Why consider 12v fridge for boondocking?
So I want to offer up this question out about 12v compressor refrigerators. I'm going to post this on other forums too, so your "forum tramps"(like me)may see this spread around some other pages. Not...
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How many people have how much experience with 12 V fridge? I know mine is limited, but I was impressed.
Friend had 1 installed in his new '99 Pete when he bought it. (Has technology improved in 20+ years?) Summer of '12, he had to leave the rig in Dallas area truckstop, catch bird home. (Ever see a shadetree in truckstop? Parked in Dallas summer?) Called his brothers and I, hoped to get load delivered ASAP, and truck home. By the time I got there, truck had been setting 3 days. And because he only had same batteries to crank his Cat I did, I assumed would need a jump start. Hit the button, cranked like normal. Assumed the fridge had shut itself off to save batteries, so grabbed a trash bag to get rid of the stinky mess. Opened the fridge, stole a icecream bar, and headed out.
Friend had 1 installed in his new '99 Pete when he bought it. (Has technology improved in 20+ years?) Summer of '12, he had to leave the rig in Dallas area truckstop, catch bird home. (Ever see a shadetree in truckstop? Parked in Dallas summer?) Called his brothers and I, hoped to get load delivered ASAP, and truck home. By the time I got there, truck had been setting 3 days. And because he only had same batteries to crank his Cat I did, I assumed would need a jump start. Hit the button, cranked like normal. Assumed the fridge had shut itself off to save batteries, so grabbed a trash bag to get rid of the stinky mess. Opened the fridge, stole a icecream bar, and headed out.
