Arb or Engle fridge

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waeco have a 13 percent warranty claim rate, engel have a 1 percent, arb are yet to prove themselves...i know where i would spend my money.

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That's interesting data Graphite and gives one cause to pause. Can you reveal your sources?

Thanks,
LFaR.

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13%!!!

That is almost too high to believe.

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waeco have a 13 percent warranty claim rate, engel have a 1 percent, arb are yet to prove themselves...i know where i would spend my money.

Stats can be made to state anything depneds on the measurement, for instance I have a colleague who has had his last 2 Engels compressors fail but they were replaced under warranty no problems, I've owned a Waeco during the same period and have had a thermostat replaced under warranty no problems, I know which sounds better out of those.

Though he has been traveling Australia for the same 5 years and his have never been turned off and he does all the out of the way places and roads. You need all the details to make a complete assesmant.

See ya on the tracks, Richo.

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Stats can be made to state anything depneds on the measurement, for instance I have a colleague who has had his last 2 Engels compressors fail but they were replaced under warranty no problems, I've owned a Waeco during the same period and have had a thermostat replaced under warranty no problems, I know which sounds better out of those.

Though he has been traveling Australia for the same 5 years and his have never been turned off and he does all the out of the way places and roads. You need all the details to make a complete assesmant.

See ya on the tracks, Richo.

Statistically, Queenslanders a more prone to wet their pants than South Aussies and Souith Aussies have a dryer sense of humour. (we are also better hung than Qlders)

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Statistically, Queenslanders a more prone to wet their pants than South Aussies and Souith Aussies have a dryer sense of humour. (we are also better hung than Qlders)

MLC Statistically correct, would you like us to bring some rain with us next year? Also don't get Stewy started on Mankini's!!

See ya in SA, Richo.

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As they say... there lies, damn lies, and statistics .

LFaR.

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So, after a pregnant pause to this thread....

Does anyone have the ARB 60 litre installed in their 150?

Any comments about how it fits with a fridge slide?

Thanks,
LFaR.

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I've got one. Sitting on black widow drawers with a cargo barrier. It's fantastic.

Great size as its nice and squat, leaves lots of room above it.

I had to push cargo barrier forward about 20mm so it sits hard up against rear seats but if you didn't have drawers it would fit easily.

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Also consider an Autofridge. Mine is still going after 18 years. Once it is cold, you only need to run it for 4 hours, or 2 x 2 hours, per day.

You can run it all day and night on low cool, but that is a constant drain on the battery.

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Statistically, Queenslanders a more prone to wet their pants than South Aussies and Souith Aussies have a dryer sense of humour. (we are also better hung than Qlders)

Always wondered why you crow eaters had such long necks.

I thought that it was to help you see over the sand dunes, or to aid you when you were eatin crows or sumthin like that.

From being Hung well---------------- Well there ya go.


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Yowie, I ended up handing my autofridge back to the old man. I found it was too hard to regulate a constant temp as a fridge. It required me to pay a lot of attention to it when I was too busy enjoying being outdoors.

Personally I see it as a great freezer and will be using it as such when I hit the cape later in the year. I have my eye on the 60L ARB due to height/build/size/ease of use.

Cheers,

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Yowie, I ended up handing my autofridge back to the old man. I found it was too hard to regulate a constant temp as a fridge. It required me to pay a lot of attention to it when I was too busy enjoying being outdoors.

Personally I see it as a great freezer and will be using it as such when I hit the cape later in the year. I have my eye on the 60L ARB due to height/build/size/ease of use.

Cheers,

You beat me to it Toddy, the autofridge has its place, particularly if you dont have a second battery, but its hard work keeping the temperature even. I have the ARB 47ltr in the back and it is just so much better than the autofridge for day to day use its not funny. We now use the auto fridge as a freezer, running it flat out during the day when we are driving and turning it off overnight.

Probably the biggest disadvantage of the Autofridge is the cool down time, generally 8 hrs for it to be cool, which is not very practical if you are going to mates place for a BBQ and chuck some drinks in just before you leave.

Cheers Andrew

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love my 47L ARB fridge - so easy to use and seems to be built well.

also, the 47L is completely useable.

also like the dairy compartment.

i put the fride in the boot for a road trip back in November and it hasn't come out since! has come in pretty handy for grocery shopping and post cricket game beers.

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[QUOTE=toddy;332390]Yowie, I ended up handing my autofridge back to the old man. I found it was too hard to regulate a constant temp as a fridge. It required me to pay a lot of attention to it when I was too busy enjoying being outdoors.

Personally I see it as a great freezer and will be using it as such when I hit the cape later in the year. I have my eye on the 60L ARB due to height/build/size/ease of use.

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It can be difficult to regulate the temp, but I have now worked that out and run it 2 x 2hours per day. If you forget to turn it off after 2 hours, it can freeze. Set the timer on the mobile phone if you are having too much fun to remember!

Yes AJ120, it does take some time to cool. I set mine up the day before I head off, and the temp is right the next morning