Dometic or ARB fridge?

[TennesseePA]

Another vote for the Dometic. I have the CFX95DZW. It is a dual zone setup so I can run two different temps. One for drinks and normal food and one for frozen food. Only drawback is that it is HUGE! Thing weighs 70 lbs empty but I have four kids now so I need it to be that big.

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[steffen707]

Another vote for the Dometic. I have the CFX95DZW. It is a dual zone setup so I can run two different temps. One for drinks and normal food and one for frozen food. Only drawback is that it is HUGE! Thing weighs 70 lbs empty but I have four kids now so I need it to be that big.

amazon says 70.5lbs........ J/K!

do you run a solar panel or big battery bank?

 

[smlobx]

The 45 L Engel is currently on sale...

https://www.engelcoolers.com/catalo...num-mt45f-u1-ac-dc-fridge-freezer/category/8/

 

[Sladecm]

Been running the dometic cfx 50 a lil over a year now and it’s been GREAT! When it’s not in the Jeep, it stays in my daily driver ON 24/7. It’s also great in hotels w/out fridges!

How do you keep it powered in your daily driver?

 

[TennesseePA]

They hardly draw any power at all. I haven’t had any problems at all with it running the battery down overnight. I am in the process of setting up a BattleBorn lithium battery setup. I just got it in August so we haven’t done any extended trips where the truck isn’t run every day.

 

[Sladecm]

They hardly draw any power at all. I haven’t had any problems at all with it running the battery down overnight. I am in the process of setting up a BattleBorn lithium battery setup. I just got it in August so we haven’t done any extended trips where the truck isn’t run every day.

So you have an outlet that is always powered? My gladiator has to be running for the outlets to work. Looking for a work around.

 

[TennesseePA]

I run it on a 12V system connected directly to the battery and the plug in the bed. You can set it up to turn off when the voltage gets too low but I haven’t had it turn off yet.

 

[steffen707]

They hardly draw any power at all. I haven’t had any problems at all with it running the battery down overnight. I am in the process of setting up a BattleBorn lithium battery setup. I just got it in August so we haven’t done any extended trips where the truck isn’t run every day.

I definitely want to know more about your setup. You gunna start a thread about it?

 

[WhatExit?]

Whynter fridge/freezer from Home Depot with their protection plan and zero % financing is tough to beat

https://www.homedepot.com/b/Applian...rs-Portable-Freezers/Whynter/N-5yc1vZc3orZ6r2

 

[TennesseePA]

I hadn’t really thought about starting a thread on it. It really isn’t a difficult setup. I just have a NOCO 12V plug and a NOCO extension cord that I run to the bed and up through the tailgate. I take it out when not using it. When I install the BattleBorn lithium deep cycle system I’ll share that. My solution for now is a <$20 stop gap measure

 

[steffen707]

BattleBorn lithium deep cycle system I’ll share that

cool!

 

[gsxr310]

How do you keep it powered in your daily driver?

On the Wrangler JL, there’s a rear constant 12v. For the gladiator, you can do something like this...

 

[steffen707]

On the Wrangler JL, there’s a rear constant 12v. For the gladiator, you can do something like this...

is that your bed? any link to the switch panel? That's cool!

 

[gsxr310]

is that your bed? any link to the switch panel? That's cool!

Not my bed.. but this switch can be purchased on Amazon and it is marine grade (water proof). Do a search for “marine switch 12v”.

 

[Sladecm]

I run it on a 12V system connected directly to the battery and the plug in the bed. You can set it up to turn off when the voltage gets too low but I haven’t had it turn off yet.

Oh ok, thank you!

On the Wrangler JL, there’s a rear constant 12v. For the gladiator, you can do something like this...

That's really clean looking! I wonder how hard it is to cut into the bed?

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