You forget to mention :) I have a 27 yr old 30 lt Engel and it uses similar AH to yours on a 25 C day. However, go to a 40 C day and in 8 hours it, coincidentally, also uses 25 AH, (100% cycle rate) with 16 hours of hot day and warmish night to go, lol. I've also measured the interior of my 4x4 at 60 C on really hot days. The figures I quote are from actual tests I've done. So @ 50% Depth of Cycle on a 100 AH battery, it will need daily charging in the summer. Which is why I have both DC-DC and solar options on my Auxiliary battery as do you. :) I suppose that's another video, lol....... BTW I like you battery box.
I haven't watched this yet but thought I'd share my experience. i get a tadd under 24hrs in my car running on an 80ah AGM battery before the built in medium cut off switch kicks in, which I believe is around 10.5 amps compressor running. 60th anniversary 40l. Brand new battery. I'd let it go lower but Engel's lowest cutoff I believe is far too low for AGM
Hey mate, good video, but where does the 40% duty cycle come from? Have you measured that it is 40%, or is it an assumption? What ambient temp were you running?
That’s a good point. You’d have to sit there for an hour and time how long the compressor runs and then calculate it. Maybe he did though. Good video thanks mate. I have the same fridge and left it for 3 days with a 100ah battery. I was was worried I drained my battery to low but a guy at jaycar told me the Engel will cut off automatically if it detects the battery drops below a certain voltage, not sure if that’s right.
Real world is a very different story. Engels duty cycle isn’t accurate to specs. I’ve got a combi and it runs a lot more than the advertised duty cycle. Set at -12 degrees it’ll easily chew 40-50 amps per 24hours Set at 0 or 2-3degrees and it’ll still chew 30-35
Iv had one for years there fantastic but recently shit itself replaced the condenser with one in hard rubbish worked fine I was surprised.. but I go through lead acid batteries pretty quick for some reason.. or maybe lead acid batteries are just shit? How much does the average 12v fridge draw? What about Waeco's?
Hi mate i have a similar setup with my 40l engel and 110amp deep cycle aux battery plus a 110w fixed solar panel. However my amp meter is just on the cheap side and I cannot actually tell other parameters from it. What brand is the monitor you have? Cheers
@@Unfastened so rewatching the video, it seems UT210 series is actually a solar regulator. At the moment i am running a c-tek D250Sa dc-dc for my solar etc. I guess that module you have Won t work in my case... any thoughts?
That's what makes the Engel so special. The low current draw thanks to their brilliant and unique swing motor. For more efficiency, remove the bag and add a voltage step up transformer. See the results here - th-cam.com/video/m9xjYKs1Kx4/w-d-xo.html&lc=z23azzhy2tb2dzlecacdp433tolvdbbyhqa1rjk1srdw03c010c.1599441011700997
Mate,great little no frills video, with simple demonstration and straight to the point.🙂👍
Thanks
Thanks mate, Im a new engel owner and love it. Keeps my drinks cold for work. I end up getting the 39l combi and been running 24/7 for last 2 months.
Nice explanation. Well done.
You forget to mention :) I have a 27 yr old 30 lt Engel and it uses similar AH to yours on a 25 C day. However, go to a 40 C day and in 8 hours it, coincidentally, also uses 25 AH, (100% cycle rate) with 16 hours of hot day and warmish night to go, lol. I've also measured the interior of my 4x4 at 60 C on really hot days. The figures I quote are from actual tests I've done. So @ 50% Depth of Cycle on a 100 AH battery, it will need daily charging in the summer. Which is why I have both DC-DC and solar options on my Auxiliary battery as do you. :) I suppose that's another video, lol....... BTW I like you battery box.
Well done, I have watch a few Vids about this topic and yours is the best, explained perfectly.
Thanks John
Nice video mate. Subscribed 👍🏻
Great video mate, exactly the information I wanted. Cheers 🍻
Welcome!
Very helpful and clear, thanks a lot!
Very helpfull vid cheers👍
Useful video asi just purchased the same Engel thanks
I haven't watched this yet but thought I'd share my experience. i get a tadd under 24hrs in my car running on an 80ah AGM battery before the built in medium cut off switch kicks in, which I believe is around 10.5 amps compressor running. 60th anniversary 40l. Brand new battery. I'd let it go lower but Engel's lowest cutoff I believe is far too low for AGM
Sounds about right mate. Cheers for the feedback
Hey mate, good video, but where does the 40% duty cycle come from? Have you measured that it is 40%, or is it an assumption? What ambient temp were you running?
That’s a good point. You’d have to sit there for an hour and time how long the compressor runs and then calculate it. Maybe he did though.
Good video thanks mate.
I have the same fridge and left it for 3 days with a 100ah battery. I was was worried I drained my battery to low but a guy at jaycar told me the Engel will cut off automatically if it detects the battery drops below a certain voltage, not sure if that’s right.
The only problem is what was the Ambient temp and what temp was the fridge set to, ??
Real world is a very different story. Engels duty cycle isn’t accurate to specs. I’ve got a combi and it runs a lot more than the advertised duty cycle.
Set at -12 degrees it’ll easily chew 40-50 amps per 24hours
Set at 0 or 2-3degrees and it’ll still chew 30-35
I have a 100ah battery and have my 32l engel running for about 9 hours a day. Easily lasts the working week and more.
Nice. How does the battery get charged.
Iv had one for years there fantastic but recently shit itself replaced the condenser with one in hard rubbish worked fine I was surprised.. but I go through lead acid batteries pretty quick for some reason.. or maybe lead acid batteries are just shit?
How much does the average 12v fridge draw? What about Waeco's?
I think the average fridge would draw 0.5 to 1 amp more. The Engels are very efficient. It's that swing motor..
Hi mate i have a similar setup with my 40l engel and 110amp deep cycle aux battery plus a 110w fixed solar panel. However my amp meter is just on the cheap side and I cannot actually tell other parameters from it. What brand is the monitor you have? Cheers
UT210 series
@@Unfastened so rewatching the video, it seems UT210 series is actually a solar regulator. At the moment i am running a c-tek D250Sa dc-dc for my solar etc. I guess that module you have Won t work in my case... any thoughts?
That's what makes the Engel so special. The low current draw thanks to their brilliant and unique swing motor. For more efficiency, remove the bag and add a voltage step up transformer. See the results here - th-cam.com/video/m9xjYKs1Kx4/w-d-xo.html&lc=z23azzhy2tb2dzlecacdp433tolvdbbyhqa1rjk1srdw03c010c.1599441011700997
Why don't you differentiate between Amps and Amp/Hrs? Batteries are rated in AH not Amps.