Refrigerator question

When we bought our Lifetime ice chest, it was when had our rPod 172 with it's tiny 3-way refrigerator.  We were pleasantly surprised at how cold the stuff we stashed in the ice chest stayed, even when we camped in the AZ desert.  The key was to keep it in the shade and open it very rarely.  We've also had some cross country trips with our larger trailer and fridge and ran out of gas on one occasion without realizing it.  The fridge had nothing to power it for many hours before I realized what had happened.  The refrigerator stayed plenty cold.  If you plan ahead and freeze some milk cartons filled with water, and put them in the fridge (below and in the freezer) you'll have no problems for the ferryboat time you anticipate.  The more you can fill all the empty space in the fridge and freezer with ice in milk cartons, the better.  Ice keeps stuff cold while air space quickly warms up.  Ice is kind the opposite of thermal mass and is slow to warm up.

We have used an Engel cooler for years. We freeze gallon milk jugs and put one at each end.  the key for us is the insulated wrap that we amde.

We bought Reflectix at Lowe's and built a cover. We spent about $45. We taped the edges with special Rflectix tape. We ahve used this for over 3 seasons and it's still intact after a few repairs with more tape. It will keep ice for 4-5 days easily when exposed too direct un.

safe travels

Vann