| I got an Engel 40 for $680 from BigFrogMountain on Tuesday. The Engel 45's are unavailable at least until the end of the summer because Engel suspended production to make the 40's. I got rid of the peltier junction cool box I had because it only cools 30 or 40 degrees below the surroundings and in south Florida in the summer, that's only lukewarm.
The Engel 45's are a favorite of over the road truckers, but fuel prices have made that occupation scarce.
The 40 doesn't have a digital display control like the 45, just a 1 - 5 dial. Below 1 is off and 5 is deep freeze. The compressor/guts of the 35, 40 and 45 is the same. The 40 has is no wire basket inside, either. The coils are inside spaced off the inner wall about 1/2 inch. The 45 had 43 quarts usable space with the basket.
The instructions say not to fridgerate more than "1" unless you use the cooler a lot, because it just makes it run longer. But I didn't trust them, so I went to WMart and got a $5 fridge thermometer and put it on top in the middle near the lid. After about 20 minutes I checked and it said 38F with the dial set about 1 1/2. There was frost on the coils inside, too, so the instructions are right. My apartment was un airconditioned at the time, since I had just gotten home from work.
I bought the Engel and emptied out the Hotpoint that runs on the mains and am using the Hotpoint for dry storage. As a single guy, I don't need that much refrigeratr space. My last electric bill was $18 because I didn't run the window a/c all month. I'm hoping it won't change much next month with the big fridge off and the window a/c on at night when I'm home. The clerk at the check cashing store where I pay my bill looked at it and said "Is that real?" I just told her I didn't run the a/c. |
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