Fridge/freezer

Have a read of Post ID 39883
Also do a search theres a fair bit of discussion in the archives

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Franga

Yendor, my choice would be genset/battery charger setup for the battery when not mobile. A fully dedicated electric fridge is more efficient than the duel gas/leckie jobs, not that there is anything wrong with them, my experience is that they don’t recover as quickly as a fully dedicated unit when they are opened, so if you have billy lids, the fridge might struggle at times. My set up is a Honda 20e genset which I run for 4 to 5 hrs of a night driving a 10 amp battery charger to restore the battery from day time running, all lighting, radio/dvd/tv, & a 27 y/o Engel, which I might add I bought when I was working out of Derby... so she has seen a bit of the Kimberlys & still goin strong. The Honda is as silent as a church mouse, I put it out at the front of the truck & in a very short time you would hardly notice it. I find it gives me so much more scope & flexibility for what I have now & what might be into the future. Cheers RG.

Hi Rod,
yes, lots been covered in the past on this.
I won't get into the arguments about types of fridges or genset/solar (I use solar) but really, one thing you don't need is a freezer (with the resultant saving of power). There are enough butchers at either end of the GRR (Broome, Derby and Kununurra) to provide cryovac meat, which can be kept at fridge temps (2-4deg) for about 5 weeks.
And a lot of veges can be kept for about a week if wrapped in newspaper and kept cool in an esky without ice, leaving your fridge space for other things.
Gerry

Rod,
how long do you want to stay camped in one place ??
Yes, I've travelled the GRR, Kimberleys & kakadu, for months at a time.