cooking in the truck

I wired up a 12volt plug right to the power wire that goes to the fuse panel and used a 30 amp breaker.

This makes the lunchbox oven work very well. The stock 15 amp fuse often fails since the stove draws a stated 20 A.

 

THAT's why I wear flip flops in the showers....

 

I just ordered this fridge to replace my Coleman iceless cooler.

Anyone have any experience with it?

 

Nope. You could buy a new Malwart special every year, throw the old one out, and not spend that much money.

 

True, but I haven't found any at Sprawl-Mart that will fit in the space that I have available and operate on 12V. Plus, one of those WM specials would kill my batteries in 12 hours running on the inverter. The one that I ordered would take several days to deplete the batteries in the truck.

 

that looks interesting, keep us updated on how well it works.

 

I have a couple of similar ones, a large Engels & a smaller wabco. I also have an Igloo thermoelectric in the junk pile. The amount you save on meals will pay for itself in a short time. I had my engels in the truck for 5+ years along with a microwave & inverter. Total cost around $800. At a weekly savings of about $75, & the increased efficiency of not being a slave to overcrowded truck facilities its a no-brainer. Have a meal while loading or unloading, or waiting for whatever reason, or just pull into a rest area, closed scale, wide spot, whatever & you're done in less than half the time. And having a real refrigerator beats those flaky thermoelectrics.

 

You need better batteries. Not my experience at all.

 

you could've done better. www.compactappliance.com/fp630 has an edgestar 63 qt(if you want something that big,they have bigger and smaller) for $579.00 with free shipping.it has digital temp settings,and is ac/dc.could be either a fridge or freezer.i use 2 43 qts. in my truck.

 

That's a nice site to browse; lots of neat stuff. Unfortunately, the truck only has space for a 15" wide fridge and that one is 17.5" wide. I was considering an Engel, but I ultimately decided on the ARB because of the temp display.