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RachlN76

11/3/2017 at 8:17pm
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I've found a few sites I like the look of, however they don't have EHU. For a short break that doesn't bother us, but for our main summer holiday I'm not sure I can manage without the electric cool box, and charging everyone's electronics and plug in lights etc,

If I got a leisure battery, how would that work?
Presumably I'd need to charge that at some point? How do I do that? Do I swap it in and out if the car or something?

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Running a cool box from a battery would be a waste
of time it would be flat in a matter of hours depending on the size of the battery, a better bet would be to buy ice cubes from the local supermarket or freeze some large bottles of water to keep the box cool.

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RachlN76

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Quote: Originally posted by moppetsdad on 11/3/2017
Running a cool box from a battery would be a waste
of time it would be flat in a matter of hours depending on the size of the battery, a better bet would be to buy ice cubes from the local supermarket or freeze some large bottles of water to keep the box cool.

Cheers. So i think I will definitely need EHU for the summer holidays. When we have hot weather I struggle to keep things cool even with frozen cool packs, AND the plugged in cool box. Don't think we'd manage with just cool packs.

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12/3/2017 at 7:37am
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You do not say what type of cool box you have or what amp per hour draw it has, or whether you can run it on 12v source?

As an example a Waeco CFX 40 (very expensive!) is a fridge/ freezer has a current draw of .74 ah/h with 32 degree ambient temperature at 5 degrees. So yes you can run this unit from a leisure battery for days at a time. If the ambient temperature is less the current draw will be less.

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For camping without ehu best way is 3way fridge box such as Dometic Rc1200 & run on gas. They do take up a bit of space & cost under £200. You should get at least 2wks continuous running from a small Calor bottle.

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For domestic fridge like cooling, you can't beat a compressor type portable fridge.

The Waeco CF models are superb, but expensive Mobicool now do the FR40 which will do as good a job as the Waeco models but for about half the price.

Don't get me wrong, if your going on a six month safari to the tropics, or planning sailing single handed around the world, then the budget will allow for a Waeco CF unit!

You can run the Mobicool of a leiusure battery, but will be fine running of the car battery, as it has protection to prevent draining the battery.

We used to carry a leiusure battery, but don't anymore, and have never missed not having it.

Ewen c

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My news feed just got some blurb from Honda. A lithium battery pack that is USB rechargeable and " will run an electric blanket for 8 hours or a rice cooker twice"

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Yep Ewen, that Honda battery is the way forward, a lot lighter than a lead acid leuisure battery as well.

Obviously the Honda battery pack has an in built inverter as it mostly output's mains AC.

It's a good solution for campers, although I expect prices to be upwards of a £1000.

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According to the specs it outputs 100V
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Yep that will be for the U.S. market I guess, although no mention that it's AC.

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It's made for the Japanese market,they have 100V AC USA have 120V AC.
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110 for the US? I think the secret to the market it is aimed at is the reference to the rice cooker. A similar acid battery pack comes in at about £200 and weighs more. I'm sure if the concept succeeds we will see 230/240v versions coming out.

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It ranges from 110 to 120 but the standard voltage is 120V 60Hz
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Yep, just a case of the inverter being configured for whatever the region the battery pack is sold in.

We will see more of this type of technology, especially as the new 2170 Cells from Panasonic, start to flow.

Great for caravans, lighter battery and a system that allows 240v mains, whilst of grid, what's not to like.

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Quote: Originally posted by Opensauce on 12/3/2017
For camping without ehu best way is 3way fridge box such as Dometic Rc1200 & run on gas. They do take up a bit of space & cost under £200. You should get at least 2wks continuous running from a small Calor bottle.

Never thought of a gas cool box. That might be the winner.

We do have a cool box that runs on 12v. Can't remember what it is at the moment, but I know it has an adaptor, and I know I plug it into the car during the journey. But it's not gas.

going to go and have a look now.

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The 12v coolbox is a peltier cooler. 3way fridge is absorption fridge same as you find in a caravan but as a portable box. It will run on 12v in car, 230v mains or gas. Rather big though. Your local caravan shop should stock them so go & have a look at one.

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