I know nothing about inverters.
my question is will an inverter run a chestcold better than the normal 12volt. my chestcold runs heaps better on 240v.
also how much would it pull from the battery useing an inverter
cheers
steve
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Your chescold would be great on site on gas. On Exploreoz.com.au forum the subject of frigs has been well & truly examined in detail & a search will tell you heaps.
There is a fairly recent post re a site which sellls up market frigs for marine & 4wd use & they use a 240v compressor & inverter as it works well for them.
There is a fairly recent post re a site which sellls up market frigs for marine & 4wd use & they use a 240v compressor & inverter as it works well for them.
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60serius wrote:sell the chescold and by an engel
Yeah big help that was.
It'll probably work 'better' with a quality inverter but it's still gotta be level and stable to get maximum performance which will never happen in a car and it'll still chew a lot of juice. You'll be better off doing the old trick of freezing a bottle of water to keep in it until you get to the base camp then get the gas cranking.
I wouldn't get an engel because i don't do a lot of touring but i rather set up a base camp to explore from so in that respect the chescold is leap years ahead with fuel costs. If i did a lot of touring i'd be getting something with a compressor.
simsy wrote:
i just want the chestcold to run better while in the car.
It won't happen. Put all the frozen stuff in the Engel till you get where your going, set the chescold on gas then swap it all over.
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It can happen. I have an older 3 way fridge that I played with for a while, trying to get better performance out of it on 12V. The solution, is to go to you neighbourhood computer shop, and get 3 or 4 four inch 12V computer fans. Mount these on the rear of the fridge, so air is forced over and through the condensor fins. This makes working on 12V a lot better. You will still get a bit of melting from the bar, but no where near as much as when run on straight 12V. Granted they do worked better on 240V and gas.
If you look at some of the newer fridges, either Engels or Chestcolds, they have "turbo cooling", which is just a 12V computer fan mounted in the rear of the casing, to assist air flow when packed into a vehicle.
If you look at some of the newer fridges, either Engels or Chestcolds, they have "turbo cooling", which is just a 12V computer fan mounted in the rear of the casing, to assist air flow when packed into a vehicle.
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