Vanderpooch - 12-20-2009 at 06:17 PM
I am having trouble finding time to wire up a second battery system for my engel fridge before my baja trip. How difficult will it be to chase ice all
over Baja?
David K - 12-20-2009 at 06:31 PM
Chase ice?
Ice is for sale in all Baja towns and beer distributors... Perhaps tell us where you are going?
wessongroup - 12-20-2009 at 06:32 PM
You might wish to give the Nomads a little more than that.. just so you don't get "someplace" that doesn't carry ice..
Questions welcomed, there are a lot of folks that know their way around in the Baja, so let's see where you plan on going?
Diver - 12-20-2009 at 06:36 PM
Where are you going ? and staying ?
It is available in most larger mercados, some small ones and many aqua stores; even some Pemex have ice.
Vanderpooch - 12-20-2009 at 06:44 PM
no real destinination other than two weeks from top to bottom. traveling with a few vehicles and basically exploring and finding our way down. I wish
I had more intel to share but we are just letting the journey take us down 
wessongroup - 12-20-2009 at 06:51 PM
If you stay on the pavement, would guess you would be OK.. on the dirt OK most of the time, as long as there are people around.. off road breaking
trail would think poor
[Edited on 12-21-2009 by wessongroup]
mulegemichael - 12-20-2009 at 08:10 PM
There are exceptions to readily available "consumable" ice....we were in asuncion a few weeks ago and there wasn't a bag in town...had to go to the
coop and get their ice, shaved...but it's made out of tap water and possibly might not be suited for an adult beverage.
BooJumMan - 12-22-2009 at 07:57 AM
Dual battery system pretty much just incorporates an isolator. The alternator feeds to the isolator. You have your primary battery and then your
secondary (should be deep cycle battery like an Optima) on a fuse panel to run your Engel or any other accessory!
Here's a recent writeup on a 4runner:
http://www.yotatech.com/f2/dual-batteries-installed-198973/