Pellet Fan
Pit Talk -- Comments and Questions Regarding These Pellet Pits => GMG => Topic started by: just4fn on May 15, 2022, 12:29:33 PM
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If you have a 12 volt grill, you can make it portable. I have a GMG Daniel Boone Prime. I decided I didn't want to have to plug it in and be able to move it anywhere I wanted. The beauty of it is they provide an adapter to hook up to your car battery. I installed a battery tray and used a battery I had in the garage. I put the battery on the tray and secured it, hooked up the adapter and purchased a shorter power cable. Voila- portable. I just charge the battery every 6 months as you would in your car. Sharing to give others an idea.
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Cool idea. :clap:
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I use my battery jump box to run the Davey Crockett a lot of the time,it is easier than finding an extension cord at times.
Nice idea, now just get one of those little trickle charger and hook to the battery.
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Great idea. I used a portable cell phone charger to run my master built 560 gravity fed charcoal grill. Im guessing the GMG will take a little more juice, especially when starting up.
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That is a nice set up!
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To make it truly portable and off-grid, you could add a solar charger for the battery.
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lead-acid batteries don't like being allowed to run down so it might be best to leave it attached to even a very cheap 12v solar panel. You'll probably want to silicone the panel housing to be really sure it is weather-tight if it wasn't explicitly sold to be used in full weather.
I have an old land cruiser that for years sometimes didn't get driven for months so i installed weatherproof battery maintainer under the hood and kept it plugged in more often than not. Got 7 years out of the first battery before starting it if the lights had been on for a while, etc, got a little dodgy.