{"id":4922,"date":"2019-11-28T08:55:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T13:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/?p=4922"},"modified":"2019-11-29T08:29:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T13:29:56","slug":"alpicool-c15-12-volt-car-fridge-freezer-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/28\/alpicool-c15-12-volt-car-fridge-freezer-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpicool C15  12 volt car fridge \/ freezer review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/3RCeKa9Bk0M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I bought an Alpicool C15 model compressor\/refrigerant based car refrigerator\/freezer for a project. They also have a C20 model which is exactly the same but has a &#8220;bump up&#8221; in the lid for 20 liters of capacity. I paid $145 with a coupon, and I&#8217;ve seen them retail around $190. Here is my Amazon Affiliate \u00a0 link: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2rwJvD2\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2rwJvD2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Quick summary of the review video above: \u00a0 15L interior capacity, can get the interior down to at least -12C, chills four 12oz cans to 3.5C in 4.5 hours, freezes 2 lbs of water in 12 hours, draws up to 50 watts continuous when the compressor is running (never goes above 150 watts on startup so can be ran by my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/28\/ego-nexus-escape-what-i-wish-i-knew-before-buying\/\">Ego Nexus Escape<\/a>). It averages 13 watts draw over a 24 hour period at 0 deg C without opening the lid (310 watt\/hrs in a day). When set to -20 deg C it draws an average of 25.4 watts per hour (610 watt\/hrs in a day).<\/p>\n<p>The amount of insulation is relatively minimal (especially if you are using it as a freezer) but the internal volume \/ total surface area is small enough that it really doesn&#8217;t take up that much power as a refrigerator. Its all plastic construction and friction fit lid is cheap (reflecting the price I paid) but serviceable. \u00a0 My unit was damaged in shipping and had some plastic break off the side, but still functioned fine. As I plan on voiding the warranty and most of the exterior case in my project, I didn&#8217;t mind, but a normal customer would have shipped it back to Amazon for a replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Video on how to use the control panel (including converting the display to Fahrenheit) is here:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/EIAxX4kOSBQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:392,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/amzn.to\\\/2rwJvD2&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/Alpicool-Portable-Refrigerator-Vehicle-freezer\\\/dp\\\/B073WYS3TR\\\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?keywords=alpicool+C15\\u0026qid=1574949160\\u0026sr=8-3\\u0026linkCode=sl1\\u0026tag=burningorg-20\\u0026linkId=54b8ea0a182e045cd66a248fc4fab277\\u0026language=en_US&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I bought an Alpicool C15 model compressor\/refrigerant based car refrigerator\/freezer for a project. They also have a C20 model which is exactly the same but has a &#8220;bump up&#8221; in the lid for 20 liters of capacity. I paid $145 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/28\/alpicool-c15-12-volt-car-fridge-freezer-review\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4922"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4927,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4922\/revisions\/4927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}