Thread: Anyone got the cubby box fridge ?

Looks like they've tried to deliver mine twice (yesterday & today) and I've not been home. Bugger.

Originally Posted by discotwinturbo

It would save me going to the back of the car, sliding my fridge out, and reaching in for a cool one
Brett

That's a bit lazy! A lot of us Defender drivers don;t even have fridges in our cars at all....

Seriously though I have one of the Waeco equivalents and it pretty much is as described above. I find it useful on day trips but honestly if I already had a proper Engel or Waeco on board I wouldn't bother with the small one.

Cheers

Originally Posted by VladTepes

... I find it useful on day trips but honestly if I already had a proper Engel or Waeco on board I wouldn't bother with the small one.

Cheers

Vlad it means you can have two temp zones, the drinks chilled in the cubby and the food much lower temp. Without having a big two zone fridges.

Originally Posted by VladTepes

That's a bit lazy! A lot of us Defender drivers don;t even have fridges in our cars at all....

Seriously though I have one of the Waeco equivalents and it pretty much is as described above. I find it useful on day trips but honestly if I already had a proper Engel or Waeco on board I wouldn't bother with the small one.

Cheers

Well Vlad lucky for you unless your actually going to purchase a D3/4 or RRS you won't have to worry about having to make that decision or risk being called lazy will you? ...


cheers,
Terry

Originally Posted by discomaniac

Hi,
I transferred my LR Cooler from my D3 to my D4 when I upgraded. Wiring for the Cooler was there in the D4 already, slightly different connector if remember correctly. Had to make a slight modification to allow for the Ipod connector in the D4 (didn't have that in the D3)
I actually connected my cooler to my 2nd battery. Seems that the cooler needs around 13v or more to work, so cuts out when the engine is switched off. (haven't measured exact voltage, but definitely requires more than 12.5v)
discomaniac

A question Discomaniac if you don't mind, did your cooler stay on after turning off your ignition on the D3 or has it only been the case since fitting it to the D4?

As I have said previously my factory fitted cooler stays on for ages after turning off the vehicle keeping drinks cool even with the D3 stopped.

Seams a bit strange if the wiring was already factory fitted that yours behaves differently to a factoy fitted one. It would be intersesting to hear from others wth factory fitted coolers if theirs stay on for a period after turning off the ignition.

cheers,
Terry

Hi TerryO,
My first cooler in my D3 stayed on for about half an hour after engine turned off.
After some seemingly unrelated battery problems, the Cooler was replaced under warranty, this 2nd one turned off only about 30 seconds after the engine was switched off.
This is the one that was moved to my D4, performs the same in the D4 on the 2nd battery as it did in the D3.

Hope this helps.

discomaniac

Originally Posted by Weird Al

Woo hooo...got mine this morning and put it in straight away.

Seems to work well.....now just need to sit back and wait for my smack when SWMBO notices.

Before I go ahead and order one, for those of us a little less familiar with D3/D4s (only picked up my first yesterday), was it all straight forward to install? Was an existing loom able to be used or did you need to trace a new line? Could you post up a pic or two of how it ended up looking?

Thanks
Andrew

Not hard, the connector was just under the cupholder. Here are some pics I had on my PC from a thread somewhere about removing the centre console.

The connector is covered in grey foam.