Overland_stormtrooper
Caught the Bug
I'll have to give this a go didnt know it could be done so thanks for this info
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ARB Fridges ?
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WJCO
Meme King
We installed ours on the trim panel by the LR roll bar, see picture above. It's not really out of the way though. The wire is 18 feet, just like a CB radio coax, it's plenty long enough. We ran ours through the grommet by the pedals on the firewall. We originally tried doing it through the grommet behind the battery but it wasn't happening, I gave up.
The cord on the back of the fridge is about 6 feet long, so you can put the fridge anywhere back there and still reach your outlet.
Ddays
Hooked
Yeah, I'll probably run the cord inside and then run it down through a drain plug in the passenger footwell and up the firewall. Its much easier and that's how I ran my cord for my compressor.
Is there a separate cord for plugging into an AC outlet?
WJCO
Meme King
Not sure what you mean, but see this post above: https://wayalife.com/showthread.php/47004-ARB-Fridges?p=947015&viewfull=1#post947015. The ARB fridge comes with a standard 110v cord and a standard 12v cord. The 12V cord can unscrew at the end exposing the 2 prongs that plug into the SPECIFIC ARB OUTLET. So the fridge can be used in a standard 12v outlet as well, PROVIDED that the standard outlet has sufficient wiring (8AWG).
Ddays
Hooked
I wondered if it came with 2 cords - one for the 12v and another to plug into a 110v outlet in the house. Thanks for the clarification :thumb:
JeepJeep75
New member
It does come with two cords, as mentioned. The neat part is, you can have both the 110VAC cord and the 12VDC cord plugged in at the same time. The fridge will default to running on 110VAC until the power goes away. Then it feeds on 12VDC. This is handy for running the fridge in your driveway, in the jeep, packed and buried. When you leave simply unplug, and throw the end of the cord in the jeep. No need to unsettle the load to get to the plugs on the fridge.
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CCTX50
Member
I bought mine last year around black Friday time. Paid 600 for my 50q.
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Ddays
Hooked
Awesome, that's what I'm looking for. I don't NEED it yet so I can try to find a good deal
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Brute
Hooked
You think you don't need it...until you buy one, then realize that yes, you did need it...
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WJCO
Meme King
My wife and I were just having this conversation today. We spent all day on the trail with 3 kids. It is an expensive price for convenience, but neither of us have any regrets and don't know what we would do without it. Slimebones even gave me a beer to take home and it was ice cold when I opened it at home. Enough said.
Ddays
Hooked
I'm with both of ya. I keep finding myself thinking if I had my fridge I could stop & get "blank" and it'd still be cold/frozen when I got home, or didn't have to hurry home.
Trips to and from Costco wouldn't have to be a to and from destination anymore. Wife's even sold on it too but I promised I would try to find a good deal
We had people over for the Penn State/Pitt game and it sure would have been handy to put the beer in outside on the porch.
MattAlpha
Caught the Bug
Thank you for posting this!
You inspired me to pick up a refrigerator/freezer thermometer to do this calibration. Holy cow, my ARB fridge was 18 degrees warmer than the temperature it said it was at. So I adjusted to the max calibration (+8 degree F) and its still 10 degrees warmer than it says it is. Very frustrating but it makes sense why some of my meat and stuff went bad quicker than my normal frig on past trips. I'm really glad I did this calibration.
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Jackal01
New member
10 degrees off doesn't seem like it would be within ARBs spec. I mean, the amount you have to change is outside of the calibration range. I would call and see what they say.
SDG
Caught the Bug
Where did you measure the temp at?
MattAlpha
Caught the Bug
Good point. I need to. I've had for a year and a half with intermittent use. I thought it would have been pretty close to the actual temperature reading.
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OverlanderJK
Resident Smartass
X2. If you measure from the back cubby that sounds right.
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