This powerful cooler cools to 40 degrees below the surrounding temperature, Perfect for the office, dorm rooms, RV's, campers and truck cabs.
* Coleman 40Qt HVTE Cooler with Power Supply
* Cools to 40 degrees below the surrounding temperature
* Perfect for the office, dorm rooms, RV's, campers and truck cabs
* So quiet you'll forget it's running
* Adjustable shelf divider
* Molded handles for easy lifting and carrying
* Roomy interior holds 2-liter bottles upright
* Patented adjustable door opens on right or left side
* Transitions easily from horizontal to vertical
* Use the included power supply for 120 volt household voltage and the 12v plug on the road
Model No.: 5644-707W
Shipping Weight (in pounds): 19.5
Product in Inches (L x W x H): 17.25 x 16.0 x 24.0
Assembled in Country of Origin: USA and/or Imported
Origin of Components: USA and/or Imported
Wal-Mart No.: 000981450
We've talked about these thermoeletric coolers before.
I don't mean to squash this thread. Rather, I just wanted to highlight that this thing draws 4 amps, continuously. That's 96 amp-hrs/day, or a good quality, fully-charged, battery per day. How many batteries do you want to carry on that cruise?
On the other hand, if you have shore power and just want to day-sail, they are probably a pretty good thing to have...
I agree.. not to squash, but this sort of refrigeration isn't always the most efficient. A better choice might be the Engel line of freezer/refrigerators....
I too would like to see something that could cool below 40 deg less than the outside temp. But there are better options. Engle is one I think thats what Scott uses and he likes it a lot, the price is high though. A cooler you keep adding Ice is an option that works better for the average 3 day trips we take in the Mac. I have shore power at the boat all the time so a dorm Fridge works great for me, about 100 bucks. It will stay cold all day unpluged. and will run with my 1000 watt yamaha just fine. You can also add a frozen milk bottle to it that will make it act like a regular cooler.
I havent tried to use an inverter with it yet but It takes almost all 1000 watts to start the compressor but once the comp. starts the generator hardly works at all to keep it going. The trick is to keep frozen stuff
in the fridge so it doesnt need to come on as much.
But I think if ice is available where ever you go than a reg. cooler
would work the best. I dont think you can put ice in the walmart/coleman cooler but I could be wrong.
We have a Norcold in our Mac X. Draws more power than I'd like - it pulls between 1.35 and 2.7 amps - but it's roomy, the Admiral likes it and it fits in the galley nicely with some drawers next to it.
We use a 32 Qt. Koolatron kargo kooler, which is thermoelectric and runs all the time when plugged in. Uses 2.7 amps when plugged in. We added insulation to it, and keep it near the bilge. We unplug it for three hours in the morning, and three hours late at night. We seldom run the boat's motor more than one hour per day but that is eough to replenish the battery banks along with the solar panels. The unit has a battery saver inline, so it will stop before it runs down the battery system so much it wouldn't start the motor or allow any system to function.
The secret to keep keeping uncooked meats fresh is to freeze them hard, wrap in foil, then paper. Date the packages, and put the last one to be used on the bottom. A steak will stay frozen for a week that way even in summer temps (100 degrees) where the cooler is maxed out at 55 - 60 degrees. Any extra space in the freezer can be filled with frozen sauces, or water, to help the cooler be more effecient in retaining the achieved low temp.
While livintg on the economy in Germany back in 88-89 we learned to not depend on ice for anything, since it was hard to find away from home. That means we learned to enjoy better, any kind of beer, wine, water, cheese, oil, chocolate, fruit, etc. at only cool temps, not cold.
Not having the ice habit anymore makes it much easier to plan a menu and sail as long as you want away from shore power for little expense.
On our long cruises of weeks, we just don't plan menus with frozen meats except for the fiest week. We eat very well on freeze dried or canned plus fresh when we catch or find it, and a restaurant if available, though we selom tie up to a dock. We simply like it better on the hook.
Since we are mainly gunkholers, not long distance over the sea cruisers, it works for us.
Night Sailor wrote:
While livintg on the economy in Germany back in 88-89 we learned to not depend on ice for anything, since it was hard to find away from home. That means we learned to enjoy better, any kind of beer, wine, water, cheese, oil, chocolate, fruit, etc. at only cool temps, not cold.
Not having the ice habit anymore makes it much easier to plan a menu and sail as long as you want away from shore power for little expense.
a warm (hot) Corona on a summer day doesn't do it for me...
