Refers and freezers

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Last week I finally got my new freezer/refer turned
on. Well, for a few hours anyhow.
After about 14 hours, the freezer was down to 25 and
the refer was 48. (with a cold plate temp of 22 – set
pt is 20)
This weekend I’ll have it on longer and see where it
goes. You can’t hear the compressor and I have yet to
see it draw more than 4.5 amps. Not sure the duty
cycle yet havent, had it on longer enough.
Pictures to follow, when I get the new latches on.
ap

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What brand is it?

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Owners no more...
Thanks Dawn and Patrick!

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I put in a SeaFrost. BD50 with 2 thin plates. BUT my
friend, that is only about 50% of the project.
The rest is ugly details.
ap
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What brand is it?

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I LOVE that part…. do tell. 😉

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Owners no more...
Thanks Dawn and Patrick!

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With any project, you need to learn the language. In
this case, refrigeration. This is not a drop in kinda
thing. The size of your “box” and the requirements for
food storage, both in time and quantiy will lead you
down different paths. Also where you plan on saiing.
High lats or low.
Check out http://www.kollmann-marine.com/
Buy his book, commit it to memory.
Then when your ready to buy, send your specs out to
all the Marine Refrigertion people. With luck,
someone might even answer you. In my opinion, Clieve
Horton from SeaFrost is the only guy to deal with. He
will spend the time to answer every question, look at
your drawings, make suggestions and all before you buy
a thing.
Besides that Hylas uses SeaFrost…. enough said.
Before you go too far, you will need to analize your
electrical storage and renewal capacities.
Insulate,Insulate,Insulate. My PO did me a favor (only
one) by having the stock box removed and had 6 inches
of insulation put in along with a new smaller box. Too
bad he didn’t put in access to most of the space.
More to follow, I actually have some work to do.
alan

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Alan
I completely agree with your comments about Sea-Frost. I’m the first to complain when I get bad service. It is only fair to complement when we get good service. We should add Sea-Frost to our recommended vendor list.

The Kollman Marine book is great. I had it out just last weekend. I replaced my compressor over the winter and had to recharge my system.

Even if you don’t plan to service your own refrigeration, the book is filled with useful information about how they work and suggestions for improvement to existing systems. It’s well worth the cost. They sell two books. I have the do-it-youself book linked below.
http://www.kollmann-marine.com/book.html

They have an second volume with information specific to 12v systems.
http://www.kollmann-marine.com/manual.htm

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You see, marine refrigeration is part art and part
science. Way too many variables. Before you spend
upwards of 2-3k on a system, you probably better be
sure of what heck you are doing or at least close to
the right thing or have a darn good back-up plan.
This January, as I was about to put router to counter
top, I said a little prayer. Either I am a hero, or I
just made the biggest mistake in my life (no that’s
not true,I was married once).
So far I am pretty pleased, but I’ll have to wait for
the warm weather to get here.
I now have access to the top thru a top lid. The
bottom thru a front opening door and access to the
freezer section thru a 2nd top opening lid.
4cu ft refer and a 3 cu freezer. Before anyone gets
their panties twisted, the front opening door is a
good idea in that I no longer have to take everything
out to get to the bottom of the cooler. I can now just
reach in and grab the stuff in the lower part.
Remember my PO had already modified the box, so it
does not looks like any of yours.
It’s only 13 inches wide and 4 feet deep and 48 inches
long along the top. Too deep for my short arms.

alan

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Alan
I completely agree with your comments about
Sea-Frost. I’m the first to complain when I get bad
service. It is only fair to complement when we get
good service. We should add Sea-Frost to our
recommended vendor list.

The Kollman Marine book is great. I had it out just
last weekend. I replaced my compressor over the
winter and had to recharge my system.

