{"id":7692,"date":"2021-03-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/news\/?p=7692"},"modified":"2021-02-26T15:39:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T04:39:39","slug":"what-temperature-should-you-set-your-portable-camping-fridge-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/what-temperature-should-you-set-your-portable-camping-fridge-to\/","title":{"rendered":"What Temperature Should You Set Your Portable Camping Fridge To?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Upgrading to a 12v camping fridge<\/a><\/strong> like the Adventure Kings Fridge\/Freezers<\/a><\/strong> will transform the way you go camping! No longer will you have to worry about your ice melting and your food going soggy and getting warm after a few days, or stress about where to find the next service station to buy more ice. With a portable camping fridge<\/a><\/strong> you can keep your food and drinks perfectly chilled while you\u2019re camping, as long as you have power in your deep-cycle battery<\/strong><\/a>! A question we get a lot here at Adventure Kings is what temperature you should set your camping fridge<\/strong> <\/a>to, and while that might seem like a basic question to some campers who have been out camping a lot over the years, it\u2019s an understandable and very valid question in our books! Let\u2019s take a look at what we recommend you set your fridge to in various different environments and circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. WHEN YOU\u2019RE USING YOUR CAMPING FRIDGE AS A NORMAL FRIDGE IN TEMPERATE WEATHER<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Let\u2019s first start with the most common scenario \u2013 you\u2019ve got your Adventure Kings Camping Fridge<\/a><\/strong> and you want to use it as a normal fridge in temperate weather. And by temperate we mean anywhere less than about 28\u00b0C \u2013 so it could be a warm day, but not a blisteringly hot day \u2013 which we\u2019ll talk about in a moment. In this scenario, set your digital temperature control on your camping fridge<\/a><\/strong> to either 2\u00b0C or 3\u00b0C. This is the perfect temperature to keep your food and drinks chilled, but also the perfect balance point between not using too much battery power and depleting your deep cycle battery<\/strong><\/a> too quickly. This temperature range will mean your drinks are perfectly chilled, your food is crisp and fresh and you\u2019ll get the maximum time out of your AGM battery<\/a><\/strong> before you have to add a solar panel<\/strong> <\/a>and recharge it again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. WHEN YOU WANT TO USE YOUR KINGS FRIDGE AS A FREEZER!<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Adventure Kings Fridge\/Freezer<\/a>s <\/strong>have powerful Secop compressors inside that allow them to run down as low as -18\u00b0C \u2013 yep, that\u2019s MINUS 18 degrees Celsius! That\u2019s a true deep-freezer there if you want to be \u2013 the perfect way to keep food frozen on a big dream camping adventure for weeks on end. However you should be aware that at that temperature, your dual-zone camping fridge<\/a><\/strong> or single zone camping fridge<\/a><\/strong> will be running flat out and will use a lot of battery power. A much better solution is to set your camping fridge<\/a><\/strong> to between -8\u00b0C and -10\u00b0C \u2013 this will still keep everything nicely frozen, but your 12v fridge<\/a><\/strong> won\u2019t run flat out and drain your battery too quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. WHEN IT\u2019S REALLY, REALLY HOT OUTSIDE \u2013 PARTICULARLY IF YOU\u2019RE UP NORTH<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        What about when it\u2019s stinking hot outside, as in well over 30\u00b0C? If that\u2019s the outside ambient temperature, you can only image how hot it would get inside an unventilated rear of a vehicle or a ute canopy \u2013 sometimes easily triple that! And the double-edged sword here is when it\u2019s hot, not only is your portable camping fridge<\/a><\/strong> working harder to deal with that outside air temperature, but you\u2019re also much more likely to open your 12v fridge<\/a><\/strong> often for cold drinks! What we would do in this situation is recommend setting your 12v fridge\/freezer<\/a><\/strong> to zero degrees \u2013 that\u2019s 0\u00b0C. That way you\u2019re giving your portable 12v fridge<\/strong> <\/a>a bit of a head start against constantly trying to deal with the hot air you let in when you grab a cold drink. It\u2019s definitely worth keeping in mind though that at this temperature setting, and with this sort of external air temperature, your camping fridge<\/a><\/strong> is going to chew through a lot more electrical power than it would on a cooler day with it set to a slightly higher temperature. The solution here is to set up your portable solar panel<\/a> <\/strong>\u00a0or camping solar blanket<\/a><\/strong> to keep your battery topped up as soon as you get to camp \u2013 that way your battery has less chance of depleting and going flat. The sooner you set your portable solar for camping<\/a><\/strong> up, the better \u2013 especially when it\u2019s hot \u2013 that way your camping 12v fridge<\/a><\/strong> can run better for longer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        1. WHAT ABOUT WHEN YOU NEED TO PRESERVE YOUR BATTERY SO IT LASTS THE LONGEST? <\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          Sometimes the biggest concern is making your deep-cycle battery for camping<\/a><\/strong> last as long as possible. Maybe you\u2019re parked up camped at your favourite camp site for a week but it\u2019s too cloudy for your portable camping solar panel<\/a><\/strong> to be effective, and you haven\u2019t got a camping generato<\/strong>r<\/a> with you. In that case, the way to extend the life of your deep cycle battery<\/a><\/strong> is to slightly up the temperature setting on your camping fridge<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 but you\u2019ve got to be careful because if you raise it too high, you get into that danger zone where food can spoil and attract bacteria. In that scenario we would be comfortable raising the temperature of a 12v fridge<\/a><\/strong> up to 4\u00b0C, but never above that \u2013 it\u2019s just not worth the risk of ruining your food or getting sick!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          1. WHEN YOU\u2019RE USING IT AS A DRINKS FRIDGE DURING SUMMER<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            Similar to when it\u2019s super hot outside, when you want to use your portable camping fridge<\/a><\/strong> as a drinks fridge during summer, you want to set it a bit lower than you normally would \u2013 typically around 0\u00b0C. That way, when you\u2019re opening your fridge all the time to grab that next drink, you\u2019ll be pulling out nice icy cold drinks instead of ones that are just cool enough to drink. And because you\u2019re opening your fridge all the time letting hot air in, you\u2019ll want your fridge to have a fighting chance at staying nice and cool!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Upgrading to a 12v camping fridge like the Adventure Kings Fridge\/Freezers will transform the way you go camping! No longer will you have to worry about your ice melting and your food going soggy and getting warm after a few days, or stress about where to find the next service station to buy more ice….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123456,"featured_media":7693,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7692"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123456"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7694,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7692\/revisions\/7694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}