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Bulletman
22nd September 2020, 08:07 AM
Gday All,


Has anyone tried this type of cooler for off grid camping , seem to be compact enough but wonder how they would go in real life situation. Transcool make them plus a few others . havent ha any success in copying the link but i guess if you have 1 you will know what i am asking about.

Thanks

Bulletman
Homestar
22nd September 2020, 10:08 AM
The small little camping jobs they are hyping all over the net are pretty much useless. Better off with a good 12 volt fan or a DC inverter 240 volt fan if you have that capacity in your camping kit as they are very efficient compared with AC brushless motors used in cheap pedestal fans. I use one of these in my Van and I can run it all night and the batteries hardly notice.
Corgie Carrier
23rd September 2020, 04:56 PM
An evap cooler wouldn't be much good in the high humidity of NT.
Have you thought about the 12v air cond units like they have in trucks?

I had one in the last truck that ran off the main batteries and never ran them flat, so if you have a decent second battery setup you should be able to run one.
Bulletman
23rd September 2020, 07:53 PM
An evap cooler wouldn't be much good in the high humidity of NT.
Have you thought about the 12v air cond units like they have in trucks?

I had one in the last truck that ran off the main batteries and never ran them flat, so if you have a decent second battery setup you should be able to run one.

I am not sure what type you are speaking of ,the trucks i have driven have an " ice pack " which has a small deisel engine that runs basically a seperate air con unit for the sleeper cab.
any chance you have a brand or a link to the type you are talking about.

Cheers Bulletman
Corgie Carrier
24th September 2020, 04:30 PM
I am not sure what type you are speaking of ,the trucks i have driven have an " ice pack " which has a small deisel engine that runs basically a seperate air con unit for the sleeper cab.
any chance you have a brand or a link to the type you are talking about.

Cheers Bulletman

The one on the Freightliner is an "Autoclima". The outside unit is about 2.5 feet high and about a foot wide with a fan in the cover with a hose going inside and the inside unit is about 2 feet wide and about a foot high with four directional vents. You will have to check the current draw cos I don't have those details.
The new truck has a 24v dometic unit, don't know if they have a 12v unit or not.

There are other brands out there that look similar to the autoclima that might be as good.