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Joe April 4th 05 10:17 PM

you building a custom space with a cold plate, and putting the
compressor in your engine room?

I found nice compression grommets for your watertight compartments.

Tell us more about the application.

Joe


Capt. Neal® April 4th 05 10:48 PM



"DSK" wrote in message . ..
Most Trouble free refrigeration?

I am assembling a refrigeration system and am interested in what other
folks have & have not found troublesome.

Thanks in advance.

Doug King


Duh! Assembling it for use where? Don't you think that very important piece of
info should be included if you expect to get any reasonable answers?

Why is it so many people these days are too stupid to know how to ask a simple
question?

CN

Bob Crantz April 4th 05 11:00 PM

http://www.electracool.com/ST-71-1-4.pdf






"DSK" wrote in message
. ..
Most Trouble free refrigeration?

I am assembling a refrigeration system and am interested in what other
folks have & have not found troublesome.

Thanks in advance.

Doug King




DSK April 4th 05 11:10 PM

Most trouble free refrigeration?
 
Most Trouble free refrigeration?

I am assembling a refrigeration system and am interested in what other
folks have & have not found troublesome.

Thanks in advance.

Doug King


Joe April 4th 05 11:33 PM


DSK wrote:
Joe wrote:
you building a custom space with a cold plate, and putting the
compressor in your engine room?


No, they have this marvelous new technology called electricity!

I am putting in a 12V freezer, that way it can run when it needs to
regardless of what our power config (shore power, underway, anchored,


genset running, etc).



Even a 12 V electric compressor can be noisy. With just a few feet of
plumbing you can have a more proffessional set up and better access to
your compressor in the engine room.





Tell us more about the application.


Not sure yet whether I'm going to get a custom welded stainless steel


box & insulate it in place, or mold a fiberglass box myself and put

in a
cold plate. Either way I'm thinking of putting in those expensive

vacuum
insulation panels.

Right now I'm leaning towards cabin ambient air cooled, with exhaust

to
the outside. This is how our fridge is set up.


Id go with the stainless steel. Make it a double walled 6" thick min.
and inject expandable foam in it. Will last forever.

Front or top access?

Joe

Fresh Breezes- Doug King



Capt. Neal® April 4th 05 11:45 PM


"Joe" wrote in message oups.com...

DSK wrote:
Joe wrote:
you building a custom space with a cold plate, and putting the
compressor in your engine room?


No, they have this marvelous new technology called electricity!

I am putting in a 12V freezer, that way it can run when it needs to
regardless of what our power config (shore power, underway, anchored,


genset running, etc).



Even a 12 V electric compressor can be noisy. With just a few feet of
plumbing you can have a more proffessional set up and better access to
your compressor in the engine room.



A refrigerator is a heat pump.

It is rather stupid to put the compressor in a hot engine room because
it decreases the efficiency of the heat pump when the hot side of the pump
is in a hot environment.

It's far better to put the compressor in as cool and well-ventilated space as
can be found on the boat within the limits of the copper tubing to the evaporator,
of course.

I hope this helps.

CN

DSK April 5th 05 12:01 AM

Joe wrote:
you building a custom space with a cold plate, and putting the
compressor in your engine room?


No, they have this marvelous new technology called electricity!

I am putting in a 12V freezer, that way it can run when it needs to
regardless of what our power config (shore power, underway, anchored,
genset running, etc).


Tell us more about the application.


Not sure yet whether I'm going to get a custom welded stainless steel
box & insulate it in place, or mold a fiberglass box myself and put in a
cold plate. Either way I'm thinking of putting in those expensive vacuum
insulation panels.

Right now I'm leaning towards cabin ambient air cooled, with exhaust to
the outside. This is how our fridge is set up.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King


DSK April 5th 05 12:23 AM

Bob Crantz wrote:
http://www.electracool.com/ST-71-1-4.pdf


Am I understanding this right? A Peltier chip that can achieve a 130 +
degree delta-T?? What's the catch, only the USAF can afford them???

It's worth a phone call to find out, anyway. Plugging in these numbers
results in a very nice installation... efficient and compact.

Thanks Bob C!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King


Bob Crantz April 5th 05 12:37 AM

You may be able to get them as free samples. Coleman and others make entire
refrigerators out of these things.

Keep cool,

Bob Crantz

Amen!

"DSK" wrote in message
...
Bob Crantz wrote:
http://www.electracool.com/ST-71-1-4.pdf


Am I understanding this right? A Peltier chip that can achieve a 130 +
degree delta-T?? What's the catch, only the USAF can afford them???

It's worth a phone call to find out, anyway. Plugging in these numbers
results in a very nice installation... efficient and compact.

Thanks Bob C!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King




Bob Crantz April 5th 05 12:37 AM

Prices:

http://www.electracool.com/moduleprices.htm




"DSK" wrote in message
...
Bob Crantz wrote:
http://www.electracool.com/ST-71-1-4.pdf


Am I understanding this right? A Peltier chip that can achieve a 130 +
degree delta-T?? What's the catch, only the USAF can afford them???

It's worth a phone call to find out, anyway. Plugging in these numbers
results in a very nice installation... efficient and compact.

Thanks Bob C!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King





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