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Post by faffer on Feb 9, 2018 18:00:40 GMT
Hi all,i am looking for a 12v cool box and i have been looking at a fair few but i was wondering what other folk use and can vouch for. The space i have will fit a 25l or thereabouts.
So any suggestions please folks.
Thanks
Wayne:(
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Post by Mr Stabby on Feb 9, 2018 18:27:47 GMT
Waeco are generally considered to be the best but are expensive. Halfords/Aldi type coolboxes are much cheaper but cool contents down to around 10 degrees below ambient temperature rather than refrigerating them to a set temperature. So they are fine for cooling drinks but may not cool down enough to keep meat safely refrigerated on a hot day, and may actually freeze contents on a cool day. They are also very power-hungry.
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Post by faffer on Feb 9, 2018 18:30:45 GMT
Waeco are generally considered to be the best but are expensive. Halfords/Aldi type coolboxes are much cheaper but cool contents down to around 10 degrees below ambient temperature rather than refrigerating them to a set temperature. So they are fine for cooling drinks but may not cool down enough to keep meat safely refrigerated on a hot day, and may actually freeze contents on a cool day. They are also very power-hungry. thast one point i have been looking for is the power consumption. The ones i have looked at dont refer to it at all. I am willing to spend upto £75 max for one, no clue if thats good or not for a half decnt one. I will go look at the Waeco ones
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Post by faffer on Feb 9, 2018 18:33:00 GMT
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Post by Mr Stabby on Feb 9, 2018 18:34:09 GMT
Waeco are generally considered to be the best but are expensive. Halfords/Aldi type coolboxes are much cheaper but cool contents down to around 10 degrees below ambient temperature rather than refrigerating them to a set temperature. So they are fine for cooling drinks but may not cool down enough to keep meat safely refrigerated on a hot day, and may actually freeze contents on a cool day. They are also very power-hungry. thast one point i have been looking for is the power consumption. The ones i have looked at dont refer to it at all. I am willing to spend upto £75 max for one, no clue if thats good or not for a half decnt one. I will go look at the Waeco ones You'd need to spend three times that much to get a decent one. If there is a truckstop anywhere near you, have a look in there, they sometimes do offers but even if they don't have one on they will be much cheaper than a chandlers. Truck drivers are probably the main buyers of 12v fridges in the |UK.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Feb 9, 2018 18:37:27 GMT
Essentially, there are two types of 12v coolers, thermoelectric and compressor. Compressor fridges are far superior but cost a lot more.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2018 18:40:23 GMT
That's 47w so just under 4a. I'd go for that. Stick a solar panel on the hard top and you'll have plenty of juice between the engine, the sun and a Genny if you need it
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2018 18:43:00 GMT
Essentially, there are two types of 12v coolers, thermoelectric and compressor. Compressor fridges are far superior but cost a lot more. To be fair though, space will be an issue and Wayne isn't looking at it from a live aboard angle. Cool Cider and non sweaty cheese butties is a good start
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Post by Mr Stabby on Feb 9, 2018 18:47:05 GMT
A little tip from my days of tramping as a truck driver when I had a coolbox. At the weekend I used to freeze sachets of Capri-Sun in the freezer at home, they are generally £2 for 10 in Iceland, and then place them on top of whatever was in the coolbox. I could turn the coolbox off at night so it didn't drain the batteries and if I went to work on Monday they would normally stay frozen until Wednesday keeping everything else cool. Then I would either re-freeze them the following weekend and repeat, or I could drink them if I so chose.
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Post by faffer on Feb 9, 2018 18:47:16 GMT
thast one point i have been looking for is the power consumption. The ones i have looked at dont refer to it at all. I am willing to spend upto £75 max for one, no clue if thats good or not for a half decnt one. I will go look at the Waeco ones You'd need to spend three times that much to get a decent one. If there is a truckstop anywhere near you, have a look in there, they sometimes do offers but even if they don't have one on they will be much cheaper than a chandlers. Truck drivers are probably the main buyers of 12v fridges in the |UK. Good idea, my Bro is a tramper so i could see if he will keep an eye out That's 47w so just under 4a. I'd go for that. Stick a solar panel on the hard top and you'll have plenty of juice between the engine, the sun and a Genny if you need it Its a lot i thought but as you say with the extra power i will have it mite cope kida. I do planto fit solar in the near future. What is the output of these eneinge ? 6 amps ? I thought about it for ages and how ofetn is it so warn that a cool box will not cope. It may sound sever but if i put a vent in the side of the boat under the strake it will help to keep the cool box cupboard cooler as well.
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Post by faffer on Feb 9, 2018 18:52:13 GMT
Essentially, there are two types of 12v coolers, thermoelectric and compressor. Compressor fridges are far superior but cost a lot more. To be fair though, space will be an issue and Wayne isn't looking at it from a live aboard angle. Cool Cider and non sweaty cheese butties is a good start Yes the size i have, sorry space is 41x41x32 so a max 25l from what i have been looking at. So yes limited to a half crate, the bacon n egg will be in a onion sack overboard for breaky A little tip from my days of tramping as a truck driver when I had a coolbox. At the weekend I used to freeze sachets of Capri-Sun in the freezer at home, they are generally £2 for 10 in Iceland, and then place them on top of whatever was in the coolbox. I could turn the coolbox off at night so it didn't drain the batteries and if I went to work on Monday they would normally stay frozen until Wednesday keeping everything else cool. Then I would either re-freeze them the following weekend and repeat, or I could drink them if I so chose. Is that the norm with cool box`s though, a few freezer pack or Capi Sun. I d similar every day for my insulin in my cool bag for work, last all day to keep it cool.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2018 18:55:32 GMT
The yam is nominally rated at 8amps.
I have seen 10a at plenty of Welly on a dubiously accurate shunt ammeter.
We used to use a crappy Lidl coolbox, got on ok with that with one battery and unplugging it when the engine was off.
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Post by faffer on Feb 9, 2018 19:45:15 GMT
The yam is nominally rated at 8amps. I have seen 10a at plenty of Welly on a dubiously accurate shunt ammeter. We used to use a crappy Lidl coolbox, got on ok with that with one battery and unplugging it when the engine was off. The U62 Waeco looks good from what i have found on supping juice. Unless anothe rshow suo by tomoz thats the choice, with a vent in the hull it will be reat
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Post by thebfg on Feb 9, 2018 23:34:26 GMT
We have quite a big one for camping.
We did try it with a leisure battery but it drained the battery in hours.
In the car I disconnect to make sure it's not running when he engine is off as it will flatten that battery very quickly.
They do uses lot of power.
We are then same as stabby we freeze certain stuff to keep it cool for a few days.
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Post by bodger on Feb 10, 2018 9:06:08 GMT
always surprises me that fridges and cool boxes are big consumers of leccy........ We all know that it requires loads of energy to heat things up, so why can't an inventor find a way to harness all the heat removed by a refrigeration process and then use that heat energy to power the thing? Perhaps a clever adaptation of the ecofan principle. In theory it should be possible, because the process releases stored energy from the foodstuffs but then just wastes it to the atmosphere.
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