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Title: Anyone use electric cool boxes in their van?
Post by: H20cleaning on April 16, 2014, 11:21:25 am
Im fed up already of buying a drink for work and by 1pm its not cold! Are electric cool boxes any good or not?
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Post by: EandM on April 16, 2014, 11:50:15 am
They're ok, why not just freeze a plastic bottle of chosen drink and pour as it thaws ?
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Post by: dannymack on April 16, 2014, 12:26:23 pm
You could pop into shop again when firsty and buy cold one from fridge pmsl !!!! 😁
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Post by: H20cleaning on April 16, 2014, 12:49:50 pm
I did this last year and i was drinking it faster than it melts lol!

And because if i was doing that i would be spending about £6 a day just on drinks!!!
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Post by: johnny bravo on April 16, 2014, 01:13:13 pm
put a big 1 or 2 litre in freezer night b4,    as long as you dont fill it up to the top.
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Post by: H20cleaning on April 16, 2014, 01:38:37 pm
Thats what i did last year but it didnt defrost
Fast enough and leaked all over when it melted and i was trying to drink it
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Post by: capn sparkle on April 16, 2014, 06:38:04 pm
Buy a flask  ;)
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Post by: Clever Forum Name on April 16, 2014, 06:50:54 pm
Cans of drink dangling in water tank, they are placed inside a water tight container. keeps em cool  :P
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Post by: H20cleaning on April 16, 2014, 06:59:39 pm
The water in the tanks might have bacteria and that in though ??
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Post by: paul saunders on April 16, 2014, 07:32:08 pm
Electric cool boxes only lower the temperature by about 10degrees c which is fine when it's only about 20c but when its 30+ in your van they ain't no good. They also eat batteries, they will flatten an 85amp battery in about 6 hours.
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Post by: Clever Forum Name on April 16, 2014, 07:34:11 pm
The water in the tanks might have bacteria and that in though ??

I did say a water tight container  ;)
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Post by: richard groves on April 16, 2014, 07:43:14 pm
The water in the tanks might have bacteria and that in though ??
don't lick the can then  ::)roll
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Post by: H20cleaning on April 16, 2014, 07:46:12 pm
Ooh i misread your comment lol! I never thought of that!! I might have to buy a Tupperware tub and use that
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Post by: SeanK on April 16, 2014, 07:47:06 pm
A cooler box and ice packs will keep them cool over the day.
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Post by: Mike #1 on April 16, 2014, 07:53:40 pm
A cheap cool box and 2 Bags of ice will do the trick . Mike
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Post by: AuRavelling79 on April 17, 2014, 07:52:31 am
Electric cool boxes are brill - got one from aldi and use it for camping etc.

Ice packs in an insulated picnic bag are good too.

The cheapest and best is this (as mentioned above)

Get a 2 litre bottle and fill it to 1.5 litres with pre made squash, blackcurrent or what have you. Stick it in the freezer overnight.

In the morning top it up with half a litre of the same mix kept in the fridge.

Headachingly cold for the first drinks of the day and still very cold with a big ol' lump of ice by mid afternoon - bliss.
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Post by: Clever Forum Name on April 17, 2014, 07:57:52 am
Ooh i misread your comment lol! I never thought of that!! I might have to buy a Tupperware tub and use that

It worked in a black tank we had fine, i think it would work well in a normal wydale tank as well :)
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Post by: JackieW on April 17, 2014, 08:24:06 am
Yes, I bought an electric Thermos flask, but for the life of me I don't know where to put the batteries.

Or how to program it.

Somehow though, it still manages to keep my hot drinks hot in the winter and my cold drinks cold in the summer.

Running costs are minimal.
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Post by: dazmond on April 17, 2014, 08:36:24 am
small cooler box with blue ice pack does me.

on really hot days i fill a 2 litre bottle about 2 thirds full with water and orange juice and put it in the freezer overnight.

that way you have an ice cold drink all day! :)
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Post by: Window Lickers on April 17, 2014, 10:02:14 am
Stick them in the tank.