It is rather tricky for a pickup or panel van owner to choose a refrigeration unit for their vehicle: there is no such a good brand has a reputation that is the most popular small unit, and there are too many different brands of small units in the market, just like the brands of shoes, that makes you lost and feel hard to make decision.
Here we are giving some useful tips for you to choose a small refrigeration unit:
1. Engine driven or DC electric type?
The pickup or panel van refrigerated vehicle usually used as cold chain goods distribution in city. So it surely will stop many times when arriving the retailing shops. And it will cost a lot of fuel when you stop to load or unload the goods. Because you have to keep the engine on to keep the goods cooled when stop.
The DC electric unit is developed to solve this problem, and this technology has been proved on the chiller application like vegetable transportation,which demands the temperature above 0°C. But for freezer application like frozen meat, the DC refrigeration on automobile is still not mature or stable. So if you are do the transportation for vegetables or fruits, the DC electric unit will be your best choice, although its price is higher than an engine driven unit, but it will save a lot of fuel for you, you will save the money for the whole unit in 1 year.
2. Chiller unit or Freezer unit?
Chiller unit usually used on the transportation of the fresh goods like vegetable and fruit, sometimes it also used on the medicine industry, in which the temperature requires above 0 °C. So it requires less cooling capacity, the component demands not so high, accordingly its price is not that high.
A freezer unit usually used on the application like frozen meat, ice cream, which will demands the temperature under 0 °C. It must have a powerful enough cooling capacity, the components demands higher, so its price is relatively higher.
Their difference listed as below, wish it will help you to choose a suitable refrigeration unit for your pickup or panel van.
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Chiller unit |
An engine driven chiller unit has a good price, cooling effect is good, but not most cost effective when using. You can choose depends on your preference. |
A DC electric chiller unit, has a high price, but has good cooling effect, and cost effective when using. You can choose depends on your preference. |
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Freezer unit |
An engine driven freezer unit has a good price, and good cooling effect, the technology is mature and stable, recommended. |
A DC electric freezer unit, has a high price, and the technology is not mature yet, so not recommended so far. |
