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I have been tring to think of things that I want in the truck WHEN I get there. I wonder if any of you have used a cooler with dry ice to keep tv dinners, meats, frozen food frozen till you wanted it.
Saw a 12 volt freezer you could buy but it was like $700, and I figure you could buy a lot of dry ice for that. At publix, winn dixie's, wal marts or other simular stores.
Any one doing it or tried it???

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Go to Wally World. A good friend of mine has a small fridge and a inverter. He only had to buy a 300 watt inverter for the fridge. He says it works great. I thought about it since my cooler is to big to fit in the cubby hole on my Mack. The fridge fits perfectly in the slot.
The slot is probably 1 1/2 ft wide and 2 1/2 ft tall and probably 2 ft deep. I'm guestimating of course. I'm female I don't need a tape measure, lmaooo.
Anywho, it does work and it is like a reg. fridge except smaller. It is big enough to stopre frozen things in too.
Cost: 70-120 bucks and inverter is like ohh 40 bucks or so.
Sweet Whiskey
P.S. It will drain your battery. So if you leaver your truck over night somewhere, or at home for a limited amount of time unplug it.Sweet Whiskey

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thanks will look into it, but I have been hearing that most companies won't allow over a 150 volt inverter\??
That can plug into the cigerrett lighters on board??

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could you email his name and phone number so I can contact him if you don[t want to put it here?
My email is johnfla19@hotmail.com
Thanks

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When I first became an OTR drvr I had a 40qt, 12volt cooler, then as time went on I got a big 1500 watt inverter & a small(1.7 cu. ft), Dorm-Style Refrigerator.
I've had about 2 or 3 Dorm-Size fridges.(the first one was a 2.0 cu. ft & it was a little too big for the new trk I was assigned, so I bought the 1.7 cu. ft & it fit Perfectly.)
I know I bought one at Sears(Kenmore) for $99 & I bought another one at Wal-Mart on sale for $89.(I can't remember the brand name.)

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As far as inverter size goes you can get up to a 400 watt inverter that still uses the cigarette lighter plug.
If you use with a fridge or any other type of appliance that is "always" on be sure to use a battery protector that plugs in between the outlet and the inverter so that you wont totally drain the batteries when the truck is shut off.
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Lowes had some good deals on small fridges some were around 60 bucks.Emergency Vehicle Technician law enforcement