Car Fridges , help with some stupid questions please

[Winnie]

So what the deal, it seems like car fridges sre no good at cooling anything thats not cold already ?, sounds like you have to make sure "everything" that goes in the fridge, comes from a fridge ?

Lucky they have a drain plug, cos it sounds like ill be putting ICE in mine now and then if thats the case ?

Bahaha not at all mate. People just do it to save power. If you put warm things in the fridge has to work a little harder to cool it down. No harm to the fridge but uses a little more power.

[growler2058]

if your worried about your beers put one in as you take one out and rotate them, it just depends on how much room you have after you put all your food in

Orrrr buy tinned and dehydrated food and have the whole fridge for beer

[threedogs]

Pack smart too no good having first meal of steaks down the bottom of your fridge.
Wine bladders[filled] are best idea for retaining cold air/space in a 12v fridge

[04OFF]

Bahaha not at all mate. People just do it to save power. If you put warm things in the fridge has to work a little harder to cool it down. No harm to the fridge but uses a little more power.

temp you want it at and it will do its thing.
Once you get the hang of it its easy, no need for ice.

Phew, thanks guys, talk of putting frozen water bottles in the fridge got me worried, i mean, i thought the whole idea of using a fridge, was so you never use frozen water (ICE) again !

if your worried about your beers put one in as you take one out and rotate them, it just depends on how much room you have after you put all your food in

Orrrr buy tinned and dehydrated food and have the whole fridge for beer

Whats this "food" thing you guys talk about ? (ha-ha)

[04OFF]

Pack smart too no good having first meal of steaks down the bottom of your fridge.
Wine bladders[filled] are best idea for retaining cold air/space in a 12v fridge

Cool, so do you have water or wine in the bladder ? Hehe

[Bigcol]

So what the deal, it seems like car fridges sre no good at cooling anything thats not cold already ?, sounds like you have to make sure "everything" that goes in the fridge, comes from a fridge ?
Lucky they have a drain plug, cos it sounds like ill be putting ICE in mine now and then if thats the case ?

like anything, it will need time to get to its optimum operating Temp when it has been switched off,
ALL 12v fridges work better on 240v, so if you turn it on the night before on 240V it will cool down quicker. thats why the suggestion of putting it on over night
if you load it with goods already cold, it only needs to keep it at Temp
if you load it with goods that are warm - well, it takes time to cool them down
fit you dont like to drink from cans, and prefer bottles - packing them in stubby holders will stop them rattling & minimize breakages

a packed fridge cools quicker than a 1/2 empty one, hence the suggestion of filling "Goon Bags" with water / air to take up the extra room that needs to be cooled (and cold water NEVER goes astary)

keeping them clean is an off shoot of how neat you are, spill something, clean it right away

the Thermal bags are like you stubby holder - helps to keep the inside contents cooler for longer

hope some of this useless knowledge is usefull for you

cheers

[Shaun 4x4]

I have found the inside temp is a little different to the reading on the front.
i have mine 75% packed with bottles and it set to 1degrees.
But on my thermometer i read around 2degrees.
Thats with the lid closed and the wire going through the seal.

[Stropp]

I have found the inside temp is a little different to the reading on the front.
i have mine 75% packed with bottles and it set to 2degrees.
But on my thermometer i read around 2degrees.
Thats with the lid closed and the wire going through the seal.

??????????? 2deg and 2 deg???????? TYPO????

[Shaun 4x4]

We'll turns out I'm a liar. Lol
Had another look this morning.
Fridge on 1 and thermostat on 1.

[Shaun 4x4]

??????????? 2deg and 2 deg???????? TYPO????

Yer. Lol

Was wrong altogether anyway. Lol