Battery Current Saver gadget for your fridge

The fridge will only turn itself on if your beer is getting warm, it doesn't care what the clock says. The clock doesn't care how cold your beer is - I think I'm letting the fridge do the talking!

WOW !

Old technology. Can't believe the website is still working.

Stay away is my opinion. The following statement will cause some grief.

"There are a number of refrigeration units available; the best one to choose is a compressor driven unit. A unit that will also deep freeze is a 12 Volt unit marketed by a Mount Waverley Victoria based company named DANFOSS"

John

I have one and have been running it for years, after stuffing one battery I got one, It seem to work as said (dam better getting to sleep at night) it's in it's second vehicle 9 years 180000 km there abouts.

Richard

Forget it, delete the post, stupid just did a forum search on it.

I remember reading one of the posts 2 years ago.

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I also have a device which cuts the fridge power use but mone is much more efficient, saving up to 100%.

It is the off switch. I use it every time i want hot beer. Same principal as the hourly use one.

I would not use it. Excessive temperature rises in the hour cause food spoilage and hot beer.

John there are minor savings to be made in power consumption by not cycling the fridge as often but this will ultimately end up with the fridge getting slightly too warm just prior to each time the battery current saver cut in. The fact that the fridges own thermostat is cutting in is telling you things are are warming up inside. Fridges with lesser insulation like the Waeco & Engel that cycle often for short periods would certainly have internal temps getting dangerously high.(warm beer) The one fridge this unit would possible work on is the Autofridge. The makers of these fridges already recomend that they be turned on for 2 hours in the morning & 2 hours in the afternoon then left off for the rest of the day & night. The difference is they have thicker insulation & a Eutectic fluid that holds the temparature steady for far longer. An automatic system like this would at least ensure one didn't forget to turn the fridge back on. From memory Autofridge were suggesting about a 10% saving in power use by turning the fridge on twice a day rather than let it cycle on the thermostat.
75%.....1 amp hour?.........I think they are dreaming :-))

Cheers Craig................

I keep those blue ice packs in the fridge . You can switch the unit off last thing at night and since the thing is kept shut I dont feel there is a problem.
If you have solar cells then you are charging again from sunrise.
Dont know about summer up nth though !

a dodgy and misleading claim..."electronic thermostat".....then they go on and say "time cycle" ....

What is it ...a thermostat or electronic timer...the latter I say at about ten times the price it should be

i have one of these units i didnt notice any practycal reduction in power consumption but i didnt measure it scientifically.....if anyone wants to do a proper test i am happy to donate the unit and lets see the results.just leave some details

Pray tell how any device will save your precious 12v power by switching the fridge fully OFF , the fridge is designed to cycle on/off to maintain a set internal temperature regardless of the external ambient temperature , switching a fridge fully OFF overnight can and in most instances use MORE power due to the internal temp rises even on a "cool" night ,that 2-3 degree rise takes more power than letting the fridge cycle , Do you switch your home fridge off at bedtime every night ?? nah didn't think so.