Turning the center console into a cooler/heater?

[AltarCrystal 10+ year member]

Alright, well, I threw this idea around today while I was enjoying my lunch (Those amish make **** good food). M y center condole is pretty much just holind random tools and receipts, so I can do without that storage space. Now, I like to drive a LOT (As in, hours on end any time I have free time) and in turn, I like to have drinks with me. But, I"m tird of them getting warm/cold because I take my time on them. So, would this work?

I insulate it, and run a duct from my AC/Heating ducts, and run it into there. I need a way to find out how to have it run if I want JUST the cooler/heater running, but as I like the top vents for AC and the bottom vents for heat, I'm still in a pickle.

I know this won't keep drinks ice cold or steaming hot, but enough to keep it at a comterable tempature.

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[WantedIsHere]

it will be alot of work and money.... might as well just get one of the small cooling and heating electric coolers available with a 12v adapter

 

[yz_gt69 10+ year member]

^^ x2, they are cheap and painfully more effective.... cool idea, but its just really not that practical

 

[AltarCrystal 10+ year member]

Hm, alright. Guess it would be more trouble than it's worth, especially since I'll have a power inverter in my car already, huh?

 

[WantedIsHere]

yeah...but you dont even need the inverter.... most are 12v for camping and outdoor situations like you would use a cooler in...i guess you could try to build a custom center console around the guts of one... that could be cool as long as it was insulated properly... you could even set an alarm to auto start if power got too low on the battery to maintain a charge....

 

[AltarCrystal 10+ year member]

yeah...but you dont even need the inverter.... most are 12v for camping and outdoor situations like you would use a cooler in...i guess you could try to build a custom center console around the guts of one... that could be cool as long as it was insulated properly... you could even set an alarm to auto start if power got too low on the battery to maintain a charge....

Well, I'll actually already have the power inverte (For my hard drive) so either way, I'm set.