lancruiser 76 series centre console fridge/cooler

Recently saw someone on another forum who has fitted the Waeco CDF15 into his 76 series in place of the console. Another person commented in that thread saying he'd done the same in his, and was the best mod he'd done. I'll try and find the thread and post a link to it...thinking it may have been on MySwag forum

There are two different types of center console fridges ..... real little fridges with compressors and Peltier effect semiconductor coolers.
The compressors fridges are capable of a much greater temperature gradient and are considerably more efficient. ( lower current drain for the result).

Oh and remember one thing ..... the floor of a vehicle is quite warm, so puttng some insulation under whatever fridge you install, will pick up some efficiency.

cheers

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Hi Mark,

I tried using a Waeco TB-08 thermoelectric as a drinks cooler..... the small amount of temperature depression was an absolute waste of time. It went in the bin.

So I got a Waeco CDF-11 true compressor fridge but made a small modification. I put a couple of holes in the lid with a 70mm hole-saw to allow the drink flasks to be readily available whilst driving. The fridge lid can be opened with the flasks in place. See pic below.
The added benefit for us was that the Waeco could be run as a freezer at -10 and take some load off the fridge/freezer in the rear. As the drink flasks sit above the main chamber their temperature is a little above freezing, just nice to drink.
Now considered the best accessory we have.
Of course, the CDF-11 could be used unmodified as a drinks fridge at whatever temperature you wished.

Mark
50% of the people who say don't bother are 100% right . Do what Allan suggested and you will be 110% happy .

Cheers

I've seen on other 4WD sites that people are also replacing their centre console with a Waeco CDF 11 because they are a true compressor fridge that will keep items at the temp selected on the control panel and can be left on overnight and longer without flattening your battery. Unlike other types that are cooler/warmers that chew the power and will flatten batteries in a few hours and only really work well in cooler climates while your engine is running to keep up power supply. I'll be hopefully fitting a CDF 11 this year sometime as well.