I am smart, right? When we go caravaning I use my fridge in the caravan to store and chill produce. I also use my portable Engel 40l fridge as a freezer and it lives in my truck. That is good planning as I run it at -10 degrees from a deep cycle battery and thus can take produce along that keeps for a long time. That means I have ice cream available for a long time; haha. When the car is running the battery is powered by the car. When the car is not running the battery is powered by mains power (240v). An inverter changes the power to 12v for the battery. All good so far!
When I use the car I unplug the 240v lead and plug in the 12v lead. This works great until today when I took off with the car without unplugging the 240v lead. As a result I ripped the lead out of the plug, the wires shorted and tripped the power in the caravan. So no power in the caravan or the freezer. Not so smart hey? I only realised my problems when I returned home and saw the bare wires lying on the grass. I’ll Have to do better next time.