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<blockquote data-quote="condor22" data-source="post: 70465" data-attributes="member: 1932"><p>If you have an Engel fridge, at this time of year it only takes 2-3 hours to get to temp. However if it's a 3 way, it takes between 12 and 24 hours depending on ambient temp.</p><p></p><p>In cooler weather I've gone out to the 4x4 in the morning, turned it on, gone inside, got the food and drink and loaded the fridge. I have a temp gauge to the fridge in my centre console and it is below 4 deg within an hour. By putting cold food and drink from the house fridge into the Engel, the Engel gets colder quicker. To do this uses about 10AH from my 100AH auxiliary battery.</p><p></p><p>Summer time it takes longer and pays to turn it on the evening before and let it cool overnight, then put the food in. This I do on 240V</p><p></p><p>My van 3 way, I put on 240V at least a day before, but it's different technology.</p><p></p><p>My point being, how you pre cool a fridge depends on what kind of fridge or fridge freezer it is, what and how much you put in it and the ambient temperature it is operating in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="condor22, post: 70465, member: 1932"] If you have an Engel fridge, at this time of year it only takes 2-3 hours to get to temp. However if it's a 3 way, it takes between 12 and 24 hours depending on ambient temp. In cooler weather I've gone out to the 4x4 in the morning, turned it on, gone inside, got the food and drink and loaded the fridge. I have a temp gauge to the fridge in my centre console and it is below 4 deg within an hour. By putting cold food and drink from the house fridge into the Engel, the Engel gets colder quicker. To do this uses about 10AH from my 100AH auxiliary battery. Summer time it takes longer and pays to turn it on the evening before and let it cool overnight, then put the food in. This I do on 240V My van 3 way, I put on 240V at least a day before, but it's different technology. My point being, how you pre cool a fridge depends on what kind of fridge or fridge freezer it is, what and how much you put in it and the ambient temperature it is operating in. [/QUOTE]
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