How to care for the Brass Monkey Fridge battery

Using the Brass Monkey Fridge battery

When inserted in a fridge, the Brass Monkey fridge battery will charge whenever the fridge has been connected to external power via the power or solar sockets.

The round LED will be green when charging the battery:

The round LED will be blue when powering the fridge:

Keep in mind that charging will only occur when amount of sunlight available produces enough power, or your external battery has sufficient voltage, to exceed the amount needed to run the fridge compressor.

You can leave the battery in the fridge whenever you are using the fridge. It will charge automatically when the fridge has sufficient external power, and will stop charging when full (the 4 rectangular "fuel-gauge" LEDs next to the round LED will all be lit). The fridge will run from the battery if external power is removed. You should set the battery protection mode to L when using the internal battery

Storing the Brass Monkey Fridge battery

When you are not going to use the fridge for a while, charge the battery fully, remove it from the fridge, and hold its button down to power it off. This is necessary, as the fridge will continue to draw power from the battery even when you have turned the fridge off.

Store the battery in a cool dry location, and press the button every few months to ensure it still has some charge. Recharge it in the fridge, or with the Brass Monkey battery charger, whenever the fuel-gauge LEDs indicate 50% or less charge remains.

Charging the Brass Monkey Fridge battery outside a fridge

GH2014 will recharge GH2050/GH2052/GH2054/GH2206 batteries outside fridges.
GH2059 will recharge GH2049/GH2051/GH2053 batteries outside fridges.

When using one of the above external chargers, plug them into the battery charge socket to charge, and unplug them when the battery's fuel-gauge LEDs indicate it is full.

Do not connect anything other than the above chargers to the battery's own charge socket. Solar panels or cigarette power leads must not be connected directly to the battery.

How do I charge the Brass Monkey external fridge battery

The external fridge battery GH2084 can be charged by the fridge power cords - either the cigarette cord or the mains power adapter are fine to charge the external battery. You can connect the battery to the fridge whilst it is charging, so the fridge can be used normally. The battery will keep the fridge running if the power to the battery is removed.