On Feb 7, 5:43 pm, wrote:

I have been looking at the Frigoboat system. Any body out there use
one of these with the keel cooler.
I would do a freezer with spillover to the frig.
Tim




I'm building a 26 foot pilothouse sloop and the plans call for a large
icebox. My experience doing the kind of cruising I expect to do on
this boat is that finding ice consumes a lot of time, it doesn't last
long, it takes up a lot of space, and the food items can get soggy if
I am doing any hard sailing. I have noticed that Fisheries Supply in
Seattle sells "conversion kits" for converting ice boxes to 12 VDC
refrigerator. This seems like a sensible choice, and might even be
good to build in right from the start. Does anyone have experience
with these kits or any kind of application other than a drop in box?
I am thinking that with 4" polyurethane foam that I'll be able to
handle the power consumption with a pair of Grp 31 batteries. Does
this seem reasonable?

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I have been looking at the Frigoboat system. Any body out there use one of these with the keel cooler. I would do a freezer with spillover to the frig.
Tim

I am in the process of installing an underfloor chest freezer and
using the frigoboat keel cooler. So far just the keel cooler fitted
and freezer box built:
http://www.luxe-motor-kei.co.uk/exte...e/image37.html
http://www.luxe-motor-kei.co.uk/inte...e/image16.html
80 litre Freezer box will be lined with 100mm PU insulation foam top,
bottom and sides. Inside that I will make a liner from stiff
modelling plastic sheet welded at the seams.
Will fit either the Danfoss 35F or 50F compressor.
I'll have a separate under counter 24v Danfoss fridge.