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You definately need a special mains adaptor to run 12.5amps! No wonder it melted and also the reason it didnt get down as cold was probabally because the psu didnt give enough current. At that current it would probabally only last 1 hr connected to a car so you would need a hookup.

Why not get a mini freezer instead as they are cheaper from Tesco however, just for kids lollies it seems a bit pricy. I would imagine a vacuum food flask would work for several hours. Pop some in when you go to the shops and you have them to hand during the day.

Quote: Originally posted by elanman on 26/10/2011

You definately need a special mains adaptor to run 12.5amps! No wonder it melted and also the reason it didnt get down as cold was probabally because the psu didnt give enough current. At that current it would probabally only last 1 hr connected to a car so you would need a hookup.

Why not get a mini freezer instead as they are cheaper from Tesco however, just for kids lollies it seems a bit pricy. I would imagine a vacuum food flask would work for several hours. Pop some in when you go to the shops and you have them to hand during the day.

Thanks for this, it seems that this bit of equipment is best left alone then.

I'm all for just buying a table top fridge with a small icebox type thing in and leaving it under the sun canopy. (We have a trailer tent)  My wife is worried about the noise it will make and secondly the risk of it getting rain into it.

If we can keep it dry I can't see any problems and I'm guessing lots of people do this instead of buying a special camping fridge which seem much more expensive. Apart from the space it will take up in the car are there any drawbacks I'm missing?

Thanks

there are a couple of draw backs to using a domestic fridge.one you are supposed to leave them to settle for anywhere from 2 to 12 hrs after transport before pluging them in.

two you always have to use ehu.

having said that alot use them for camping,and aslong as you can keep it dry they work well.as to nosie you should not notice it running as they are pretty quite.

In my defence, my wife posted the message about the ice lollies while I was away from the computer!

Really just looking to see if there was a better way of keeping food and drinks cold whilst on our 3 week visit to France next year than our electric coolbox which doesn't really keep things that cold.

Mind you mint magnum ice lollies in France are very nice!

Quote: Originally posted by elanman on 26/10/2011thats crazy, I am sure you have legal redress there. The PSU is for the cooler and together they form a working item,  so he should refund you that too as its part of the complete unit when the item failed to be of merchantable quality. IE you have to have it plugged in to test that it wasnt up to spec. It may even have been the psu not giving the correct output so in either case they can not prove either way kooler or psu and you sould be refunded both. Unless you got it from somewere else.