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Hi Mike, I also plan to renew our refrigeration unit. I wonder if it is the original one, but then I am not sure if they make it that long. It is currently positioned under the bunk in the aft cabin, next to the hot water tank, and it is so loud when it runs that we need to switch it off during the night. Is there a smarter location for the unit? The modern ones are silent, so it could maybe go to the same place. I will also look at the state of the insulation this year - key is that it is dry. Our fridge has a handmade (or maybe enlarged) hole at the deepest spot, so that humidity can escape. This hole looks a bit oversized. Christian IF 411/028 |
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Hi Christian,
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Dear Mike and Chris
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Hi Lars and Christian,
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Mike
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Thanks Lars they are not far away so I will drop by.
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Hi Mike, I can't add much to this debate, you sound as tho you are on top of the issues, but the following may be useful. On the 47, there is a top load fridge in the galley, with an original. Small drainage hole. You need telescopic arms to reach and clean this area. A previous owner enlarged the drain hole, fitted a hose to a thru hull bring salt water to the sink via foot pump. With the right sequence of taps and shut offs, I wash the inside of the fridge with hot soapy water and pump out thru the hull using the footpump . ( when at sea of course) it is a practical and easy way of keeping the fridge smelling sweet. If I forget to but the bung back ( long way to reach etc) at least the drainpipe reduces loss of cold.
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Many different ways to skin a cat!! Given my short arms I think that is a great idea. I will do the same.
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Dear fellow members,
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Hi Robert,
Due to time constraints I ended up not doing the major rebuild of the fridge. I ended up drilling holes in a grid pattern thoughout the ice box and then putting insulation behind the walls using the spray cans of insulation. I then repaired the holes and painted. I was absolutely amazed at how much I needed to fill behind the box. Yes it is a huge space but it was obvious that the old insulation had either separated from the box or broken down over time. I then installed a new Seafrost Unit (Danfrost 50 compressor ) with a stainless steel freezer box. The compressor resides under the counter top in the closet between the stove and the bulkhead up to the quarter berth. It is well ventilated and as the compressor is very quiet and runs very little and thus is not obtrusive. To try the unit out... I put a 1.5 liter bottle of water in the freezer box ( the rest of the freezer box and cool box was empty). Two hours later the bottle was frozen solid. Subsequently I have sailed Storm Svale back over the Atlantic and home to Denmark. Our power consumption has dropped incredibly!!! Probably a 50 % reduction. As in our east to west crossing on the west to east crossing we used solar the whole way and did not have to use the engine to charge the batteries. The biggest problem is defrosting the freezer box as within a week or so starts to ice up. We froze 6 meals before leaving port on each leg making food preparation at sea very easy... The cooler box side works perfectly as well. WHat I did was put a shelf at about 1/2 way up the box... on the 40s there is an edge on the fore and aft sides of the cooler box to put the shelf on. Below this shelf I put 3 x 1 gallon jugs of water which I froze at a friends house. I put meat that I wanted to keep really cold but not freeze on these. This ended up being semi frozen. Cold air sinks making this a cold sink. Interestingly 6 weeks into the trip these jugs of water were still ice. The area above the tray was perfect for veggies milk etc.. The Seafrost units are probably double the price but to be honest well worth it based on performance and power draw. I do not know about accessability to these units in Europe. I did a lot of research before choosing and this has definitely paid off. Ice for sundowners at anchor is now no longer an issue... but we still prefer what we call boat drinks.. as the ice dilutes the good stuff. (;-)
For those of you who followed the Colibri story and the loss of the cat off the AZORES. I think we saw Colibri mid Atlantic.. We did see the bows of the Cat about 300nm out from the AZORES. It was a rather unnerving sight knowing the story and of the loss of life. We were very subdued until Flores came into sight. All the best Mike from StormSvale |
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