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55% off Pro Power 110L Portable Dual Compartment Fridge / Freezer Camping $760 Delivered @ OziMall

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Capacity 110 Litres

Approval GS, CE, E-MARK, ROHS, SAA

Temperature range Cooling to -16ºC at 32ºC ambient

Input Voltage DC12V/24V, AC240V

Average current draw Approx. 1amp - 1.5amp at 05ºC (fridge)

Approx. 1.7amp - 2.2amp at coldest -16ºC (freezer)

Power consumption 60W

Cooling unit Danfoss BD50F DC12/24V compressor

Refrigerant R134a

Insulation 50mm Polyurethane Foaming

1x 110L Pro Power Fridge Freezer

1x Wireless Remote Control (15 metre range)

1x User manual

1x Insulation Cover Bag

1x Adaptor (12/24v to 240v)

1x Adaptor (Cigarette Socket Adaptor with 2 Alligator Clips)

1x Anderson Plug Fridge Lead

2x Wired Basket

DIMENSIONS & WEIGHT

External: 865535670mm

Large Compartment: 310385555mm

Small Compartment: 310385340mm

Fridge Footprint: 825*495mm

Net Weight: 30kg

Gross Weight: 32kg

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  • +1

    Gee that's cheap. What's the warranty?

  • +5

    Approx. 1.7amp - 2.2amp at coldest -16ºC (freezer)

    Power consumption: 60W

    someone is telling lies here:

    2.2amp at is about half the claimed watts(26.4), id assume the the "power consumption" figure was more correct, which would mean this thing is drawing closer to 4.5amp (average). - or they have only given the draw at 24v which again is dodgy….

    for the size of the fridge that draw is about right (low), but yeah, they have understated it. (and i bet its higher than that too - that probably the draw on a 16 degree day)

    and oh; "Power Drain From 1 amp (Eco) to 3amp (Max)" ANOTHER figure…

    yeah this seems a bit dodgy…unless your only going to use it occasionally, id steer clear, and stick with a better brand… buy once cry once in this case…

    • +1

      60W would be max power draw, but average (say over 24 hours) to hold it at -16C would be 1.7 - 2.2A (presume at 12V). Makes sense to me

      • doubtful, most high end units that are smaller than this draw about that much…

        • I was just explaining my interpretation of the spec, not of whether it was realistic or would actually do that.

    • +1

      Had a peek at the manual, claims running current to be 5.5A @ 12v
      Claimed power consumption is 42W
      Figures are all over the place.
      What we need is current draw at both 12v and 24v with the compressor on.
      Then once the unit is at temp we need average power to maintain <5c in 30c ambient.
      No idea if there is an industry standard for these measurements, but i'd pop the unit in a temp controlled chamber set at 30c, fill it with DS18B20 temp sensors and run it, noting the peak current draw from a 12.6v regulated power source, then once at temp i'd begin loggin the sensors and current draw for a 1 hour run and measure power required to maintain the temp.

      Duplicate tests for other voltages, duplicate again for consistency.

      About a days work, but do-able even by a hack like me.

      They should be doing this at the factory.

      • the 5.5A may be when the condenser is running, although even then seems a little low… as you suggested the average needs to be taken over a time period.

        • +1

          Spot on, and needs to be done at a known ambient temp.
          It will use little power to maintain 5c in 20c ambient, but move to 30c ambient and higher (eg, aussie holiday / outdoor activity weather) and it will be a bit more.

          Calc'd capacity from the compartment measurements to be ~ 106L

          Looks to be good bang for buck, i'm 50/50 on this, unknown brand, possibly legit Danfoss compressor tho.
          If compressor is legit then probably reasonable quality / efficiency workings.
          110L is big tho, so it will likely consume a bit of power to maintain temps, but that applies to any brand.

          • @virtual81: yep, external dimensions on this thing are huge, - so you'll also need to take that into account, we just did a trip around Australia for 2 months, 2 adults one child, a 75 litre (1/2 fridge 1/2 freezer configurable though) was more than enough for us,

            most of the time we had 1 or 2 10 litre water containers in it.(ie so we didn't really even that large)

            if you are going to stay out for a while, i would recommend the configurable fridge/freezer though (ie half fridge half freezer) I was initially going to get something smaller, but given we where away for so long, i thought id need something bigger, that said, your never really more than 3-4 days from civilisation, in most of the remote parts of Australia - so never too far from more supplies, specially if your on a driving holiday, your always topping up for fuel, or going though a town anyways…

            camping for a couple to a few weeks in one place on the other hand though…

  • Yep an average of ~2 amps at coldest is in Tasmania in winter. This bad boy will be chuffing hard and you'll need serious battery capacity to keep it running. The Danfoss 50 is closer to 5 amps when it's running. You get what you pay in this case…

  • +2

    Unrelated to Pro Power specifically, but I have had no end of issues with products powered by Danfoss.

