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"Skip Gundlach"
wrote: Hi, Grandma :{)) Hi "Rosalie B." wrote in message .. . We have an old system which by all accounts should not work. Sort of like the bumblebee which should not be able to fly. It is a combined 110 AC system with an engine driven system. We run the system twice a day for about 40 minutes. Since it is an old system, it could probably use more insulation, and it is such a large space that it is hard to keep on top of what's actually in there. Plus it isn't on a thermostat so we have to be there on the boat to run it. We have to be very careful how long we run the engine driven or the compressor will freeze up - the 110 system can be go a bit longer without a problem. I'm sure it is a holding plate system. Sounds just like what we have. Somewhere along the way, quite recently, a 110 air-cooled unit was added. The lines go into one of the holding plates. Our system came with both systems as OE. Some people replace them with just engine driven, or with genset driven or with something they can run off of solar or wind power. We keep on using our OE which is way cheaper than getting a replacement. It's way cheaper than replacing it, since it works for us for now. I didn't think to look to see if the other plate has input for them, but it's probably irrelevant, as I can't conceive ever running our 110 refrigeration except at the dock (unless the solar and wind output is so big that running it from an inverter wouldn't matter) - where we expect to be only extremely rarely. Along with the (one each new and older-style) Lectra-Sans, the 600 hour 6.5KW Onan/Kubota 3600RPM generator, the SS davits and whoknowswhatelse, this might be one of the items available to purchase as we refit! L8R Skip and Lydia grandma Rosalie |
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