Thanks Richard. I feel a lot more comfortable knowing you pass on the idea.
I am worried about compressor cooling too. I have two BD50s mounted on an
aluminum skid at the bottom of a locker. That is a mighty enclosed space.
The control units have those dinky little fans that come with the
compressors but I believe I am going to add a duct fan to draw air up from
floor level, blow it over the compressors and exhaust it under the galley
cabinets. Keep my toes warm while I am cooking. :-).

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Glenn, Your in the keel cooler will work fine, it should also work on
the hard if that side of the keel is not in direct sunlight all day.
Don't forget that these compressors without fan cooling depend only
on super-cooled refrigerant as the main source of compressor heat
removal, so if the compressors are located in a tight area supplemental
cooling is required especially in tropical climates. Frigoboat has now
added a small heat sink to compressors connected to their keel cooler
compressors but I don't think it is large enough to do any good in
the tropics.

Dick