Anyone tried using a portable 12v cooler in your plane?

Ben Hallert wrote:
Like the boaters, just hang a mesh bag full of soda out your window.
You can secure it to your seat with some rope, about 20-30 feet should
be enough to dangle the drinks beneath and below your aircraft for wind
maximum cooling.
Hmmm, didn't consider this as one of the disadvantages of a low wing :-)
Well, that and the storm window on a piper would be a one can at a
time deal.


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Jack Allison wrote:

Ben Hallert wrote:
Like the boaters, just hang a mesh bag full of soda out your window.
You can secure it to your seat with some rope, about 20-30 feet should
be enough to dangle the drinks beneath and below your aircraft for wind
maximum cooling.
Hmmm, didn't consider this as one of the disadvantages of a low wing :-)
Well, that and the storm window on a piper would be a one can at a
time deal.

Don't forget the broomstick you need to stick out the window to keep the
cans from banging against the fuselage as you haul it in.
Ah, the joys of high wing flying! Just open the door and haul in the
rope!

Jack Allison wrote:

While cruising through Wal-Mart this evening, I saw a couple of those 12
volt electric coolers designed for use in a car and I started wondering
if anyone has used one in your plane? If so, how good/bad did it work?
Any issues with the plane's electrical system? Was it worth not
having to deal with ice?

I've used one in a car before and not been real impressed with the
cooling capacity.

On 2005-11-03, Jack Allison wrote:
While cruising through Wal-Mart this evening, I saw a couple of those 12
volt electric coolers designed for use in a car and I started wondering
if anyone has used one in your plane? If so, how good/bad did it work?

I got one for plane use, but never actually used it for fear of draining
the battery by forgetting to turn it off. I also don't take many flights
where ice is insufficient. My experience using it with the AC power
supply is that it will not cool down warm cans -- it will only keep cold
cans cold. A good icepack will keep your drinks cold durin a layover,
but I suspect the mini fridge will just let them warm up and then be
unable to chill them.

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Ben Jackson

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I have used these in my car before. The cheap models are built in china, and
are almost to scary to use in my car. The cord wires are usually undersized,
and the connectors are extremely cheap. Bottom line is the wires and
connectors can overheat in normal use. Do you want to trust your life to the
skill of a $2 a day child laborer in his/her 10th straight hour of work.
Sounds like an Apollo 1 scenario waiting to happen.

"Jack Allison" wrote in message
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While cruising through Wal-Mart this evening, I saw a couple of those 12
volt electric coolers designed for use in a car and I started wondering if
anyone has used one in your plane? If so, how good/bad did it work? Any
issues with the plane's electrical system? Was it worth not having to
deal with ice?

Thanks!

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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"Jack Allison" wrote in message ...
While cruising through Wal-Mart this evening, I saw a couple of those 12 volt electric coolers designed for use in
a car and I started wondering if anyone has used one in your plane? If so, how good/bad did it work? Any issues
with the plane's electrical system? Was it worth not having to deal with ice?

We bought one before we took a camping trip to Colorado last August. Don't waste your money. We returned ours. It
was a Coleman. They recommended that you do not use ice in it and the 12V cooling was pitiful.




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"Jack Allison" wrote in message
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While cruising through Wal-Mart this evening, I saw a couple of those 12
volt electric coolers designed for use in
a car and I started wondering if anyone has used one in your plane? If
so, how good/bad did it work? Any issues
with the plane's electrical system? Was it worth not having to deal
with ice?

We bought one before we took a camping trip to Colorado last August.
Don't waste your money. We returned ours. It
was a Coleman. They recommended that you do not use ice in it and the 12V
cooling was pitiful.

I have one also. I think the specs are that it will keep the insides approx
20 degrees F cooler than the outside. We used it on a summer road trip. OAT
was about 100F so inside of the cooler was 80F. Took several hours to reach
that level. Inside the car with A/C on it would keep butter from melting but
that was about it.

Howard