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paraffin refigerator?
Gogarty wrote:
In article ,
says...
heftenfleunter wrote:
Ahoy, I'm reading the Hiscock's account of their early '60's
Wanderer IV journey in which he describes their refer unit as "a
paraffin unit which costs pennies a day and makes no noise". Man,
that sounds good to me. Even makes ice. Since they're English
paraffin is similar to kerosene? What's the scoop? The solutions
for small sailboats I've seen were 12vdc and sucked an easy 5 watts
while rattling for hours.
There are butane gas refrigerators which burn a flame, so I guess the
paraffin ones work on a similar principle. Must confess I've never
seen one. In the UK, "paraffin" tends to refer to the highly-refined
version of kerosene, the latter being used for cleaning purposes in
garages and workshops.
My understanding of flame driven refrigerators (they used to be
common in homes -- Nash Kelvinator, was it?) is that the unit or at
least the working guts must be absolutely level at all times, which
makes them impractical for use on boats.
That would require you to gimball them in both directions, not impossible,
but is it worth the hastle?
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