conductor cable in meter from
power supply
95 w 125 W 150 w 175 w 225 w 275 W

1.5 6.0 4.5
2 . 5 10.5 7.5 6.5 5.5 4.0 -
4 16.5 12.5 10.5 9.0 6.5 5.5
6 25.0 18.5 15.5 13.5 10.0 8.0
10 32.0 26.5 22.5 17.0 14.0