Fridge for a camper trailer

Thanks Adam,
It surprises me that a 32lt engel is lower that 500mm. I will look into that.
Thanks again
Cheers
Jason

Thanks for that - My 40lt is 520 high thus the question. 20mm is all it takes to be too high for the trailer.
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Jason

Thanks Jim - as i said, I've not done any research yet so the feed back very time saving.
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Jason

Hi Mark,
Your a champion. Thanks for that. I'll check out the site & hopefully fix my quandary.
Cheers again
Jason

Jason,
BTW if capacity is important i see the Waeco 80 litre comes in at 454mm tall and is well priced also.
Cheers Mark

Thanks Steve. Will do.
Cheers
Jason

Thanks Marty.

I must ask about your last comment - are you not supposed to run a fridge in a trailer.
I understand about ventilation etc - is that it?
Cheers
Jason

The suspension on trailers are not up to the same sort of standard as vehicles.

They tend to get a rough ride.

My fridge has been sucessfully riding in my CT since I have had them (about 4 years).

I make sure I allow some room for air movement around the compressor area , and whenever I'm stopped , fuel etc , I open the tailgate for a few minutes.

I dont have the luxury of fitting the Fridge in my vehicle , so this works for me.

Hi Jason,
Reason for my comment was the roasting I receied on this forum a couple of years ago for suggesting to carry a fridge in a trailer.
There are 2 basic problems with carrying a fridge in a trailer they are rougher ride and the need for the fridge to disspate heat.
If you are towing your trailer up a bitumen or normal gravel road then the ride would not be a problem. if you are towing up some goat track in the middle of nowhere with the trailer in the air more than on the ground then the fridge would be getting a very rough ride.
If you pack a camper trailer like us the fridge would over heat in there. Fridges give out heat and this heat needs to disipate. We have 3 kids so our camper is totally loaded with no spare space. I have left the camper top open the night before with the fridge running and then turned the fridge off and closed the camper as we leave. The fridge will keep cold for hours, after all a fridge without power is basically an esky. If you have any spare room in the fridge add some techni ice this will help with keeping things cool.
We now go camping with 2 fridges, a 40l engel in the 4wd and the 60l in the camper. We have the 40l running with all the cold stuff in it. The 60l we fill with our linen and carry not running. After we set up camp we turn on the 60l and add the drinks, fruit & veges etc. We then leave the 60l in the camper trailer annex and the 40l in the 4WD.
As long as you are mindful of letting the fridge get rid of the heat and the ride it is getting you will have no problems.
Marty.

Thanks for taking the time to explain Marty. I will be traveling with a 40L Engel in the vehicle & a 40L in a breathable box on the trailer draw bar - so i think i've got it sussed.
Thanks again
Jason

Thanks Mark. Have had some good ideas given to me - will check it out.
Cheers
Jason

Thanks Derek - just sifting through the info now.
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Jason

Thanks Gazza,
Will check it out.
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Jason

Thanks Flappa,
The inlaws have an Evacool - might just steel (whoops - borrow) that.
Cheers
Jason

Evakools become Evahots if you put them in a trailer, they are not up to the job in a tailer you will break them.

A mate of mine runs a camping hire business and has Evakools he told me never put an Evakool in a trailer.

Cheers Steve.

Rubbish

The information I give on this forum is free and you can do with it as you wish..

I have a 68lt Evakool fridge that could fit in my camper, but I will not put it there as I have seen what happens to them after they have been in a trailer.

Hey flappa your opinion has been dually noted.

Cheers Steve.

Why would they suddenly become "Evahot" as you say ?

My 60l Evakool EXCLUSIVELY rides in my CT as it has done for the past 4 years without ever having a problem of becoming hot.

Why would it ?

They are recognised as being an excellent Icebox. The fridges are little more then converted iceboxes , which, IMO, makes them so good.

I have on occassions had the need to turn the fridge off in the trailer , and never had the temp vary by more then 2 degrees.

Now that is MY experience on Evakools in trailers.

My Evakool would not have survived in the camper on my last trip, it would have been smashed to piece therefore it would have stoped working and then become for EvaHOT.LOL

Cheers Steve

Lol , fair enough.

I mean lets face it , if you had a choice you wouldn't have a frdige in a CT . . . . fullstop.

Not all of us have that choice.

For that reason I dont see that an evakool is any worse then the others.

None of them are designed to run in CT's.

By the way . . . I had to work hard to have my wiring in good order to run my evakool. It did take me a while to get it right.

In that respect , mine was an Evahot on occassions , but , that was mine fault , and not the fridges.

The only fridge I would put in a trailer, would be the Trailblazer.

I don't have any affiliation with them, but a colleague of mine has had one in his tour trailer for 7 years now, he does tours from Arnhemland to the Kimberley several times a year and this thing keeps working.

They are a solid build and there price is very competitive.

Engel 60lt $1639 rr

Trailblazer 75lt ute size $1606

Evakool 60lt $1299

I couldn't find a price on Waeco

Cheers Steve

I have 2 evakools, both 47L models, one in car & other in camper. Not much spare space in camper but enough for some air flow around compressor. In 6 weeks of touring we have not had any problems with keeping cool or breaking down from rough tracks. Another 5 months to go so will report on here what worked and what didn't.

I don't doubt the ruggedness of the Trailblazer or Explorer's for a minute. I was originally going to get the Explorer but just too big for my set-up, hence the need to go for 2 smaller fridges.

Mark.