[LargeFormat] Re: [LargeFormat]Plug in coolers (was Summer in the City)

[Tori Nelson]

On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 10:02  PM, vernak@wvi.com wrote:

> I got one of this little refrigerators you plug into the cigarette 
> lighter of
> the car. It can also keep things warm. It does not get very cold or 
> very warm,
> though. You can't leave it plugged in when the car is stopped without 
> discharging
> the car battery. I find it useful for keeping the most perishable 
> groceries
> cool on the way home from the grocery...about a half hour. Slows the 
> melting
> of the ice cream. Doesn't hold very much of anything, though. It could 
> keep
> film from getting too warm, too, though.
>
> Verna
>
The problem with these coolers/refrigerators is that they will only 
cool a certain number of degrees below the ambient temperature, usually 
no more than 30.
The inside of a car is usually 30 to 40 degrees warmer than the outside 
temperature (Time out for a personal plea...PLEASE DON'T LEAVE AN 
ANIMAL IN A CAR,EVEN FOR A "FEW MINUTES", IT CAN EASILY BE A DEATH 
SENTENCE FOR YOUR PET!), so you're not getting much benefit for the 
money you have to spend on those things.  The suggestion about a cooler 
with blue ice type bags is a much better way to go, IMHO.

Tori