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Dicking with ice definitely sucks on a 3 day event!!!
Small college frig on the desk fits perfect.
Not sure what the powering needed is, I have a 10,000 watt gennie.

My helper also brings a coffee machine and big ass griddle.
They definitely let you know when they kick on, never noticed the frig causing a draw??

Good luck.

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Dicking with ice definitely sucks on a 3 day event!!!
Small college frig on the desk fits perfect.
Not sure what the powering needed is, I have a 10,000 watt gennie.

My helper also brings a coffee machine and big ass griddle.
They definitely let you know when they kick on, never noticed the frig causing a draw??

Good luck.
also check out kemimoto fridge
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Anyone got recommendations for a cheap 12v car fridge/freezer? Moderate in size, maybe 40-50l as a rough guess, preferably 2 sections for fridge and freezer options. Ive seen some cheap ones from a brand called Kings, sold by 4wd supacentre, but I have no idea if they're good or not. Is there a large difference in efficiency between brands? Maybe a nice bonus would be the ability to also run it off 240v. I'm hoping to eventually also get a battery pack to run it when camping, and a solar panel to charge it. Thanks!

 

Get a RV one, mine in my toter runs on propane 110V or12V

 

That's probably the best idea to cover all the bases if possible.
Those are pretty damn expensive and pretty damn fragile.
I found my college model on sale for like $40-50 bucks one time so I bought four of them and gave three to some friends for their garage.
All four still going strong for many years.

Those damn 3 ways always seem to have horror stories at the worst possible time??


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Got a refri/freezer cooler runs on 12v or 110v. No more ice for me. Got it on amazon

 

Best way to go. We have one in the basement storage of our Motorhome on a slideout tray. Nice not to have to deal with ice all weekend. It has compartments with seperate controls. One can be a freezer or both a fridge.
There are some decent ones on Amazon for around $350.
Put a 12v recp in the trailer right next to the 110V and you are good to go.

 

I have a 3 cubic ft fridge/freezer. It has a separate freeze compartment. I got mine at lowes many years ago. I run it off a Honda 3000 at the track, and I don't recall ever noticing it pulling down the generator. I keep my trailer plugged in when it's in storage so it's always on, keeping everything cool. I got tired of playing the ice game, and I haven't looked back since. Good luck.

 

I do not know what a smaller fridge would pull as far as amps but I can say from my experience with a larger fridge I can't imagine it's very much. I converted my wife's RV (motorhome) to a residential style fridge that runs off the inverter 100% of the time. We hardly ever camp or go anywhere where there is not electrical hookups but have had lay overs on a trip where we ran off battery power all night. The fridge I installed is an 18 CF and the compressor pulls right at .09 amps at full load in the summer. I'm sure when the compressor starts it pulls more but it's just a brief second then back to .09.

 

Nobody's ever done a block of dry ice for a few days?

 

I was going to do that test, but ran out of time to get to the nearest store with it in stock.
After that we forgot about it when I bought a 10,000 generator.


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Use an under bench 12v compressor fridge , with 4 x 6v golf cart batteries [2 banks of 2 in-series]
Here: Walmart link

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Hook up a decent sized solar panel to the roof with a dc to dc charge controller that has solar input ,and connect the charge controller to your tow vehicle as well using an Anderson plug]

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Then for 110v [220v in NZ] use a CTek battery tender/charger that is permanently hardwired to the battery banks.

This ^^^ will keep the fridge [and any 12 LED lights] running off-grid ,with 110 shore power or 12v tow vehicle charge as back-up

 

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I had a 12v lunch box 25 years ago.
It was awesome, of course my trucks run a gennie all day to run the bucket, so it wasn't an issue.
I did use it once in one of my pickups, and it definitely drained the batteries quickly.

What ever people do, make damn sure you don't tap into the the start battery for your trucks!!!


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I have seen countertop icemakers. Not sure how practical they would be for a race weekend. But they were interesting.

 

Like I said for me it’s perfect now that I use the frig.
I only use it for my koolade jug, but I have seen it used for a cooler.
It takes a lot of refills, that’s for sure.
I think mine is rated at 20 lbs a day.
So it’s possible to stay ahead if you have access to enough water.

 

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