I've been thinking about doing this for a long time, but finally got fed-up enough with coffee taking up food space in the freezer. It's a cute 1.8 cubic foot (probably about a quarter albatross for those using the metric system) little cooler-style fridge/freezer. Justified it further since if I ever needed to it has a 12v dc adapter for car use (doubt I ever will). It does feel pretty special for the coffee to have its own storage unit, and it makes finding frozen fruits and meat in the standard freezer easier to sift through. A couple of times I even threw stuff out of the freezer to make room for coffee, so I knew it was time to try this.
Sorry to be Debbie downer but if thats a 12v car fridge it almost certainly uses a Peltier cooler which is extremely inefficient. Theyre only designed for day trips, its going to use a lot of electricity for that task.
The label in the top left seems to indicate a refrigerant
Looks like 10g of r600a, which is isobutane. Neat! I knew some used propane, but not isobutane.
Obligatory Technology Connections video.
Try optimism for a change it will rock your world and that of those around you in such a good way! It's a compressor!
Optimism doesnt pay my bills :) excellent they make compact, 12v refrigerant based coolers now. Learned something new!
Most 12v car fridges use a proper compressor these days. It's still likely very inefficient as compared to a home fridge of course, but due to lack of insulation and inefficiencies of a small refrigerant system.