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

A drain...nice touch. As this is an aviation event related cooler, I'm
assuming it would be a "quick drain".

Thought of another one: bottle opener mounted to the side. Heck, this
sub-thread could be a post of it's own...something along the lines of
"Hey gang, what features for PMC v2.0?"

Nice to see we can keep you busy with a winter project. Hehe, I like
the composite idea.


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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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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!

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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