On Jan 13, 7:53*am, Tim wrote:
On Jan 13, 5:56*am, Harryk wrote:





On Jan 12, 10:21 pm, *wrote:

The more I read, the more I'm convincing myself that i dont' need a
refrigerator on my boat.

http://forums.sbo.sailboatowners.com...ad.php?t=95807

for my purposes, it would be a draw in weight, *finances and energy.
A well insulated cooler and a couple of bags of ice available at any
port or marina would be a better benefit. and I'll drop back to one 8-
D and one automotive battery and go back with a smaller and lower
powered alternator for better efficiency due to less drag and flywheel
effect. still gotta have the microwave and coffee maker, though.

I'll get it figured out


Wayne, I'd thought of investigating one of those types of boxes too.
but I look and figure on what all we've actually used a cooler for
throughout the year, and for our needs the expense is kinda
unjustifiable for an extremely high quality unit.

It would be different if we were going on outings for a week+ at a
time, but not so is the case.

besides I do have a Norcold 12v refrigerator that came from a older
wrecked camper. and I had ideas for that, but it's just too heavy and
bulky. so.....

And these things?

http://www.nextag.com/car-plug-in-cooler/products-html

Eh...

For how long are you planning to go out? Any decent normal cooler
will last the day, especially if you don't store it in the sun. Doing
anything beyond that, and you're paying for the convienence of not
having to buy ice as often. If you're on a lake with marinas, it's
not that big a deal.

I've gone through the same thing debating an ice machine at home. To
get one that will keep up with us in the summer, I'll have to spend
about $1400. That will buy a *lot* of ice. So instead, we buy a 20lb
bag at the grocery store every week, and the spare fridge in the
utility room has the freezer shelf pulled out and a vegetable bin
under the ice maker, so I've about quadrupled it's capacity. It
doesn't recover quickly, but it provides all the drinking ice we could
ever want, and the bag ice does the rest. Problem solved!