What is a Rechargeable Drink Fridge?
Rechargeable drink fridges are designed for use in environments (Convenience Retail, Petroleum, Concessions, Stadium, Cafeterias, Special Events, and Kiosks) where electricity is unavailable, the fridge uses a coolant OR environment-friendly lithium battery that keeps beverages and drink cold for over 12 hours or more without an electrical source or ice.
Types of Rechargeable Drink Fridges?
There are 2 types: Coolant and Lithium Battery.
Built-in Coolant
This coolant can be “charged” at night and then placed anywhere in-store without a plug socket. The refrigerator will stop running while the coolant will slowly release the coldness to keep your drinks cool. This method is only for thermal insulation, and the temperature inside will continue to rise. These built-in cold packs will maintain an average 2 ~ 8 °C (35 ~ 46 °F) ice-cold drink temperature in a 32 °C (90°F) environment for 12 hours without power. Actual performance may vary depending on the operating environment.
Note: Our standard can coolers (without built-in coolant) would keep the drinks cold for 7 hours under the same condition. If you don’t need that long as 12 hours. We suggest you use those to save on your cost.
At present, we only use this structure on a barrel fridge. Here are the details of this recharge cold merchandiser barrel cooler:
How to Use?
Unlike the standard plug-in fridge which is cooled by the inside evaporator. The rechargeable fridge freezes liquid-filled coolant packs within the interior walls of the cabinet. It is important that these coolant packs are completely frozen to ensure that the beverages will be kept at a cold temperature for the maximum amount of time while the unit is unplugged and moved to the desired location. The initial time required to completely freeze these coolant packs can be between 12 and 24 hours depending on the operating environment. Following this initial 24-hour “charge” the subsequent “recharge” time will be much less. By following this extended initial freezing period, you will ensure that consumers are receiving the coldest possible beverage for the best possible extended time while the cooler is unplugged.
External Lithium Battery
The plug is connected to the lithium battery and refrigerator. After the plug is powered off, the lithium battery keeps supplying electricity to the refrigerator’s running and keeps your drinks cold. In this way, the beverage temperature can be lower and kept longer. Our current lithium battery can last 12 hours at maximum after full charging (4 hours). Meanwhile, we provide the different capacities of the lithium battery as per your requirements.
If you choose this type, we could add such an external lithium battery to any of our fridge or freezer models for your application.