Question With 3 Way Fridge owners

1. If you're in a town you could plug it in

2. If power isn't an option, then you'd put it on gas

3. Or you could just leave it unplugged overnight. The things in it should stay cold enough (it's insulated). If you've got frozen perishable items in there, then you'd have to choose one of the other options above.

Hi Unko,
I would plug mine into 240v if it where available, if it wasn't I would defiantly pull it out and run it on gas. That way it has cooled down over night enough for another days travel on 12V.
I have a Chescold 50Lt, it's about 12 years old and that's the way I run mine.
I just recently had the jet replaced and with it a service. Works a treat now. It serves us, a family of five very well.
I also have a 65lt ice box just for drinks, manly beer :))

Unko I have mine in the back of the ute always connected to a gas bottle ( with the gas turned off ) running on 12v while travelling and when stopping for a night park on a level surface turn gas bottle on and hit the ignition and your away . In the morning turn off gas but do not disconnect and plug in 12v and ur away . Works for me , also carry some packing blocks in case you cant get a level park overnight .

Unko
I have a Chescold fridge /freezer and always plug into gas or 240v when out of the vehicle on a trip.
Left it on the second battery one night in Catherine not thinkin' and woke up to a flat battery cause the fridge has such a big draw.
When it's at home it's always plugged into the 240v as my beer fridge. Best beer fridge I ever had.
Brett

I have a chescold 50L havent used it yet. Doing a test tonight ill turn it off at 5pm and i will see when the temp is in the morning. im hoping it get down by then to about 4 dec.

99% of the answers above are all correct in most forms. What you finally do will depend on your setup - how easy it is to get the fridge out to put it on gas . . . . . I know you wouldn't think of connecting the gas in the vehicle, that would be suicidal.

Ambient temps affect the deciding factors and depending what you keep in the fridge and for how long. If outside temps fall below 10deg you could probably just turn it off. If temps get lower than 6 deg definitely just turn it off.

Anyone wanting to improve 12v performance, I strongly recommend getting a small 12v computer fan (see DickSmiths or Jcar), they're about 100mm square, take the back off the fridge and install it into the 12v wiring with the fan blowing up through the condensors.

Leave the windows open a tad to expel any warm air. Cool air flow across the vanes will double the efficiency of the 12v system. Protect the fridge from suns rays also, shield the windows by cutting that windscreen silver reflective stuff to size.

Hi unko, ok i'm no expert on this topic and of course take all other reply's into consideration, it really depends on your situation ie: how often you use it and how often do you have 1 night stop overs etc, is it worth getting a dual battery system installed?? another option is to buy one of them jump start packs (just plug it into the pack over night) and it can also be used to recharge phones and camera's etc or jump start your vehicle and are fairly cheap these days, it should last a couple of days running a fridge but a 3way does run much better on gas as you probably know, i use a thumper pack from arb which is basically a versitile second battery and jump start pack all in one but is fairly expensive.....hope this helps.