On Aug 12, 11:40 am, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:
"Bob" wrote in message

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On Aug 11, 6:11 pm, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

You're right on about the cold beers. Nothing hits the spot better.
The
only trouble is you've got to be diligent and ration them out or
you'll
find yourself going through a 12pack a day which isn't good at all.

Wilbur Hubbard- Hide quoted text -

Wilbur I must protest and challenge your claim to manlyness. I
proclaim anyone who uses a refer a fu-fu girlie man. I simply find the
local brew and serve at room temp. Why, cause poor peole dont have
refers at home and still neeed to drink somthing. So buy what the
local poor people drink. My favorite was in Fiji. Ahhh, Fiji Bitter
served at 83 degrees F. Now that was a fine brew. So to all thoes
girlie boys out there who whine cause their beer is warm I say, fluff
n nutter! Git a grip and a good warm beer! Then ya dont have all thoes
problmes ole Skip is having trying to charge a 1000 Ah house bank.
Bob

If you're a real manly man, consider the fact that offering an ice cold
alcohol beverage to a lovely local gal stands you a better chance of
getting laid. Few if any women I've ever met will be able to stomach
enough warm beer or mixed alcohol drinks to get drunk enough to allow
their inner horny slut to take charge.

Wilbur Hubbard- Hide quoted text -


Point well taken Wilbut. your getting layed argument certainly trumps
mainitaining ones masculinity. Cold beer it is then ! Men have been
know to comprmise their masculinity for such treats.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:47:02 -0700, "Paul" wrote:

Jeff, it sounds like you are mixing Amps and Amp-hours. I'm sure you know
the difference, but it does make things confusing. For example, my refrig
draws about 5A when running, which it does perhaps 6 hours a day in the
tropics. This gives a 24-hour consumption of 30 Ah (at 12V).

That sounds incredibly efficient. What size box do you have and what
kind of system? Holding plates? Compressor type?

I have a Seafrost BD12 compressor/cold-plate (air) system, and the box is
perhaps 6 cu ft (I am trying to picture it, and this is merely an estimate).
It is reasonably well-insulated, but not spectacularly so. I usually put a
foam insulation sheet on top of the counter/lid to reduce the thermal loss.
I have measured the current drain, and it is indeed 5A. I have not
carefully measured the cooling duty-cycle, so I may be off a bit on the
daily AH. I don't think that it runs more than 1/3 of the time, though (8Hr
per day * 5A = 40AH) -- the compressor is in a locker in the aft cabin,
where I sleep, so I do know when it is running. It isn't a freezer, but it
can make ice cubes, and will keep a small amount of stuff frozen for a
while. The boat is a Pacific Seacraft 44.

Let's just say I put out these numbers as an example of AH calculations, not
necessarily an accurate measurement of my system's power consumption.

-Paul
-S/V VALIS
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