    If reliability and "non-finicky" is important factor to you, splurge for the Engel.

    • +1

      I've had lots of danfoss powered fridges wacos, autofridge etc. At the moment I've got a 82L Stainless Engel I picked up refurbished for $700. It has been running for three years non stop off a 500W solar panel and 200Ah of deep cycle batteries.

      It has not missed a beat. Even on a 45 degree days I can throw some zooper doopers in the freezer in the morning before the school run and they are well frozen by lunchtime.

      You cannot beat Engel for reliability - only one moving part.

      • I'd be interested to know the lowest amount of panels you could sustain one on. given they shouldn't be using more than 3 amps - even on freezer mode, about 40 watts *24 hours, lets say about 1 kwh per day required.

        based on the figures from here:
        https://www.energymatters.com.au/solar-location/melbourne-2-…
        (where 1 watt of panels collects about 3.7wh per day, looks like about 270 watts of panels would be required on average… but yeah, you'd be screwed in winter… when the panels are probably putting out about half as much… so yeah about 500 watts of panels… in Melbourne, someone's done there Math!

        (That said the fridge wouldn't be drawing as much power either)

        • +1

          I live in the northern rivers of NSW so I get a little bit more sun than Melbourne.

          After trial and error I have built completely separate solar power systems for each area of power. 240 Volt power has 2KW panels and 1000Ah batteries and 3300W Pure sine wave inverter. 12 Volt power (lights,12V appliances) has 1000W panels and 500Ah batteries. The Fridge has 500W panel and 200Ah batteries. Multiple redundant systems that I can easily reconfigure.

          Why? Because if a fault develops in one system I just switch the load to another system. Also the cost increases dramatically for MPPT solar regulator/chargers as the capacity gets above about 40A. I built it all using cheap grid connect panels (less than 28 cents/watt) surplus hospital backup power supply batteries sold at scrap lead prices (80 cents/Ah) and multiple cheap epever 40A MPPT charge controllers (yes you can put them in parallel for larger solar arrays) .

          I have a little Honda EU2.0 generator and CTEK 25A battery charger, but I can't remember the last time I fired it up apart from maintenance checks.

          No more power bills ever for a setup of only $3500 all up.

          • @iratepirate: nice, so i take it that's your home system, if you don't mind me asking do you live in a house, bungalow, or a cabin or…?

            • @wisc: Owner builder built stone and timber house on 200 acres(half natural forest, half cattle grazing)on the Clarence river - I wouldn't call it a tiny house but it is everything we need and nothing we don't.

              The guiding principal was every time a bill came in, to work out a way to get rid of it forever. I'm left with rates ($250/quarter), rural lands protection board ($25/quarter) and internet ($50/month). A mortgage is the modern form of slavery, the sooner you can get rid of it the sooner you will be emancipated.

              • @iratepirate: tell me about it, i asked my wife if we could sell up move out of the city (based on your post above)…. but she said no.

                • @wisc: The lack of a social aspect to living in the country is very real.

                  I countered this by volunteering in the RFS and the SES road crash/fast water rescue squad. If you have previously been from a military background I cannot recommend this enough. In a small community there is always a way you can give back and you will find that giving to the community is the best way to meet other like minded folks.

  • +1

    The dimensions got munged:

    DIMENSIONS & WEIGHT

    External: 865 * 535 * 670mm
    Large Compartment: 310 * 385 * 555mm
    Small Compartment: 310 * 385 * 340mm
    Fridge Footprint: 825 * 495mm

    • +1

      yeah, ozbargain reads asterisk (*) as markup

  • iratepirate I love your work, my uncle and aunty are not far from you up in the mountains outside Kyogle (Roseberry) and self sustaining it’s a marvellous way to live beholden to nobody.

  • TBH I pondered this, but I am tempted to just buy a second hand bar fridge for the same size and put it in the camper trailer

    • +2

      Just be aware bar fridges/ non camping fridges usually don’t run off battery no one, and no 2 use quite a bit more power.

      You’d need an inverter, which again wastes more power

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