Wash down Crown Royal with ice - how on road?

[CautionToTheWind]

Okay, I do have a dusty Crown Royal bottle on my shelf. I enjoy a whiskey couple times a year.

I'm looking at portable ice makers that won't break the amp bank. So, besides buying bags of ice, which I'm not interested in, by the way, recommendation on a portable ice maker a viable alternative on the road?



The machine can stay plugged in for maintaining ice cubes or dump ice cubes and shut off until needed. 3 different size cube choices. 

The one I'm eyeing - example here ( 14.5 x 11.8 x 15 inches ): https://www.amazon.com/NewAir-AI-10...n_feature_keywords_browse-bin:3362774011&th=1

Can't find amp info anywhere - guess on how much juice this might use???

 

[GotSmart]

Page 3 of the users manual at the above link.

120V  1,9 to 2.6 a

That is a lot at 12v

 

[ZoNiE]

Found a 15 year old bottle of Crown in the pantry last year. Boy was it smooth.

 

[CautionToTheWind]

Page 3 of the users manual at the above link.

120V  1,9 to 2.6 a

That is a lot at 12v

Of course YOU would find it. lol -- thanks!    Eyes on the computer too long.

That does seem a wee bit high.  :-/

Found a 15 year old bottle of Crown in the pantry last year. Boy was it smooth.

15 years? bottoms up! 

 

[WalkaboutTed]

I had one of those years ago. I never had enough ice in the house because husband and kids wouldn't make new.  So this looked like a great idea, instant ice as needed.  Especially when we would have guests. Wrong. POS. It required constant baby sitting and the ice melted terribly fast.  Out to Goodwill.  

Even aside from the electricity usage, you'd be better off buying ice. Out even better, get yourself a dual fridge/freezer with a danfoss compressor.
Ted

 

[CautionToTheWind]

Looks like a plan... I was hoping to skirt buying ice. I have had in the back of mind (depths I tell ya. ha) buying one for fridge and another dedicated to a freezer (frozen veg's/fruits, etc).

 

[SternWake]

On the questions section one answerer says it pulls 300 watts, occassionally dropping down to 150.

I don't know how long it would have to be run to a couple glasses of Crown, but it will put a hefty dent in a battery.

I'd put that money in a fund for a 12v compressor fridge. Mine uses about 32 watts and can make ice. I venture I could make ice good enough for a large glass of crown in about 2 hours after filling an aluminum tray resting on the coldplate. Usually I fill a few ziplocks just to fill the freezer section with.

 

[CautionToTheWind]

Oooo ahhh, Fill zip locks for ice! Getting easier by the minute!

 

[Scott7022]

Can you buy the little cube bags in America? Fill with water, toss in the empty freezer spaces, helps the fridge maintain temperature better, and voila Vodka on ice. Sorry off topic, Crown and Ice.

 

[AbuelaLoca]

Speaking of ice... Bailey's and ice!!  

 

[Weight]

I like my Bourbon neat.

 

[CautionToTheWind]

Can you buy the little cube bags in America? Fill with water, toss in the empty freezer spaces, helps the fridge maintain temperature better, and voila Vodka on ice. Sorry off topic, Crown and Ice.

Correct. I mentioned doing just that in post > https://vanlivingforum.com/Thread-Wash-down-Crown-Royal-with-ice-how-on-road?pid=314175#pid314175  Sometimes it goes back to KISS.

 

[Linedog]

Gotta be gin and tonic here!

 

[deadwood]

Is that ice maker 12v? Seems like a bit of a space hog just for ice. I would rather spend more and get small 12v fridge that you could make your own ice in and still use it to keep other things cold.