I'm thinking of using a 12 volt car cooler as a no-ice replacement for my current refrig. We have solar power, fairly good amps, any advice?
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This is not a refrigerator is all I can say. They do make 12v refrigerators which are costly but actually use about a third of the power this does. I would not recommend this for your application. Maybe for a vacation cabin for a weekend. Translate: if you never actually have to live with the setup.
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It runs on any 12V battery. If it's just for a little while, your car battery is fine. If you plan to run it 24/7, the battery needs to be supplied with a source to recharge it. The greater the amp-hour capacity of the battery, the longer the fridge will run. I think mine uses about half of the energy generated by a 125W solar panel in the sunny Southwest.
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Yes, absolutely . I'm a mechanic by trade , this fridge uses very low amps.
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Yes, I would think it would work OK unless the freezer manual says otherwise. Many times they will tell you to plug big appliances directly to the outlet. The 12ga wire is probably overkill and should handle the load fine.
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I am not sure. My son bought the cooler and he uses it in his truck. The 12 volt cord got hot and melted and he bought another cord at a truck stop and it worked fine. To answer your question I would think so but as I said I am not sure.
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If you want to run a full size refrig that is running at 8 to10 amps you need the OG 135 and it will run your system from Sun down to Sun rise. If you want to run all in your question you will need to order 2 of the units.Don
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Joe, It seems to be a little more than 40 watts. at 12v it draws 4 -5 amps - 48 to 60 watts. I use a 100 watt solar panel which will do 7+ amps, to charge the trailer batteries and run the frig freezer during the daylight hours. This arrangement has kept my ice cream frozen for four days in Death Valley (90-100) temps without starting the tow vehicle. .
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From the manual, "POWER REQUIREMENTS: 9.5 to 14.4 Volts DC, 4 Amperes @ 12 Volts DC Nominal. COOLING PERFORMANCE Cools from 38 F to 42 F below the average surrounding temperature. Empty cooler reaches minimum temperature in 3 hours."
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I would not buy this product. A half way decent garage has its own refrigerant. This product is for people that either have experience refilling car systems, or have a friend or neighbor, that has the experience. Save your money.
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Worked great on ours, we are waiting now for the factory parts to arrive.fridge is in the garage running fine for a week, temp is 30 in fridge and 0 in freezer. Web pros say it's not good to leave it on due to stress on compressor.
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You have to add the amps each appliance draws (starting amps, not running amps) and make sure it's below the capacity of the unit. I ran 2 chest freezers at once, but never tried to run more at once. If the power fails I'll just run each fridge & freezer for an hour at a time every few hours.
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Was wired for US 130v current/outlet, however with a proper adapter it might work fine. Chiller operation is approximately 30-40 minutes for a batch of ice cream with a refrigerated custard base. Hope it works for you- wonderful machine
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I did buy this inverter..it did just what we wanted it to do... we use it for a small solar application on an off grid camp.. our biggest concern was running a small chest freezer converted to a run as fridge with a 5A start up needed. Have not had a problem.
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Sorry this does not have a freezer nor does it run on propane only household current or 12v cigarette lighter plug in. It will get your items really cold, but no freezer. I think there is a Norcold sold on Amazon that runs on propane, 12v and household plug in. I think it cost about $650.00. Just do a search for Norcold refrigerator. Hope this helps.
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I guess what you're looking for is the outside dimensions, the width is about 10 1/2, the height is about 17 inches, and the length is about 18 1/2. In the link dimension I am taking it from the outside edge of the handle to the outside edge the handle does stick out a little bit on both sides. I hope that is what you're looking for. I find it's a very useful little cooler but I would double check your cigarette lighter wiring it draws enough current. The wiring could get a little hot and I notice mine does. I haven't yet gotten around to it, but I'm planning on adding a wire that's directly off the battery. If I'm gonna leave it running for an extended period of time, but that would be fine even if you're stopped for a couple hours. I just don't think I would trust it overnight it could kill the battery. I am primarily use in it and a Nissan NX 2000, which has a large battery and really doesn't need much current to get it started. Also bought the optional adapter so that I can run it off of the house current that came in real handy when I found the motel with a crappy refrigerator. I just plugged it in and saved all my munchies and drinks.
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I have the dual fans (4000 cfm) ... using to cool a 355 SBC they are quality units, work fine, however, they draw a lot of juice and are noise. I had to go to a 140 amp. alternator to carry the load. I'm going to put seperate switches so I can run 1 fan on cool days and 2 only when needed to drop the load and noise. engine mounted in a '74 260Z roadster conversion with tight engine bay so cooling, even with an alum. rad. and ceramic coated headers a task. Fans did the trick.
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If you had it hooked to a large capacity battery. With a inverter hooked to that battery large enough to handle 115vac @ 5amps. The amps for a small fridge is probaly closer to 1.5 than it is 15 amps. So with your panel in full sunlight producing 50W at 22vdc regulated to 12vdc. You could in theory run the fridge.