12V Portable Car Fridge/Freezer - Wiring Diagram + Energy Consumption

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Cleversolarpower by Nick

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@thefpvlife7785 3 ай бұрын

As always ... simple to understand. Thank you for another great video Sir.

@cleversolarpower 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment and sub!

@Freddy_fender 3 ай бұрын

So glad to see you back, I just got a car fridge 12v, 1.5/3.75 amps

@cleversolarpower 3 ай бұрын

I'm traveling, so i filmed some videos in advance and edit them now. The energy consumption of your fridge would be similar to the one i show in the video.

@vevenaneathna 2 ай бұрын

i have the larger 55 liter version that i use as a drink fridge at home. i covered the outside with low emissivity aluminium foil tape, and wired in a usb-c pd 3.1 trigger board at 25v, and have been running it from a gan usbc 3.1 charging brick for the last 6 months at 25 volts. it uses about 110-140wh per day or about half what you measured. the compressors in these fridges run fine at 24v spec, which is sloppy enough to overlap with high efficiency usbc 3.1 pd standards, which saves money over time. i havent seen this anywhere else on the internet.

@DougBernitt 3 ай бұрын

As always, great video Nick!

@cleversolarpower 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Doug!

@ITSREALLYNOTYOURFAULT 3 ай бұрын

If you use all of that 1,280ah will that take the battery below the 10% threshold i keep hearing about? I keep hearing that Lithium batteries should not be discharged below 10% nor charged to 100%. When calculating usable battery energy (kilowatts? I buy my energy in kilowatts) should we reduce that 1,280 by 10 or 20%? Cheers 🙂

@cleversolarpower 3 ай бұрын

No need to keep the battery at 10%, you can charge and discharge from 0% to 100%. The amount of cycles you can do like this is 5,000. And then you still have 80% capacity left. So charging the battery from 10% to 90% doesn't give you that much more lifespan. 5,000 cycles is 13 years if you cycle them every day (which you probably won't). The battery BMS will be faulty by then. The cells will be fine.

@curtchase3730 3 ай бұрын

I've watched many "reviews", or technical evaluations of these portable mini car fridges. Your presentation is very clean and concise. Focusing on power consumption was a good idea. I have the Alpacool branded model that is exactly like yours there. It's been a daily driver for the past 4 years at least. Runs great, but there is zero fan noise! Just the compressor! I've never felt much of any air being sucked into or blown out the grill work! Also have a smaller version Alpicool too! It also has hardly any airflow! I don't get it. Yours seems to sound like a jet engine compared to mine! Hmm.

@cleversolarpower 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, i try to keep it as short as possible and to the point so i don't waste peoples time. I think Alpacool is the same fridge as vevor, just a different brand. I don't feel much air as well. But it makes more noise than my larger apartment compressor fridge. The noise might be a bit different in the video because the room is quiet.

@Ron-d2g 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your video always super informative

@scribethetimeisnowglorious964 2 ай бұрын

I was wondering if there was any advantage to wiring direct to a 24 volt 100 wt hr battery. Or would I just take the 12 volt from my controller connected to solar. 800 was to a switch board I have with DC car socket. My portable fridge is 30 watts 74 litre. I want to run continuous . Hensel 800 wat solar and thought 24 volt battery would mean I could go 60 amp controller. Two parallel Two series panels. Help.

@cleversolarpower 2 ай бұрын

You can wire it directly from your battery, however, you need a fuse and there may only be three connection points on your battery terminals maximum.

@ZiggZagg11 2 ай бұрын

I am not clear. When you cut off the cig adapter you say one wire is smooth and the other has a flat or ridges... 👀 Are you taking about the outside installation.? 🤔 👀

@cleversolarpower 2 ай бұрын

It's a way to recognize the negative wire in a DC cable.

@daytonabeachflrealestate 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for making this video. We have a camp refrigerator cooler similar to the one in the video. Do you think a cooler this size and a 100ah batter would be fine with 200 watts of solar? We may want to add starlink in the future. Thanks in advance.

@cleversolarpower 3 ай бұрын

200W of solar with an average of 3 sunhours will give you 600Wh daily. Since the fridge uses about 180Wh per day, you have three days of autonomy which is well-sized. A starlink would be too much. Checkout my video about sizing an off grid solar system for more information.

@1GREATDANE 3 ай бұрын

I opted for 2 Set Power Units, the 21 Qt. Model as a Freezer and 32 Qt. Model as a Refrigerator for My Xtreme Boondocking and Racing Events here in the High Desert of Southern California 🌵 Dual Eco Flow EF3 Delta Pro 1300's and Portable Solar Panels Aids in Them working and keeping the Solar Generators topped off and operating nicely. Night time they draw Very little power as Temps also Cool down.

@cleversolarpower 3 ай бұрын

Nothing better like a cool drink in the desert. Thanks for your comment.

@DamianReloaded 3 ай бұрын

Hey nice. What about a standard mini fridge with a tiny compressor? I hear they are way more efficient than peltiers.

@cleversolarpower 3 ай бұрын

This is a compressor fridge.

@DamianReloaded 3 ай бұрын

@@cleversolarpower Oh cool, sorry. The part about the room temperature being a constraint made me think it was peltier

@cfoster8706 3 ай бұрын

@@cleversolarpoweryes but he means 115 volt small refrigerator or deep freezer?

@paulyoung4817 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Nick great advice.

@cleversolarpower 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment Paul!

@rahultnnambiar9251 2 ай бұрын

How to power a 12V car fridge in my room??!! The AC DC converter works, but the fridge doesn't get started. The fridge has a DC port. 🤔🤔

@alexherrera3918 2 ай бұрын

I am subcriber!, Newbi question: how can i calculate how long does it take to charge a 12v 250AH gel battery from the wall outled and from other source like a solar array? Hope you have a video or time to respond. Greetings from TX , Thanks.

@cleversolarpower 2 ай бұрын

That depends on the current rating of your charger. Lets say its 20A. 250Ah/20A=12.5hours but since you should only discharge lead-acid to 50%, you only need to recharge half the battery, so its becomes a little more than 6 hours.