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Submitted: Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 13:23
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Hi all has anyone bought a waeco combicool ca-35 3 way fridge, new product from waeco dosent seem to be to bad can anyone give me some advice i allready have a cf 60lt waeco and would have this one for all my none frozen, like beer and and fruit and veg you see my boy is a cheif and he likes to eat when we go away regards Stan .
Reply By: Mav1 - Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 21:36
Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 21:36
Stan,
a couple of months ago I won one of those in a photo comp in a 4wd magazine. During xmas used it as a beer fridge .On 240v not too bad - flat chat it stayed on about -3 degrees during summer days inside house and overnight went to zero. I always refilled it with cold replacements. Used it in car numerous times- takes a fair while to cool down (2hrs) and very heavy on second battery as most 3 way fridges are. Haven't tried the gas yet but in my opinion fairly useless as a mobile 12v fridge if thats your intended use for it's power use and only goes up to 25 degrees below ambient temp.
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Reply By: Jimaholic - Tuesday, Jan 23, 2007 at 00:38
Tuesday, Jan 23, 2007 at 00:38
Stan,
problem with 3-ways as ahs been siad is that on electricity the chew the juice. This is becuase they use Thermo-conductivity rather then a compressor to cool things down. Gas is good if your likely to stay in one spot for a while as they are very effiecient but obviously you can't use gas while you driving. Another thing is that 3 way fridges are not as effiecient on space as your average 12/24/240v comprssor fridge; ie: you get less actual fridge space for the size of the unit.
My advice:
If your likely to be crusing around alot and have a decent dual battery setup go for a compressor fridge, but if you're staying then gas may be a good option.
Jim.
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