12V Adaptor with 12.5Amp Output

[Blueskai]

I recently bought a KAMPA Aqua Cooler. An excellent cooler for it's size and price. However, it took me a burned out 6 amp adaptor to realise that it pulls 12.5amps from a 12V source.

I have searched high and low for an adaptor/transformer but to no avail. The KAMPA high performance adaptor is out of stock everywhere, even Kampa themselves say they wont be getting anymore this season.

So I am stuck with a fridge that will only work from my battery. Not good.

Can anyone recommend an alternative mains adaptor? It must have an output of 12.5Amps. I'm really stuck.

[g8dhe]

This one is just about adequate, but I would normally choose something rated a bit higher than what is required myself;
http://cpc.farnell.com/xp-power/aml150p ... dp/PW02004
Or any of these but they would need housing in most cases;
http://tinyurl.com/2vdnm3u

[Alison01326]

I am electrically challenged, so may be missing the point but is this any good http://waeco.com/en/4091_720.php

[dvisor]

That one's only 6 amp. Waeco do a bigger one, but that's still only 100W (8 amps at 12v).

[Alison01326]

Sorry, it was the 13v bit which caught my eye Re-read post and it's 12.5 amps not volts

[scanner]

Could you not still run it off the battery and keep that charged with a charger?

That way you have a charger that can do more than just keep the cooler going? Buy a single purpose adapter and that's all you have a single purpose adapter.

[francophile1947]

12.5A is one heck of a draw and I'd be surprised if a leisure battery could cope with the demand for long
I think you'd have to power it straight from the battery, as the cigar lighter socket wiring probably wouldn't cope, Also, you'll need a funny old charger to keep the battery from going flat in no time - something like this http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/produ ... starters-2

[mikexgough]

now if you had gone for the Waeco Compressor fridge.......

seriously....... this is 240v to 12v/14amp.......... it may work...... the leccy folks on here would be better to say yay or nay.....http://www.apexmodels.com/gbu0-prodshow/NR93150.html but it is £105.... if it works then a cheap cooler is as costly as a compresser job....

[Blueskai]

Thanks for the advice. I'm getting a little concerned that it will harm the Bongo electrics now!

This is the fridge
http://www.kampa.co.uk/portable_cooling/aqua14.html

Lets say I can power it from the mains when settled down, is it likely to burn me out when on the move for a couple of hours at a time.? It seems strange, as it is designed specifically for this purpose.

[Blueskai]

now if you had gone for the Waeco Compressor fridge.......

I did Mike, but it was enormous and so I sent it back. I would say, that it could cure the Bongo overheating problem. At the first signs of a rise in temperature, you could drive the Bongo into the coolbox and switch it on.

[mikexgough]

Kampa is 580 x 310 x 370 mm, Waeco CDF-18 is 414 x 465 x 300........

The Waeco has a 7 amp max start surge then 3 amps to run..... for once maybe twice an hour....

[Blueskai]

I see. But price was also a factor and these are £almost £300. I would if they were half that price, they look perfect.

[madmile]

I have never seen a plug in fridge with such a high current draw . This will probably flatten your average leisure battery in a couple of hours, and even if you get a charger hooked up, there are not many that will kick out 12.5 Amps continuously, without getting very hot (mind you, the 12v adaptor they sell are suitably beefy). I would be very weary about plugging this into a standard 12v socket in a car (specially a bongo) as it could easily overload the sockets standard wiring.

[Blueskai]

Does anyone know what load the 12v socket can handle.

[g8dhe]

The sockets are rated at 10 Amps, the fuse is rated at 15 Amps as it powers several other things as well.