Single battery upgrade,fridge , winch etc..

[Scout]

Just what it says. I have a 2016 Tundra. I installed a Badlands 12k winch and an ICECO JP40 and I have some ditch/pod lights and will be adding a few more at a later date both outside and inside the bed. I have the fridge hard wired in and I put a secondary on/off toggle inline on the batt hot side. I want to upgrade my battery from stock and have considered the NorthStar agm. When I 1st installed the fridge, I left it on over the weekend, soo 52ish hrs. It wore the battery down, of course, to just barely starting the truck. I highly doubt I'll be sitting for that long to let that happen again. It was just a test to see how long it'd last..Soo, without dumping a grand or more just to run what I have, do you all think I'd be good with an agm upgrade and some type of quality jump box? I have thought about in the future of a possible easy type of solar set up that won't be a small fortune..But that may be late next summer or the following summer.. I want to keep this simple and user friendly. I DO NOT want to run a dual battery set up..Thoughts??

 

[reaver]

Definitely go with an AGM. Keep in mind that being in the engine compartment is going to cut the life of the battery down (probably expect to replace every 3 years or so). A quality jump box will keep you from being stranded. This is the exact route I'm planning on going for my battery setup. Maybe consider getting a lithium power bank as well to run the fridge when you're stationary?

 

[Scout]

Well seeing how I already have the wire run through the firewall from the battery to the switch, I'd rather not run a separate battery as I mentioned above.. and lithiums aren't within my price range..

 

[reaver]

I wasn't talking about a secondary lithium battery. I was referring to picking up something like a jackery power station.

An agm battery will definitely run a fridge for a couple of days, and having a jump pack is a great backup in case the battery gets drained too far. A portable power station has some advantages though as well. I can be used to run pretty much anything within its constraints. They also usually have solar chargers built in, and generally with a 100w solar panel, can run a fridge indefinitely. A 250wh power station should give you a solid 24 hours of runtime on its own as well, and they're not super expensive.

Mine can run my wife and my cpaps for 3 full nights on a full charge. Granted, I bought 540Wh power station, and don't have solar yet. I charge it while driving through my auxiliary electrical system (that's still being built).

 

[Scout]

Ahh.. Got ya now.. Sorry for misunderstanding..Actually, since I was dragging my feet, I missed out on a used Jackery 500.. I wish I would've bought that.. I knew about it being for sale before it got posted..Still considering one though.