When water turns to ice it expands quite a lot, with massive forces, so never fill these with water and let it freeze. Put the water in plastic bottles or something so there is distributed air space as you make your "ice". A single large expanding ice block filling the space would very possibly break the metal cooling coils or maybe even the cooler's plastic body. (applies to all portable freezers regardless of the material they are made from.) When freezing water expands with nowhere to go it will shatter even thick steel or reinforced cement, let alone a nice little portable fridge!
A suggestion when using a portable power pack with a 12V DC fridge/freezer - ‘you should use the 12V DC output rather than the 110V AC output to run your freezer. There is a power loss in the power pack when converting the output from DC to AC. (Sometimes upto 20% at full load). The only time to use the AC output from the power pack to the fridge/freezer AC power brick is if you need to run a long distance between the power pack and the fridge. (Distances longer than the DC power cord supplied.)
I just ordered the VL45 and plan to use it in a similar way. I think it’s more efficient to use the 12v port, if it can handle 15 amps. There’s some loss in converting to ac. If you get a solar panel you should be able to run it for days (weather permitting).
When water turns to ice it expands quite a lot, with massive forces, so never fill these with water and let it freeze. Put the water in plastic bottles or something so there is distributed air space as you make your "ice". A single large expanding ice block filling the space would very possibly break the metal cooling coils or maybe even the cooler's plastic body. (applies to all portable freezers regardless of the material they are made from.) When freezing water expands with nowhere to go it will shatter even thick steel or reinforced cement, let alone a nice little portable fridge!
Very nice! Looking forward to hear a bit more about how you like the unit!
A suggestion when using a portable power pack with a 12V DC fridge/freezer - ‘you should use the 12V DC output rather than the 110V AC output to run your freezer. There is a power loss in the power pack when converting the output from DC to AC. (Sometimes upto 20% at full load). The only time to use the AC output from the power pack to the fridge/freezer AC power brick is if you need to run a long distance between the power pack and the fridge. (Distances longer than the DC power cord supplied.)
I just ordered the VL45 and plan to use it in a similar way. I think it’s more efficient to use the 12v port, if it can handle 15 amps. There’s some loss in converting to ac. If you get a solar panel you should be able to run it for days (weather permitting).
That's pretty sweet.
Very awesome how does the fridge work? The exact same model I am looking into for my camper build! Very nice it's also a cooler
It works great. Hardly runs on eco mode and says cold
yuo did good ~broth. )
Pretty cool, but I think I’ll stick to frozen 1 gallon jugs of water.
I bet once the fridge is full that the motor will run less, like you said if it was chilled at home first I bet you would be good for a few days.
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Come on,, let’s just buy a camper,, lol