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Hi, Got one of the electric cool boxes from aldi last week.  Very pleased with it so far.  Has anyone used these for longer stays.  I was planning on staying on site while kids are off school for the summer so I was wondering if this was okay to use full time over that period or are they more suitable for shorter stops, would they burn out from over usage?  I don't want to have to buy another one next year .  Habe a fridge in van but need the extra space for drinks ect.

thanks in advance .

We had one we used for a weeks holiday, we did turn it off occasionally when it was nice and cold just to allow it to stand.  We found our  biggest problem was the extension cable we bought so we could stand it in the boot and power it through the cigarette lighter at the front! (it burnt out so we made one ourselves)

oh dear. I am a bit worried that i have burnt out my borrowed (from my son) electric cool box as i acidentally left a bag on top of it, covering the fan,  while it was running ... we were driving along with it plugged into the cigarette lighter. 

 It seems they are a bit fragile so i may be right to be worried

hello shamrock

           i have an outwell electric cooler and in the instructions it says to turn it off for an hour every 48 hrs.

                hope this helps

                                        phil :)

oops

 

just found an answer to the question i posted