Aldi Electric Cool Box- Thursday 25th June (1 Viewer)

Eeyore

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Aldi are doing a very good buy on a 30 litre electric cool box ( 12v and mains) for £39.99. It has a 3 year guarantee as well and is the best price we have seen. Available tomorrow ( Thursday 25th June)

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that will cane your battery


Not if you use it on mains and stick to 12 v only when travelling. We've seen these used by long- termers in Spain as an additional fridge.
 

CJB

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We always use one of these when away, it is dedicated to alcohol only. It consumes about 50Watts, we have it on 12V when travelling and mains when in sites. When off grid we can run it for most of the day via the solar and at night put ice packs in it to keep the temperature down.
 
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I bought the LIDL version last year and it's brilliant at keeping the essential supplies (OK, beer and wine) cold. As above, 12v for travelling, mains for hookup. I forgot once to change from 12v on site - one very flat battery in the morning; unfortunately the vehicle one! Red face, pleading noises and jump leads needed!

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Ambilkate

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We had a problem with our fridge at Stratford :( Ray (Dingray on Fun ) lent us this over the week it was brilliant hense we have just purchased one from Amazon. Know its a lot of money but it will be well used :)

Ps and it didnt drain our batteries over the week :)
 

TheBig1

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we've had one of these for several years and can report that its excellent at its job, keeping the contents cool. however the condensation it creates whilst cooling tends to pool in the bottom. so not ideal for soft fruit etc. but perfect for drinks
 

Ambilkate

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we've had one of these for several years and can report that its excellent at its job, keeping the contents cool. however the condensation it creates whilst cooling tends to pool in the bottom. so not ideal for soft fruit etc. but perfect for drinks
Hi is the one you have the one i have jus brought or the Aldi one ?

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TheBig1

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Aldi one, but they all work the same way with cooling fans
 

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Re flat battery. On my van the pleasure battery is under the main seat. I put a bolt through the wall behind my seat. It is in a plastic tupperwear box . then a heavy duty link from battery to bolt... Engine battery flat. One lead from bolt to battery. Brum brum.. Having used it yet..... But I got it ready
 

froghopper43

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Meant to say saves moving cushions and bed base.

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TheBig1

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Re flat battery. On my van the pleasure battery is under the main seat. I put a bolt through the wall behind my seat. It is in a plastic tupperwear box . then a heavy duty link from battery to bolt... Engine battery flat. One lead from bolt to battery. Brum brum.. Having used it yet..... But I got it ready
quick way to kill a cheap leisure battery
 

froghopper43

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I would never put a cheap battery on. Been doing motor homing since1986 and work in the trade. But accept your comment as fair

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TheBig1

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I would never put a cheap battery on. Been doing motor homing since1986 and work in the trade. But accept your comment as fair
then like me, I expect youve seen people try to jump start a flat engine battery from a cheap leisure battery more than once before. they cannot handle the high current draw and die in seconds. this then causes charging circuit failures and the van owner only realises the damage later
a good high cca rated traction battery would work, but not everybody spends that sort of money on batteries
 

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then like me, I expect youve seen people try to jump start a flat engine battery from a cheap leisure battery more than once before.

So how about join the two for a minute or two or three then remove link and try a start, just like these little starter units you can buy.
 
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DBK

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Bought one this morning. It isn't what I would call super quiet but OK for the daytime but at night we would switch it off and put a couple of ice packs in it. It seems to be supported by Dometic as that is the contact number for the three year guarantee.

With a 100W solar panel, blue skies above, the meter says we are losing about 0.8 Amps with nothing else switched on in the MH.

Nothing like one of those Dometic compressor cool boxes but very cheap so we will give this a go and it will always come in useful at Christmas for extra wine cooling!
 

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Wrecked a very expensive pair of Banner batteries once useing one to start the engine.
Stuck in the Pyrenees minus 10 engine battery kaput. Only choice swap with a leisure battery. Only on a few days then put back on but wouldn't have it and then wrecked the other Banner as well I thought it was ok but both ended up dead flat that was the end of them.
Now I only use traction batteries I'll never buy a so called leisure battery again.

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I think my coolbox is 70 litres. 47 watts and sits in the garage under our island bed. It plugs into 12 volt socket fed off the load terminals of my solar regulator. The socket is remotely switched from my bedside so I turn it off when we retire for the night. It easily stays cold overnight due to the volume of cold beer bottles in it :cool:
 
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Shovelheadrob

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I bought one of the Aldi ones a couple of years ago, still going strong & it gets used a lot, sometimes used as an extra fridge for a week at a time (on 240v), fantastic value.

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dave newell

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"Cheap" leisure batteries are usually normal starter batteries relabelled so should stand up to being used as a jump start battery. Its the REAL leisure batteries that don't like the high loads of starting a motor,especially GEL units.

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