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On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 2:03 PM, DON JONSSON via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hello all > > We plan to convert our icebox into a fridge on our 1981 C&C 34 and are > looking for advice from people who may have done this. For example which > unit did you buy, how has it worked, where did you mount the compressor, > did you add ventilation, how many amps does it use, did you add insulation > and if so how. We are looking at a Nova Kool, but have also considered the > more expensive ozefridge. > > Our icebox has about 7 cubic feet of space and the original insulation. > With the small amount of visibility that we have into the area around the > icebox it seems to be full of foam so it would be difficult to inject > anything in there. To take everything apart and get into the area around > the icebox looks like a very daunting task. Since the icebox is large > adding insulation inside would be easier but wondering if we really need > to. We are in the pacific northwest so the water is cold and the days > don't get too hot. Normally two blocks of ice will last three or four days > as long as we don't cycle too much beer through it. > > We recently installed a new Beta engine with a large alternator but still > only have two house batteries and one starter. A challenge is an absence > of room for an additional battery where the others are in under the quarter > berth, so any comments on that would be nice. > > Any help is appreciated. > > Don > Andante, C&C 34 > Victoria, B.C. > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > >
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