The camper fridge is on full power and down to temp before we go away, no need to cool it down further. I really need to try out this mini fridge and power pack! I have the need to prove folk right!
@Drive Wayne
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Where would I put my ramps? Oh, and it's two and a half hundred quid! £29 sounds much betterer!@Drive Wayne
How's about 1 of these little darlings?
Keep it in the van whilst driving, taking up that space between the seats & then keep it plugged in to a 12v extension lead whilst in the Outwell awning.
With that big Roamer battery of yours & a top of of daily solar, all should be ok?
Outwell Arctic Chill 8 - Compressor Fridge Freezer Cooler VW T5 T6 T6.1 California - CampervanBits
Outwell Arctic Chill 8 - Comperssor Cooler VW T5 T6 T6.1 California (-20 °C to +20 °C) Mercedes Marco Polo and Ford Nugget - conversions with twin front seats
I'll be honest Wayne it sounds like you might want some sound deadening bunging in that slider.
I've got half a sheep wedged in there, but butyl deadener sounds like the future. Thanks @Stay FrostyI'll be honest Wayne it sounds like you might want some sound deadening bunging in that slider.6
I've got mostly two layers of butyl deadener in our door and it goes "swish-thump" and that thump is more of a deep bassy "whump" proper melodic like a quiet slow motion train crash, I reckon she could sleep through that sound?
buy cheap buy twice
You are right @Bargy62 . The specs and reviews on that 50,000mAh battery make me think they have added one too many 0's, 5Ah is more likely.
Do you not go on EHU when your away
Very rarely, Forum do's are all off grid events for us, the solar keeps our battery topped up at those. I was grateful of a hookup in Skye last year which powered our shed/cooking tent and our portable 'non battery' coolbox, the weather was dreadful! Most of my alloted 29 days holiday a year is taken up with Forum/VW events, 11 years until retirement!
Shame your not closer as you could have a borrow of my 9l alpicool and see how you got on
Top bloke @Bargy62 , I would love to know real world info. Thanking you!
The trial has started
There's not enough Ruuvis in the world!The trial started yesterday at 5pm and will run for 24hrs
The portable fridge/freezer is an Alpicool C9 being 9 litres capacity
It was chilled down to 0⁰c indoors on 240v but in reality it was probably a degree warmerView attachment 286385
The empty fridge was put in the van at 5pm on a 12v supply a renogy LiFePo4 fully charged at 100 Ah with no charging input so solely reliant on the battery
The fridge has maintained its temperature throughout even when the van internal temperature rose to 31.95⁰c which could be the same as an awning in the sunView attachment 286386View attachment 286387
The fridge indoors appears to run for 4 minutes in every 15 to maintain 0⁰cView attachment 286388
And at 5pm today the battery was down to 82.3 Ah using a total of 17.7 A
When running at 5pm it was drawing 2.6A
Which sort of confirms the 4 minutes in every 15.5 bit
The floor is now open to questions
Many thanks for your troubles @Bargy62 very gratefulThe trial started yesterday at 5pm and will run for 24hrs
The portable fridge/freezer is an Alpicool C9 being 9 litres capacity
It was chilled down to 0⁰c indoors on 240v but in reality it was probably a degree warmerView attachment 286385
The empty fridge was put in the van at 5pm on a 12v supply a renogy LiFePo4 fully charged at 100 Ah with no charging input so solely reliant on the battery
The fridge has maintained its temperature throughout even when the van internal temperature rose to 31.95⁰c which could be the same as an awning in the sunView attachment 286386View attachment 286387
The fridge indoors appears to run for 4 minutes in every 15 to maintain 0⁰cView attachment 286388
And at 5pm today the battery was down to 82.3 Ah using a total of 17.7 A
When running at 5pm it was drawing 2.6A
Which sort of confirms the 4 minutes in every 15.5 bit
The floor is now open to questions
With thanks to @Bargy62 and @moomin-j the Outwell Arctic Chill 8 is the chosen awning fridge. It's compact size and its ability to hold a pint of milk or two, and a couple of Guinesseses was the winning formula, and of course wifey is paying for it. Bala will be it's test ground, I just happen to have a spare 12v slot under the sink (bread bin) to make a connection. Thanks to @Dellmassive for making me not buy a fridge/heater and a dodgy powerpack.@Drive Wayne
How's about 1 of these little darlings?
Keep it in the van whilst driving, taking up that space between the seats & then keep it plugged in to a 12v extension lead whilst in the Outwell awning.
With that big Roamer battery of yours & a top up of daily solar, all should be ok?
Outwell Arctic Chill 8 - Compressor Fridge Freezer Cooler VW T5 T6 T6.1 California - CampervanBits
Outwell Arctic Chill 8 - Comperssor Cooler VW T5 T6 T6.1 California (-20 °C to +20 °C) Mercedes Marco Polo and Ford Nugget - conversions with twin front seats
is it 12v onlyWith thanks to @Bargy62 and @moomin-j the Outwell Arctic Chill 8 is the chosen awning fridge. It's compact size and its ability to hold a pint of milk or two, and a couple of Guinesseses was the winning formula, and of course wifey is paying for it. Bala will be it's test ground, I just happen to have a spare 12v slot under the sink (bread bin) to make a connection. Thanks to @Dellmassive for making me not buy a fridge/heater and a dodgy powerpack.
Outwell Arctic Chill 8 Compressor Cooler Coolbox Fridge Freezer (590236) - Grasshopper Leisure
The Outwell Arctic Chill is a compact and robust compressor cooler that keeps your items cold down to -20 C. With a capacity of 8 litres, it is idealwww.grasshopperleisure.co.uk
Yes, just 12v, I would have liked a battery pack but the size of this was the consideration, the Roamer and the solar will be playing a part.
