Looking for cooler for my Husband. Would this be a good cooler for a 12 hour day? He installs cable so he's in the car all day.
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I gave the cooler as a gift so I don't have a lot of personal experience but my dad has been extremely happy with the cooler. The Styrofoam on the lid doesn't seem to have the best seal. Sorry for the vague info but hope it helps
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Dan, I am not an expert in electricity but the cable getting hot is because the cable gauge is not strong enough for the power demand.I would not worry too much, my cord gets kind of hot, I would better say "WARM", and after 10 years using the cooler I haven't see any problem.I hope this help.I also agree with Jeff and Jose answers.
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I would use another case fan over leaving the case open. I doubt stock cooler would cover full overclocking without instability.
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The fan appears to run constantly. When using the adapter indoors the same is true so I think it is set up to run all the time and maintain a roughly 40 degree temperature drop from the surroundings. When we travel in the car, we put a couple of frozen water bottles in at the beginning of a trip. These allow us to stop for several hours of sightseeing without having the cooler get warm. WE stopped for as long as 5 hours and everything was still nice and cold when we got back to the car. On a recent 23 day trip out west, we took it into each hotel at night and plugged in the adapter. We probably used hotel refrigerator freezers a half dozen times to refreeze the bottles and when we got home we still had ice in the bottles. The nice thing is that with this cooler, everything stays dry and you don't have to get dripping water all over everything when you want a drink or worry about things falling into the water in the cooler. There is no water in the bottom. However, the cooler does draw significantly so you would not want to leave it on when the engine is not running in the car. We don't have that problem because all our outlets are controlled by the ignition key.
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I would recommend not putting it between the liner and bag. There's no way to stop the moisture from building and leaking out. The contents in your cooler will stay cool to cold pending on hours and 12 hours still keeps things cool. I hope this helps you out.
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I installed an intake fan since my power supply has a 120mm fan that is providing the exhaust functionality. That setup seems to keep everything pretty cool (<40 C).
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Possibly for short periods of time, depending on outside temperature as long as their is ice it should work. Based on my experience I would not expect this cooler to keep something frozen for more then 1 to 2 hours in a very hot environment.
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I guess what you're looking for is the outside dimensions, the width is about 10 1/2, the height is about 17 inches, and the length is about 18 1/2. In the link dimension I am taking it from the outside edge of the handle to the outside edge the handle does stick out a little bit on both sides. I hope that is what you're looking for. I find it's a very useful little cooler but I would double check your cigarette lighter wiring it draws enough current. The wiring could get a little hot and I notice mine does. I haven't yet gotten around to it, but I'm planning on adding a wire that's directly off the battery. If I'm gonna leave it running for an extended period of time, but that would be fine even if you're stopped for a couple hours. I just don't think I would trust it overnight it could kill the battery. I am primarily use in it and a Nissan NX 2000, which has a large battery and really doesn't need much current to get it started. Also bought the optional adapter so that I can run it off of the house current that came in real handy when I found the motel with a crappy refrigerator. I just plugged it in and saved all my munchies and drinks.
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I actually had mine in a pretty small, mini-itx build. It stayed reasonably cool during most day-to-day operations with the stock fan, between 35C and 50C--and that's without any other case fans. As long as you aren't doing anything too CPU-intensive, I'd consider the stock fan pretty adequate. Good luck with you build
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Depends on your time frame and ambient temperature. It is not better or worse that other similar coolers on the market. If you are serious about keeping stuff frozen for more than a few hours you are going to need to pack with dry ice or invest in a freezer that can run off a car battery. For my purposes it keeps milk and meat cold for several days but I change put the ice every 48-72 hrs depending on how hot it is.
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This is a good personal cooler. I've had mine for about 10 years, 7 of them in Glendale which is very hot. I use it almost every day where I sit. When it's really hot, I put in water and ice. I've never used it for cooling an entire room. I rarely clean it, occassionally dust the screen on the back and it still works great. It's not an air conditioner, (I do have a wall unit in the bedroom) but I like it. It's cheaper and quieter to run. I keep this one by my chair, I bought another one to move around the house.
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The cooler has a timer on it that you can set for 0.5 to 7.5 hours. I've never used it continually for more than about 4 hours but it only used about 1/2 the water in that time period. Of course, it also depends on what speed you have it set on, too.
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Hi Crystal --I love my cooler I have a very small office with no windows or ventilation and it keeps the room nice aand cool. If it's real hot I put ice in it. I've had it for two years and find it great. No problems No problems
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Let me guess, you're choosing this cooler to maximize space right (htpc/mitx build)? If so, then I wouldn't recommend this fan as a replacement, since it's thicker compared to the slim type stock fan on the Cooler Master GeminII. Better be safe than sorry, I'd go for a slim fan than this if you're planning to put it on the GeminII as a replacement. One of the brands I'd recommend would be Scythe.
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Depends on the temperature of the car and what hes using to cool it. I use one large Rubber Maid Icepack, and it seems to do the trick throughout the day in moderate conditions.
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Yes, it's a completely air tight cooler that works very very well. We shipped something UPS overnight not knowing if the freeze packs would stay frozen. They stayed frozen for three days!
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It would depend on the condition of the battery. I'm guessing that if the battery is in good condition, with a full charge, it would take a couple days to discharge. I wouldnt take a chance for more than a few hours if I needed that battery. I bought the AC/DC adapter and just run an extension cord to the cooler so as not to drain the vehicle battery (if available). That little fan in the cooler doesn't draw much but it could run your battery down, just like a radio or parking lights left on.