Electric cooler as glycol chiller

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I’ve been looking at a few options to get a glycol chiller that would not be completely overkill and over my budget.

A small chest freezer would do the trick but it’s pretty bulky for something that I would need just a couple of weeks every month.

Recently, I’ve discovered mobile electric coolers like those ones: Electric cool boxes | MOBICOOL

Nothing fancy, complicated or even bulky. I was wondering if anyone has tried one of those as a glycol chiller with a submersible pump or something like that?

According to the specs of some of them they can cool up to 25 degrees C / 45 f below ambient temperature, that would be good enough I guess.

I have some doubts about leaving it on for an extended period of time though.
 
In case someone is interested, after doing some research, a cooler is way too weak to be used as a glycol chiller…
 
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