Yes, you can do it, no problem. I use a 100 foot extension cord plugged into the garage, keeps the battery charged, refrigerator running, radio-clock, and still have enough to run the television for driveway camps. We don't run the air conditioner, so drive way camps are in cooler weather!
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I have learned some lessons about my fridge and batteries this summer. When I bought my Raptor 3612 DS, I was told during the walkthrough that the best way to keep the fridge working properly was to always leave it on. It runs on gas and/or electricity. So I tried it. I ended up draining 2 new batteries after a/b 3 days. After the batteries drained, the fridge stopped. This happened over and over again. As you can read on this site, the fridge does require some electricity to run.
Well, I ended up running an extension cord to the unit and plugged it into a trickle charger. This solved the problem. As long as I have gas, my fridge stays ice cold on the lowest setting simply as a result of keeping a trickle charge going to the batteries.
So, to answer your question, yes you can do it. It will keep your batteries charged so they can keep your fridge working.
Oh man, I expected at least one person to post "NO NO NO you can't do that" For some BS reason, Oh well, I too have been doing it for years with no problems.
JJ&kids wrote: Oh man, I expected at least one person to post "NO NO NO you can't do that" For some BS reason, Oh well, I too have been doing it for years with no problems.
NO NO NO you can't do that because of the meleculare structure of an atom inside the cord itself while charging.
I wouldn't recommend long use of the AC. I've done and many do. A higher guage, cheap extension cord can get hot and become a problem for sure. Charging the batteries and running the fridge is not a problem at all.
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