As requested, here's a short guide to fitting a fridge into a

boot...

Fridge guide link

Apologies if it's a bit pants!

Rob.

Great job Rob

I'll have a Stella

Q.

Great job Rob

yeah i'll second that...i didn't realise 12v fridges were so cheap! my god thats a mobile party u've got there Rob. :cheers:

Ian

Originally posted by nockmeister in this post

i didn't realise 12v fridges were so cheap!

My original intention was to get a desktop fridge (the sort

with a 6 can capacity) so that it actually looked like a fridge

rather spare wheel cover/breadmaker/whatever else people

have called it! However, they were about 60 quid, whereas the

Halfords one was twice the size, half the price and designed to

be portable (and so would probably stand up to boot-based

abuse more).

I have since seen desktop ones for 30 quid in places like

Woolworths...maybe I could mount one on the dashboard...

Rob.

Worth a thread all of its own, Rob, so here it is now!

That was momentarily confusing!

Rob.

Denis, you've got too much time on your hands :p

Try a 3 way camping fridge...that will be better. What you have there is more of a cooler in that it wont get as cold as a fridge (sorry to pick).

However , at the mo Halfords are knocking out these coolers at half price, which means the biggest are only

and that doesnt mean the stale air in the back of a hot, sunny and unvented hatch)

Another plus point for estates!

Originally posted by DGW in this post

Another plus point for estates!

Sorry but being picky that applies to ex van drivers like me with Limo,s and current van drivers too.

Basically they are OK when youre on the move, but should not be left running in an unattended stationary motor.

Cheers:cheers:

Originally posted by DGW in this post

Another plus point for estates!

What do you mean by "another " , you mean the ONE AND ONLY

Originally posted by mellowyellow in this post

What do you mean by "another " , you mean the ONE AND ONLY

What sets vRS drivers apart from normal drivers is their total inability to see that there may be others in the real world who are totally unimpressed by cars with bigger front air dams, boot spoilers, lowered suspension and larger diameter wheels. As for black seats with white inserts, they went out of fashion along with white-walled tyres in the 1950s! Get back to your Swissroll kit and Humbrol brake calliper enhancing kit, mellowyellow....

Originally posted by DGW in this post

What sets vRS drivers apart from normal drivers is their total inability to see that there may be others in the real world who are totally unimpressed by cars with bigger front air dams, boot spoilers, lowered suspension and larger diameter wheels. As for black seats with white inserts, they went out of fashion along with white-walled tyres in the 1950s! Get back to your Swissroll kit and Humbrol brake calliper enhancing kit, mellowyellow....

Denis , I hate to admit it , but you are SO right .

BTW I haven't got a swissroll kit .................yet

Originally posted by Kentish in this post

Try a 3 way camping fridge...that will be better. What you have there is more of a cooler in that it wont get as cold as a fridge (sorry to pick).

It's rated to -20C of ambient - so I'd agree not quite a fridge, but

close enough. Aren't three way camping fridges about

Cheers Rob

Now I know why they made the boots so damn big, time to go shopping me-thinks!!

Antony

I never figured out quite why this was - OK, so it's going to heat

the air up around it inside the boot, but (best case) the inside of

the cooler is still going to be 20C cooler than this air. Not that

mine stays on for long when it's parked up anyway before the

battery "drains"...

Rob. [/b]

All refridgeration products of any sort must have ventillation to work correctly (something most kitchen fitters fail to notice when installing new fridges in kitchen units)

Without it the fridge will fail to cool correctly, just as you putting your head in a plastic bag will cause you to suffocate.

Cheers

The Halford cooler is an excellent buy at

Originally posted by Kentish in this post

All refridgeration products of any sort must have ventillation to work correctly

Ah, now I see where my confusion comes in - the word "correctly"!

My cans always come out cold, and that's what I'm after, but I

doubt the cooler will be getting as cold as possible if it were

placed elsewhere in the vehicle...

Rob.

But as long as the cans come out nice and cold, that is all that matters.

Judging by this I feel left out, has EVERYONE else got one in their car???

I haven't. Rob, could you do us an article on fitting a cooker in the boot of a hatch to complement your fridge project?

I've found the easiest way to cook stuff is to go for a quick drive in the car, then get some

of those "cook in a toaster" bags. Place food in there, clip it onto the back of the radiator...

Rob.

Of course, you could just fill the glove box with cans and open up the air con feed into it - should cool them nicely, plus you can reach the cans while you're driving.

Instead of a cooler in the boot, a small paddling pool for that 'stretch limo' look would be better in this kind of weather. Would probably fit in a van, er... 4x4 quite nicely, too

Originally posted by Stimps in this post

Of course, you could just fill the glove box with cans and open up the air con feed into it - should cool them nicely, plus you can reach the cans while you're driving.

I think this is Fabia/Superb specific! Besides which, my glove

box is full of manuals, bulbs, insurance docs and various other

junk...

Rob.

So Rob, with your knowledge of in-car entertainment and now fridges you really are the ICE Man.

Hey, it's an old one but a goody....

Cheers.

Adrian.

LOL! Change the lightbulb inside the fridge with a neon and it could go on the cover of Max Power