We all love the convenience of setting up our fridge, chucking a bunch of our favorite bevvies in there when leaving town, and being able to crack icy cold one’s all night long at camp. But how can you extend the range of your 12v refrigeration system, without needing a jumpstart in the morning!

These are our top 5 pointers to getting the most out of your Adventure Kings 60L Fridge/Freezer running at its most efficient.

Seeing as the capacity and power source that runs a 12v fridge isn’t nearly as powerful as your fridge at home, these tips could really save your hide when push comes to shove in the bush!
 

1.Keep cool!

The first trick to getting the most out of your 12v refrigerator is by making sure all your drinks and food are well chilled before you chuck them in. If you fail to prechill all of your food and drinks your fridge has to not only cool itself down to your desired temperature but then it has to push even harder to try and cool down all of your goodies inside.

By chucking all your meat and even a couple of freezer blocks in the freezer at home before you leave, you can pre chill your fridge and reduce the amount of battery capacity needed to drop the mercury inside your fridge!

2.Keep it topped up

Just like you, your 12v fridge loves to be kept topped up with food and beers, so be a responsible fridge owner and make sure you keep your fridge full!

The reason a fridge likes to be full is because it has less air to chill, this rule seems counter intuitive but the icy cold air is prone to leaking regardless of how good your fridge seals are, and on top of that every time you open your fridge, all of the air, your trusty fridge worked hard to cool down is lost.

So by keeping your fridge full, even with spare water bottles, you’ll find your fridge doesn’t have to kick in to rechill all that empty space!

3.Clear space
By crowding your fridge in the cab of your vehicle it’s easy to believe that you are helping to insulate it from warm air in the vehicle. In reality what is happening is quite the contrary, by crowding your refrigerator you are preventing the refrigerators components from removing excess heat, meaning your refrigerator will struggle to stay cool and possibly overheat.

By fitting a set of Titan Rear Drawers in the rear of your vehicle you can fasten your fridge to the tie down points on the included fridge slide and easily keep the area around the fridge compressor free, to allow air to circulate and remove excess heat.

4.Keep your cabin temps down

The easiest way to Improve your refrigerators performance is by reducing the temperature within the cab of your vehicle. This can be difficult and just like the warnings about leaving your kids or pets in the car, your vehicle on a sunny 30 degree day can reach temps in excess of 65 celcius in under an hour.

To help keep your 4WD cooler you need to introduce air circulation, by fitting a side awning and rear awning you can keep your rear door open and your windows cracked no matter what the weather is. Meaning no matter how warm the day your fridge can breathe!
5.Cover your fridge

No matter how good your fridge is, more insulation can improve the performance and energy efficiency.

By simply adding a Kings 60L Fridge/Freezer cover you can enhance your refrigerators efficiency by lots. The cover uses highly efficient Pearl Wool (EPE Foam) padding, and a reflective aluminium film on the inside to trap in the cool and hold out the heat.

6. UPGRADE YOUR WIRING

One of the easiest ways to improve your refrigerators performance is by upgrading the wiring that connects your fridge to your vehicles battery. If you are running on factory wiring or too thin a gauge of wire, you can find that you experience massive voltage drop issues over very short distances, this often results in your refrigerators “low voltage cut out” kicking in, this usually stops your battery from being over drained.

To combat depleating your batteries too low, heavier gauge wiring can definitely improve your refrigerators performance, and enable you to squeeze every last volt of battery out of your dual battery setup!