Even if you don’t plan to service your own
refrigeration, the book is filled with useful
information about how they work and suggestions for
improvement to existing systems. It’s well worth
the cost. They sell two books. I have the
do-it-youself book linked below.
http://www.kollmann-marine.com/book.html

They have an second volume with information specific
to 12v systems.
http://www.kollmann-marine.com/manual.htm

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Rich Carter

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Do you have the 'U' layout or the 'L' layout?

Bob

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:21 AM, alan P < ([email][/email])> wrote:

Quote:

You see, marine refrigeration is part art and part
science. Way too many variables. Before you spend
upwards of 2-3k on a system, you probably better be
sure of what heck you are doing or at least close to
the right thing or have a darn good back-up plan.
This January, as I was about to put router to counter
top, I said a little prayer. Either I am a hero, or I
just made the biggest mistake in my life (no that's
not true,I was married once).
So far I am pretty pleased, but I'll have to wait for
the warm weather to get here.
I now have access to the top thru a top lid. The
bottom thru a front opening door and access to the
freezer section thru a 2nd top opening lid.
4cu ft refer and a 3 cu freezer. Before anyone gets
their panties twisted, the front opening door is a
good idea in that I no longer have to take everything
out to get to the bottom of the cooler. I can now just
reach in and grab the stuff in the lower part.
Remember my PO had already modified the box, so it
does not looks like any of yours.
It's only 13 inches wide and 4 feet deep and 48 inches
long along the top. Too deep for my short arms.

alan

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Quote:

Alan
I completely agree with your comments about
Sea-Frost. I'm the first to complain when I get bad
service. It is only fair to complement when we get
good service. We should add Sea-Frost to our
recommended vendor list.

The Kollman Marine book is great. I had it out just
last weekend. I replaced my compressor over the
winter and had to recharge my system.

Even if you don't plan to service your own
refrigeration, the book is filled with useful
information about how they work and suggestions for
improvement to existing systems. It's well worth
the cost. They sell two books. I have the
do-it-youself book linked below.
http://www.kollmann-marine.com/book.html

They have an second volume with information specific
to 12v systems.
http://www.kollmann-marine.com/manual.htm

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Rich Carter

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U I am trying to find all the pictures.
alan
— Robert Fine <> wrote:

Do you have the ‘U’ layout or the ‘L’ layout?

Bob

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:21 AM, alan P
<> wrote:

You see, marine refrigeration is part art and part
science. Way too many variables. Before you spend
upwards of 2-3k on a system, you probably better

be

sure of what heck you are doing or at least close

to

the right thing or have a darn good back-up plan.
This January, as I was about to put router to

counter

top, I said a little prayer. Either I am a hero,

or I

just made the biggest mistake in my life (no

that’s

not true,I was married once).
So far I am pretty pleased, but I’ll have to wait

for

the warm weather to get here.
I now have access to the top thru a top lid. The
bottom thru a front opening door and access to the
freezer section thru a 2nd top opening lid.
4cu ft refer and a 3 cu freezer. Before anyone

gets

their panties twisted, the front opening door is a
good idea in that I no longer have to take

everything

out to get to the bottom of the cooler. I can now

just

reach in and grab the stuff in the lower part.
Remember my PO had already modified the box, so it
does not looks like any of yours.
It’s only 13 inches wide and 4 feet deep and 48

inches

long along the top. Too deep for my short arms.

alan

— wrote:

Alan
I completely agree with your comments about
Sea-Frost. I’m the first to complain when I get

bad

service. It is only fair to complement when we

get

good service. We should add Sea-Frost to our
recommended vendor list.

The Kollman Marine book is great. I had it out

just

last weekend. I replaced my compressor over the
winter and had to recharge my system.

Even if you don’t plan to service your own
refrigeration, the book is filled with useful
information about how they work and suggestions

for

improvement to existing systems. It’s well

worth

the cost. They sell two books. I have the
do-it-youself book linked below.
http://www.kollmann-marine.com/book.html

They have an second volume with information

specific

Quote:

Quote:

to 12v systems.
http://www.kollmann-marine.com/manual.htm

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Rich Carter

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