[Rhodes22-list] 12V refrigeration/freezers question?

[Bill Effros]

Andrew,

The best Christmas present you can get yourself is to forget this idea.

Bring ice from your house.

Buy ice at Greenwich Point.

For longer distances buy dry ice.  See Roger's extensive comments on how 
to nurse dry ice for the entire length of your trip (taking care to not 
asphyxiate yourself.)

Unless you want to run a generator all the time, refrigeration on almost 
any sailboat doesn't work.

You know how to run the numbers.  Run them.

Bill Effros



AndrewCo wrote:
> With the holiday's approaching, I'm thinking of my Rhodes 22 Christmas
> present.
>
> I want to add some refrigeration.  I am trying to decide between the Waeco
> cooler (CF-40) or Waeco Compact Compressor Cooling Kit (CS-NC-15).  Both are
> 12V refrigeration/freezers.   
>
> Of course the Cooling Kit means cutting a hole into the side of the ice box,
> permanently on the boat.  The down side is kit will vent hot air into the
> cabin and I can’t pre-cool the ice box before I get on-board.  
>
> The cooler I can move from the car to the boat.  I can put the cooler either
> in or out of the cabin.  The downside to the cooler is it takes up space in
> the cabin and is heavy to move (~40 lbs).   Which means I’ll probably leave
> it on the boat most of the time, but at least I have the option of using it
> off the boat.
>
> Anyone have experience with these or advice?
>
> Regards,
> Andrew
>
>