coolbox replacement

[Splitmike]

Hi guys and girls. question from a newbie im hoping somebody else might have done this. can anybody recomend a 12v fridge as a direct replacement for the westy coolbox ive only had the van a week its in the garage getting a new clutch a full service and the front wound lower just for starters but i want to add a leisure battery and fridge to make camping a little easier.

mike.

 

[rlepecha]

Unless you get a very efficient Waeco compressor fridge, a 110amp leisure battery won't last more than a couple of days with the fridge on.
Fridges use significant amounts of power.

I'm not sure which fridge fits, someone else might be able to advise that; from what I've gathered there's nothing that fits perfectly.

I removed my westy fridge from below the sink, which didn't work. Carpeted the inside of the cabinet and put a Waeco Mobicool u32 coolbox in its place, keeps beers cool and much cheaper than a fridge!

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[Zebedee]

I fitted an electrolux 122f 2 way fridge in place of the coolbox in my westy.
Cabinet needed a little work to get it to fit and it sticks out about 2 inches.

 

[Splitmike]

ok im new to the westy but ive had T5s for the last 10 years including the california. is the westy fridge powered at all or should it be or is it as i think just a cool box?

mike

 

[monkeyvanwestybike]

It is just a cool box
I've used those ice block things
It does keep things cool as you would expect
But it is a pain to have to keep re freezing them

 

[Splitmike]

Brilliant thank you.

Can I ask what the Westy power socket is actually for?

Sorry for being such a newbie

 

[ozziedog]

Hello mate, I`m not a Westy person / owner, mines more of a hybrid :mrgreen: The power sockets and hook ups on most of these oldies are for hook ups on sites to power whatever you have, lights, chargers etc. But fridges use a fair bit of juice and the older the fridge the more juice it used so they weren`t up to much back then until the three way fridge came about, I`m not sure if the three way fridge was about back then , this allows you to use gas or mains or battery when driving. Without mains hook up you would be skewered but everything gets better as time goes on. Not sure if the modern fridges across the board would last a long weekend on a leisure battery, but I`m sure there is one that`s just about there, think it`s a waeco compressor but I know nuffink about them, just heard of them. With a caravan, you would have lots of space to store gas and as many batteries as you like, but you don`t have quite so much spare storage in one of these little beauties :lol: I`ve had a Westy interior with the cool box and it was ok, but rather limited in capacity and I like my Stella ice cold so I made my own cool box out of an old steamer trunk

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Perfect :mrgreen:

 

[Splitmike]

thanks guys. i was hoping there might have been a common conversion known.
ill look into finding something else until then ill buy lots of ice packs.

mike

 

[n0rthernm0nkey]

You could always go down this route....

http://forum.earlybay.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=71451" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Al.

 

[Clem]

Try living with it.
Pre-chilling and freezing stuff gets you off the a good start. Having the ice tray in place with the drain tube allows you to put ice in there which enables ongoing cooling. And buying chilled frozen food along the way helps. Bigger campsites in warmer climes have freezer 'lockers' to use and the last time we were in france we rented a fridge for the awning.
Bottom line is, I've never been tempted to remove the og coolbox from my van