Pre-summeritme Fridge Group Buy

I sent you a pm but never heard a response

 

Dont know when you pmed him but ben does stay busy, as Xpedition Ready is not his full time job. He is a stand up guy though so i highly doubt he is ignoring you

 

Sorry for the delay....hectic week with folks on vacation for the holiday. PM sent with pricing.

 

Is this still an option?

If so, I'd like to see pricing on a 50 qt.

 

I've been meaning to get mine up for a while too.

I already took it out on an outing, but I finally got it mounted in the back of the truck on a solid platform.

I can't say enough good things about Ben. If you wanted an ARB fridge this is a good deal.

 

I like the way you mounted the fridge to the platform. I have mine on a platform but I dont like how I mounted it. Did you get all the hardware online? I have the ARB straps already.

 

Used these Mac tie down kit, and I had two extra loops from a different install.

So you need this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008PPN83I/

and two of these:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008PPNABS

 

Looking good buddy! Gotta keep that Reisling nice and chilled

 

Haha, thanks man! Besides camping this making transporting a case to SoCal on work trip really easy.

 

Real nice job there, looking good !!!

I just tried mine out on a legit family camping trip this past weekend, had it completely loaded, she worked great, I love it !!!

I'm not running dual battery yet, the built-in battery protect worked flawlessly, very happy with it.

I did however, go out today and buy a Diehard Platinum 34M marine battery, lol

 

Thanks for the info!

 

Ben it looks like you need to do a dual battery setup GB now

 

Yea it does...I can hook yall up with National Luna dual battery kits but be warned; though the best quality it comes at a cost . Let me know if I can help out

 

Just a note for you all.

When I ran my fridge in Yosemite. It ran for 3 days straight and used 25% of my battery.

I have an Optima Yellow Top D27F and verified using the Optima Charger. I topped off the battery before I left and checked when I got home. However, it showed 75% before I topped off with only daily driving.

 

Was it only the fridge during those 3 days?

 

Yeah, drove in, parked and the truck sat until I drove home. The fridge is wired up directly to the battery.

 

How does the yellow top compare to the diehard marine battery so many of us have?

 

I have no idea. The only batteries I have used on this truck are the factory and current Yellow Top.

 

Diehard Platinum Marine

•Group Size: 31M

Power Ratings:
•Cold Cranking Amps (CCA at 0 deg.F): 1150
•Amp Hours at 20 Hour Rate: 100
•Capacity Amp Hours at 10 Hour Rating: 92
•Reserve Capacity (RC): 205 min.

Optima Yellowtop

Group Size: BCI: 31

Power:
CCA (BCI 0°F): 900 amps
MCA (BCI 32°F): 1125 amps
Capacity: 75 Ah (C/20)
Reserve Capacity: BCI: 155 minutes

 

close your eyes and pick one... price is close as well

I chose the Diehard because they're easy to exchange if needed, the marine is nice with the extra posts with wing nuts for hooking up ring terminals. And I was skeptical about Optima's quality control based on testimonies floating around. Can't go wrong with either battery though...

With the little 575 CCA battery I had, the fridge was set to Hi protect... Woke up, noticed fridge was still kicking on, temp set to 33F... Cooked breakfast, noticed the battery protect kicked in. Started truck for 15 mins... hour later the protect kicked in again... Went for a ride, hour or so later protect kicked in, it was also hotter than hell and humid out... Second night, set the protect to medium, fridge made it all night into the morning again, we packed up by 11:00 and right before leaving noticed the protect kicking in again.

Anxious to see how this Diehard does on our next trip. I'm very confident in the battery protectection however until I get an Aux battery installed. There was plenty of people floating around the campground if I had needed a jumpstart so I wasn't worried about putting it to the test somewhat. My 3.4L was able to crank right up with whatever voltage the Med level had left me with.