i understand that gas bottles must be turned off on the Spirit but what do you do, run the fridge on 12v for 10 hrs :( or empty it and turn it off, restocking at Devonport?
thanks all
Bas
woolman said
12:13 PM Sep 11, 2018
In my opinion you would probably have a flat battery by Devonport. Just run as cold as you can before boarding and being shut up on the ship it will stll be pretty cool still by Devonport.
Neil
blaze said
12:13 PM Sep 11, 2018
just forget about it, by the time customs finish with it there wont be much left in it. What is left will still be ok at the other end
cheers
blaze
Phillipn said
12:55 PM Sep 11, 2018
Bas + Eve wrote:
i understand that gas bottles must be turned off on the Spirit but what do you do, run the fridge on 12v for 10 hrs :( or empty it and turn it off, restocking at Devonport?
thanks all
Bas
Turn the fridge off . The contents of the fridge will still be cold at the end of the trip.
We have been to Tasmania twice with the van and had no problems.
If you run a three way fridge on 12v you will have a very flat battery.
Bas + Eve said
01:13 PM Sep 11, 2018
Thank you....yes it makes sense to just turn it off. There wont be much in there anyhow.
-- Edited by Bas + Eve on Tuesday 11th of September 2018 01:14:29 PM
Aus-Kiwi said
01:27 PM Sep 11, 2018
We use to keep a few 2L bottles of water to keep cool . Over off times . As cold storage .
erad said
05:55 PM Sep 11, 2018
Your tug battery will last about 3 or 4 hours and it will be dead. The Spirit has battery trolleys for those who do have a flat battery. Just turn it off or unplug the van from the car (this also ensures that you haven't left the lights on inside the van to drain your battery). Even if you have a fridge switch, I wouldn't rely on that isolating the fridge because of the movement of the ship (which I can assure you can be substantial at times).. It is inside the ship, temperatures are normally coolish and your fridge will be fine when you get to the other side.
vince56 said
06:38 PM Sep 11, 2018
Thermal mass is your friend, the more cold items in your fridge the better, turn a full fridge off and it will stay cold for a very long time.
dogbox said
07:52 PM Sep 11, 2018
freeze some milk or juice bottles with water in them put in the fridge, may help
i understand that gas bottles must be turned off on the Spirit but what do you do, run the fridge on 12v for 10 hrs :( or empty it and turn it off, restocking at Devonport?
thanks all
Bas
In my opinion you would probably have a flat battery by Devonport. Just run as cold as you can before boarding and being shut up on the ship it will stll be pretty cool still by Devonport.
Neil
cheers
blaze
Turn the fridge off . The contents of the fridge will still be cold at the end of the trip.
We have been to Tasmania twice with the van and had no problems.
If you run a three way fridge on 12v you will have a very flat battery.
Thank you....yes it makes sense to just turn it off. There wont be much in there anyhow.
-- Edited by Bas + Eve on Tuesday 11th of September 2018 01:14:29 PM