--- In [email protected], Trevor Sheppard <listsandst...@...> wrote: > > Hi Chaps (and Chapesses), > > I'm considering buying something along the lines of a thermo-electric > cool box, unfortunately (although I do know the principles - we used > them a lot in the high vacuum industry when we sold mercury diffusion > pumps) a lot) I've no experience of them when used as a cold box / > refrigerator on a narrowboat. > > This is just one of the type that I'm looking at; I rather like the idea > of top opening, partly as you don't lose the cold air inside and partly > because you can usually stack more stuff inside them without it all > tumbling onto the deck when you open it! See: > <http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130327206090&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en> > or, as TinyLinks, either this one: ** <http://tiny.cc/2vZ0t> > <http://tiny.cc/2vZ0t> or: <http://alturl.com/2gmj> (they all go to the > same place (I hope <g>). > > Any advice on their worth / value for money / longevity, etc., or even > just your thoughts about them (as I don't completely trust salespersons > working on commissions), would be much appreciated :) > > (I've also sent this to the Cutweb and Narrowboats lists, my apologies > for the multiple posts if you are on either - or even both - of them). >
Beware - usual Ebay problem with no proper specifications. I have just looked up a similar product in the Waeco catalogue and find it draws 4 amps at 12v and there is probably no thermostat when in cooling mode. That means 96 Ah per day where an electric fridge will will be just around half that. Tony Brooks
