Koolatron fridge anyone heard of them ?

Beddo,
Came for free, sounds pretty good to me. I'm in.
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Beddo,

Would be interesting to see how well a Canadian fridge works in Oz. I spent a couple of winters over there and being a Pom my biggest problem was trying to warm the beer up !!
They do get hot & humid Summers though so I can see the need for a fridge then.
www.koolatron.com has some info. Sounds like an interesting concept no moving parts other than the fan. Have you tested the current draw ? uses thermoelectric apparently: In 1834 Jean Peltier noted that when an electrical current is applied across the junction of two dissimilar metals, heat is removed from one of the metals and transferred to the other. This is the basis of thermoelectric refrigeration. Would be great if it turns out to be efficient, please post your findings when you have been able to try it out.

Jeff,

Have had a Koolatron for over 20 years, and had no problems with it. Not that it has done much work lately. As Mark said they use Peltier Element, so are fairly "hungry" on power. Model we have has a thermostat, so can control use a bit. Are a good travelling fridge, but there are better options for camping.

Would make a good beer fridge, in the shed, as they can be hooked up to a power supply, or battery charger. We froze some veges in ours, not by choice. Hooroo...

dont expect much more than say 20 degreees difference between ambient and interior of box. ie 30 ambient 10 inside, 35 ambient 15 inside, and as has per reply above they are VERY energy hungry. They cannot get stuff real cold either as the the colder they get the less eficient they become so expect the temperature difference to close eg ambient 25 inside 8 degrees. Just dont expect it to cool like a real fridge.

None the less have thought about making one for a lunch box while at work. One can use a sandard plastic insulated 6 can cooler box.Richard