A good score and a quick question!

Nice score there Littlehoov. Can't help you on the plug part, but that thing would proabaly sell to a Camel collector, if it still has any product logo on it, which I can't see from the pic's. Collectors buy strange things, even the newer stuff.

Good idea on the man cave, beverage holder, etc!

Good luck on the resale!

Sirscrapalot - Camel's that wear shades are cool.

He was "de-commisioning" them. They're probably doing that at every store

Ahh yeah, that plug. It looks backwards to the ones I've been used to.

Take the back off you may be able to hardwire a standard cord to it

Oh I know I can wire a regular cord to it, to me its a little strange that it appears the AC cord goes straight into a circuit board without passing through a transformer or anything, but hey, I didnt design it. I just wanted to find something that looked a little more like factory work than a homemade splice job.

I found a few cords similar to what mechanic688 posted, but like the one shown, none of them were polarized...whereas the one I did end up with from the trash can is polarized. I assume I should try to stick with a polarized replacement cord if I can. I think I do have some 3 prong cords that should work fine as well, it just wouldnt have a ground. I could always find something metal in the unit to ground to.

Kinda seems like its a non-standard cord the more I look around. Oh well, a minor setback.

To add to the story, I was speaking to another Camel (or RJ Reynolds I should say) rep today, one that I have a bit of rapport with you might say, and was telling him about the fridges and stuff. He was surprised at how the other rep had behaved and said he had freely offered the fridges from the stores he did to the employees, but no takers. Shame he didnt do our stores..BUT he did say he had a couple of those fridges in storage, and also had more stores to do, and that he would try to save some for me. So I was excited about that, but time will tell if he follows through.

Well, they actually dont keep snus in the refrigerators anymore, I dont know if they changed the packaging or the marketing or what. But now the stores keep the product on the shelf at room temp just like chew and ciggarettes. Getting rid of the frig allows them to place a little more product in a given area.

He didnt mention anything about them having any problems other than some units had issues with leaking water. Though I suspect thats probably caused by them never being pulled and thoroughly cleaned. It has instructions on how to remove the back cover and clean the radiator out, etc. But I know we had never done it in the several years its been at my store, and it showed.

I dont know of any fire hazard, but I do know these 3 units have run 24hrs a day for the last several years with no issues. The reason he mentioned throwing them away was insurance/liability reasons....He gives it to me openly, Im stupid and electrocute myself, I might say "well I got it from Joe at RJ Reynolds! Im gonna sue!" or something of that nature.

Big Corporations do things like this all the time. The company I work for is a fairly large corporation, and then having contact with RJ Reynolds, Phillip Morris, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, etc....Ive seen all kinds of perfectly functional things thrown in the dumpster over the years. Only recently did I get a scrapper mindset and decide it wont happen on my watch again

Repaired the cord and have one plugged in on my counter running right now, trying to get an idea of how cold they get. The can of snus always felt cold when they came out, but a metal can even at 60 degrees feels cold when the room is 80. I had forgotten they have LED lights across front, unfortunately he cut the wiring on those also except for one. So I may or may not repair the LED functionality. It looks cool in the daylight, and would look even better in a dark mancave.

Well...some disappointing news. Turns out these little guys dont really work all that well. They are not a traditional compressor-driven unit. They use what is apparently called thermoelectric cooling...which in units similar to these is supposed to be good for about 30 degrees below ambient temperature, and thats it.

Thats the kind of results I saw, I keep my house air conditioned to around 80 degrees, and after several minutes of running, the unit registered 50 degrees on my thermometer I had stuck in it. That would be tolerable for drinks, but I hear they also take a long time to cool things like that down. I cant imagine them performing well out on someones boat, in the sun, on a 100 degree day.

Ill see if I can unload them fairly cheap, while being honest with buyers about their performance. If not they do have some scrap value: some wiring, a big slab of aluminum, few transformers on circuit boards, etc.

A little disappointed, but considering they were free, and Im fixing them with power cords I already had laying around. Its not a huge investment. So basically any money I make is profit.

Cig company's are supper rich so it must have originally been set up as a sales pitch to show how fresh snus was.
I think you have some thing good there as if they could fit , it might keep cigars fresh
at a low cost

Lots of places toss out their promo stuff. Reps would rather trash it then see it go to a collector. Lest in my experience with beer and cig reps. I'm telling ya some of that stuff collectors snap up. Whether it's the inflatable miller light bottle, corona lime holder crate, Camel stuff, Marlboro stuff, etc. Camel an Marlboro are huge for people that collect Cig. stuff. Obviously the older the better but the new stuff is good for them also, especially the cigarette collectors, it's becoming harder and harder to find as the rules get stricter on how you can an can't promote things.

I've gotten my hands on stuff like it before from the owner of businesses I always try the collectors first, or as Copper Head said, cigar smokers, etc. Worse case..you got free scrap.

Sirscrapalot - Two six packs of Shiner,99 cent butane lighter,Lucky Strikes and a fifth of Cuervo,ice down that Igloo cooler,tank of gas that oughta do er,’I can feel a good one comin’on - Good One Coming On - Blackberry Smoke

PS - Just for auminer..Yes I changed the lyric from Patron to Cuervo..cause Patron sucks!