Gas Fridge

G'day John, I run a 50ltr chestcold (chest type) and a 90ltr electolux (upright) in my camper trailer. I bought them both new about about 12 years when living in Port Hedland and used them regularly on trips throughout the Pilbara, NT, Central Deserts and NW QLD. (they get a pretty rough ride in the trailer and have given no trouble, touch wood) As a rule I do not run them when traveling (they are very heavy on 12vlt and unless you turn them off at every stop you will run your batteries down quickly). I have found that I can travel 6-7hours without things warming up or defrosting too much before camping and turning them back on. They have a few drawbacks but nothing too serious. Don't expect them to performe as good as engel's, weaco's etc, particularly in the hotter climates and they must be set up level with good ventelation to work efficiently. With this in mind, I always have cold beer and cold or frozen tucker. The big plus, in my opinion, is the ability to camp in the one spot for weeks without worrying about gennies, solar or regularly starting you vehicle. Good luck, I'm sure you will get plenty of feedback on your post.

Hi John

Like the previous post we have a 50lt Chestcold which we swear by, whilst camping near Narabri in NSW last Dec/ Jan we had no truble at all in 40+ degrees during the day every day. We made ice each night in those plastic ice cube thingos, used 4 lt of gas over 8 days. The trick is to keep all the vents clear. we have ours sitting on a light weight alumium stand.

Rocky

Hi Atropos - we run the standard Electrolux 3 way.
On 240V the night before - gets the chemicals moving.
An anderson plug from Car to camper with heavy cable (16sqmm copper) runs it on 12V while driving - and recharges camper battery; then gas at campsites.
Have done a 2 week trip recently used about 9kgs gas in total -that includes cooking; fridge and H/W system.
The computer fans on the fins to extract the heat makes a huge difference in all these heat exchaneg type fridges...........Keith

Yes the Chescold by Electrolux is a great fridge, you can get 3 days to a week out of a 2KG bottle. Once they're cranking they work great. Occassionally some come up on Ebay for a good price.

I have a chescold as well and they are great for longer trips...keeps the meat frozen and the beer very cold