rickeieio Posted January 5, 2022 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 We have a toy hauler, and room for a small freezer. We like to take frozen, home prepared meals, meats and veggies when we travel, but the little chill chest in the rv fridge isn't big enough. So, we're thinking a small freezer would be nice, but what kind? Will a household freezer be insulated enough to be okay while not powered for a day, maybe two? Are there small, well insulated freezers available? Thank in advance for your input..... Quote KW T-680, POPEMOBILE Newmar X-Aire, VATICAN Lots of old motorcycles, Moto Guzzi Griso and Spyder F3 currently in the front row Young enough to play in the dirt as a retired farmer. contact me at rickeieio@yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelinbob Posted January 5, 2022 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 We have a Avanti in the storage bay of our 5th wheel and it served us well for years and years. i do not know how well it would do without power for DAYS. We always have power at the end of travel days. Quote 2006 Elite Suite 36TK32001 F-550 Starhaulerwww.mytripjournal.com/elitesuitestravelsIN GOD WE TRUST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alie&Jim's Carrilite Posted January 5, 2022 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 We've been running a 3.5 cuft upright freezer for several years. Had on in the Carrilite 5'er, and now have one in the DRV. I run them off a small dedicated inverter so on travel days, it still has power while the rest of the trailer is dead. The DRV has the residential fridge but the extra freezer space means we have packages of bison, crawfish, lamb, etc foods that we can't find in different areas. When we were looking for a freezer, we intentionally went cheap with an old fashion non-electronic compressor. This allows a cheap modified sine wave inverter to power it. Quote Jim's Adventures Old Spacecraft.... Who knows whats next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyretired Posted January 5, 2022 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 We have a 3.5 cuft freezer in our 5er. We power it and a residential refrigerator off of solar. We mostly boondock. Quote Randy 2001 Volvo VNL 42 Cummins ISX Autoshift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickeieio Posted January 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 So, I looked locally and found a 5.8 c/f upright for 1/4 the cost of an RV type freezer. I think I can install solar and controller for less than the difference. One question: How do I tell if the compressor is electronic? None of the specs I saw mentioned that. Quote KW T-680, POPEMOBILE Newmar X-Aire, VATICAN Lots of old motorcycles, Moto Guzzi Griso and Spyder F3 currently in the front row Young enough to play in the dirt as a retired farmer. contact me at rickeieio@yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alie&Jim's Carrilite Posted January 6, 2022 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 56 minutes ago, rickeieio said: One question: How do I tell if the compressor is electronic? None of the specs I saw mentioned that. Several of the freezers we looked at were like the new(er) fridges that are a dc compressor- either 24v or 48 volt. They run off their own inverter that is picky about its input power supply. Quote Jim's Adventures Old Spacecraft.... Who knows whats next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyretired Posted January 6, 2022 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 Our freezer is one from Best Buy and like many the energy guide shows just how much power they use. The power requirements are small and usually easily powered with a PSW inverter. An inverter and if you want some solar should do it. Should be a lot cheaper than an RV freezer. Years ago we had a propane powered freezer. It worked well but it was expensive and very small. Quote Randy 2001 Volvo VNL 42 Cummins ISX Autoshift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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