eshort1429
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Count me in as high level of interest. Have the 12v plug fyiWe have posted here as a way to find out how much interest there is in the Rivian community for a project like this. If it turns out there are enough people who want one to move forward we will set up some sort of reservation / pre-order list and post about it in here.
You still need an intake. A drain plug would probably net .5CFPM and be highly inefficient. Custom tub with 3” computer fans would do the trick. Someone put a wireless meat probe in there and drive around in the summer/fall months and report back. I bet it gets warm in there.Couldn't it be ventilated out the drain plug?
It the summer months it gets very warm in there, without a fridge. A fridge in there for long periods without ventilation exacerbates that. In fact recently I left my IceGo in the front trunk while I was on a ~4 hour hike on a warm day (not hot) and the truck was in the shade. During that time the cooler used over 200Wh which means the compressor was running constantly.You still need an intake. A drain plug would probably net .5CFPM and be highly inefficient. Custom tub with 3” computer fans would do the trick. Someone put a wireless meat probe in there and drive around in the summer/fall months and report back. I bet it gets warm in there.
The tooling (injection mold tooling) alone for that tub would likely be well north of $200k. To put that in perspective, if you sold 500 units that would be $400 each just to cover the tooling--that doesn't include the cost to actually produce the parts.This is what I was thinking as well. As it is, it gets pretty warm in the front. I brought some wine home in the frunk recently on a trip and it was alarmingly warm when I got it to the house. All that additional trapped hot air is gonna make it really really warm in there. I am guessing that this is the reason Rivian dropped the 12v outlet in the frunk. Maybe folks were putting electric coolers in there and getting poor results.
I wonder if there is a way to vent the compressor out through a hole punched in the tub or even place the condenser remotely, outside of the tub.
The way I would approach this would be to make a whole replacement module for the tub. Maybe add a little insulation and vent the hot air out though the fender well vents.
Don't get me wrong. This this looks really sweet. I hope it works out.
That would be an interesting project also and if the frunk cooler goes well I will certainly have a look at it. The concern for me would be that Rivian owners into camping will opt for the camp kitchen which means the gear tunnel is occupied.I love this and it looks great!
I would just like to throw in a request for a custom cooler for the gear tunnel as well. I do cram an alpicool in there at an angle, but a custom shape and longer design would have much more storage. And it doesn't get as hot in there as the frunk.