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http://wherethecoconutsgrow.com/2014/01/its-freezing-literally/ IN SEARCH OF SURF, SUN, SAND & SERENITY Sun, 06 Dec 2020 19:24:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.28 http://wherethecoconutsgrow.com/2014/01/its-freezing-literally/#comment-418 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:47:35 +0000 http://www.wherethecoconutsgrow.com/?p=631#comment-418 A partition is easy, can be pit in in two pieces. Don’t forget to close the damper after the frig side has chilled down, like after you replace some beer, soda or whatever. The freezer was truely a freezer. On one trip south my wife picked up a small roast that I put in the bottom. We forgot all about it until the trip north in the spring, 5 months later. Frozen rock solid. It’s important keep the frez side as full as possible, zip lock bags with ice cubes works well.
And I know somebody is asking about the power needs. We had 4 gulf cart batteries, a 110 amp. Balmar alt. with smart reg. and two 75 watt solar panels. While at anchor in the Exumas the only time I ran the engine was to move across the harbor or if we had several cloudy days in a row.
I should add that the box had at least 4 inchs of insulation on the sides and bottom with 3 on top.
Good luck.

]]> http://wherethecoconutsgrow.com/2014/01/its-freezing-literally/#comment-414 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:36:41 +0000 http://www.wherethecoconutsgrow.com/?p=631#comment-414 Paul, thats a great idea!! The spill over setup would definitely be nice to have too. Gotta love having lots of ice :)

]]> http://wherethecoconutsgrow.com/2014/01/its-freezing-literally/#comment-392 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 15:31:44 +0000 http://www.wherethecoconutsgrow.com/?p=631#comment-392 Mom, Don’t worry, its here safe and sound waiting for you :)

]]> http://wherethecoconutsgrow.com/2014/01/its-freezing-literally/#comment-385 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 17:45:46 +0000 http://www.wherethecoconutsgrow.com/?p=631#comment-385 Had the same unit in our Pearson 35. Two things I did differently: the evaporator was placed against the back of the box and I placed a piece of 2 in. blue foam, glassed each side, across the box the box. This partition had a 3 in. hole, 3 inchs from the bottom, through it with a damper on one side. This piece didn’t go all the way to the lid, maybe 1/2 in. from it on top. This is a ‘spill over’ setup and it made to aft end of the box a freezer. In our three winters in George Town, Exuma we never bought ice and always had cubes, lots of cubes. When I built the system I also made two lids, great help. The front section was a great ‘frig’ with room for plenty of food stuffs and almost a case of beer/soda, great cold sink.
Paul
Formally of SV/ Perfect Partner.

]]> http://wherethecoconutsgrow.com/2014/01/its-freezing-literally/#comment-384 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 16:57:57 +0000 http://www.wherethecoconutsgrow.com/?p=631#comment-384 Could you please be a bit more Organized! LOL. Impressive neat and tidy engine room as well.

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