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Halfords 24L cooler box

  • 30-07-2017 08:23PM
    #1
    creedp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,217 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering how long would the battery run one of these cooler boxes before running low. Battery less than a year old. Going camping in a couple of weeks and wondering if I would need an electrical supply to run the box when car is parked up?


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  • #2
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,254 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Bit more than a day.

    Might be way off.

    It's drawing 3.5Amps
    100Ah battery supplies 100Amps for one hour or 3.5Amps for 28.5h

    Haven't done this sort of calculation since college 25 years ago, but I think that's it.


  • #3
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    It will flatten a car battery pretty quickly.
    Better to bring a good coolbox and freeze some 5l bottles of water and use them as cooling.
    When they thaw drink them!


  • #4
    creedp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,217 ✭✭✭creedp


    _Brian wrote: »
    Bit more than a day.

    Might be way off.

    It's drawing 3.5Amps
    100Ah battery supplies 100Amps for one hour or 3.5Amps for 28.5h

    Haven't done this sort of calculation since college 25 years ago, but I think that's it.

    Thanks. Always get confused about these calculations. Big unknown for me is at what point will the battery no longer be able to start car! Think I will check whether I will have access to power point and if not will just go with cooler box and ice!


  • #5
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    You need a good cooler box not just the cheapies that you get in Halfords and the like but a proper foam filled one. Polarcaddy sell very good quality ones that hold food extremely well, I have an 80l one that held milk and perishables for 10 days with 2 x 5litre frozen water containers.
    http://www.polarcaddy.com/products.php


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