(Michael Sutton) wrote in message . com...
If I want to put a fridge on my boat I can go buy
a 12v Marine fridge for $500 or so.

Why can't I go buy a $100 dorm size fridge from
Walmart/Home-Depot, etc and use a $50 inverter
to power it?

any advice?

I don't understand why items used on boats have
to cost more just because they are 'marine'.


so only one person who's done this? there's
got to be more!

anyone

On 3 Aug 2003 15:06:32 -0700, (Michael Sutton)
wrote:
(Michael Sutton) wrote in message . com...
If I want to put a fridge on my boat I can go buy
a 12v Marine fridge for $500 or so.

Why can't I go buy a $100 dorm size fridge from
Walmart/Home-Depot, etc and use a $50 inverter
to power it?

any advice?

I don't understand why items used on boats have
to cost more just because they are 'marine'.

so only one person who's done this? there's
got to be more!
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I have a non-marine Summit "under the counter" fridge on my boat that
is powered from an inverter when we are not running the generator. I
try to avoid using the generator except when underway or cooking, so
the inverter is supplying power from a bank of 4 golf cart batts about
18 to 20 hours a day. This works fine and the battery bank will run
the fridge for about 2 days without recharging if necessary.

My unit is a standard apartment sized fridge, and for some reason that
size costs considerably more than a "dorm" fridge even though it is
not a lot bigger. It was still substantially less than the $1,000
Sub-Zero that it replaced however. Is the Sub-Zero worth the extra 4
or 5 hundred? Time will tell I suppose but the Summit has performed
well over 4 years and done everything we needed.

I have one sitting right behind me as I type this about 30 miles north
of Ketchikan enroute to Juneau. The boat is gently rolling and the stuff
in the fridge is nice and cool as it has been for the couple of years
the "dorm" fridge has been mounted here.

I have used them on TransPacs when it was so rough they were airborne
half the time and they still worked fine as they spilled ice cold stuff
all over the place.

Rick

Rick wrote in message ...
I have one sitting right behind me as I type this about 30 miles north
of Ketchikan enroute to Juneau.

So how do you access the internet on the 'High Seas' ?