*Indel-B Fridge/Freezer GROUP BUY AND BS THREAD!!!**CLOSED

Was the fridge opened/closed at all or just sat there? in the cab or trunk?

 

In the bed. The truck was in the garage so the temp was pretty consistent and yes I did open it from time to time for a few seconds and heard it running a good amount during those days

 

Received mine today, yeah I know, its been almost a month, but I had to wait for another shipment from my freight forwarder to keep the freight cost as low as possible. This weekend I will see how it will be mounted on the Tundra. Thanks OP for making this GB possible!!!

 

Got my fridge slide mounted today. Went fairly smooth. Only hang up was that I didn't allow enough height so the "two stage" slide can only be extended to the first catch. Which is fine because it's more than enough to access the whole fridge. But I'll go back sometime in the future and add a spacer so that I can extend the slide the full length.

 

Finally got my power distribution center finished today. I've been meaning to get to it for four years (I've had the truck for four years), the fridge finally kicked my ass in gear.
1-0 cable running to the gold bolts on the outside. 2-awg cable inside. Digital circuit breaker with amp and volt readout and selectable trigger. 3x marine cigarette sockets, 3x dual USB sockets, 4x pairs Anderson Powerpoles. Room for up to four switches. LOTS of room inside with the door closed.
Panel is .187" ABS. Handles are kitchen drawer handles from Homey Despot. All work 100% by me.
Box donated by @loco from last year's rollover in Moab.

 

That looks epic.. Im still trying to figure out where this goes. The truck bed right?

 

That added another 5 degrees to your cooling power with the insulation from the stickers

 

What happened to the group cover buy?

 

Didn't work out with the supplier b

 

Yep. Replaces the stock 120Vac plug.

 

If i had 1/5th of the skill to do something like this i would..

I just bought a smart battery box and it does all that stuff for me..

 

Which smart battery box did you buy?

 

It's one made by Minn Kota for trolling motors but works very well for my application. I need to add a voltmeter so I can see exactly how much voltage I've got left but for 50$, I'm not complaining at this point

 

Nice dude. I went with the Newport Vessels box. Also works great for my use to: weekends, moves bettween my motovan and my truck and also has a USB outlet.

Doesn't the Minn kota have a built in battery meter?

 

It has a meter but it only says

1/4, 1/2, 3/4, Full with some leds which is nice but I want to know exactly where it is

 

Nice setup, very clean.

I have a similar setup that I made out of an ABS project box that is mounted to my bedrail.


4 x LED Lighting switches
All switches controlled by LED Dimmer
Volt/amp meter with on/off switch
2 x 12v sockets
1 x Dual USB charging port
6 slot Blue Sea fuse block with negative terminals.

What brand is your volt/amp Meter?

Have you had a chance to get the system up and running and see the amp draw on the fridge?

I have a cheap volt/amp meter from China. The meter is showing my fridge drawing around 3.5 amps on Eco and just over 5 amps on Max. I'm wondering if my meter is giving me false readings because these numbers are more than double what @aero3685 has reported a few pages back.

I have another Volt/amp meter that I could hook up in series to give me an accurate reading but before I go and do that I'm wondering if anyone else has any amperage readings of their fridge running?

 

Mine were taken from using the meter between the terminals of the fuse, so maybe it was a little low? But i measured some lights that i knew the amperage to and doing it that way was correct so who knows.

 

Hmm. I don't think hooking up your meter in series like that between the fuse terminals would make any difference to your amperage reading.

I'll have to try doing that with my fuse for the 12v socket for the fridge and compare it to what my cheap volt/amp meter in my distribution center is reading.

I wouldn't be surprised at all to see that my meter is out. That's what you get when you buy cheap Chinese parts

I'll report back when I get the chance to do a test. In the meantime I'm still curious if anyone else has metered their fridges draw.

 

Yeah i have a cheap 12v meter that plus into the dash and that reads the battery level 0.1v low. The multi meter that i was using is a pretty nice one so it shouldn't be off any.

 

That looks great. Very well done.