On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:47:42 -0800, Jim penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|My Norcold DF0704 stopped working on 110. Seems to work fine on 12
|volt. It was probably original with the boat, so it must be 20 years old.
|
|Replace or repair?
|
|It looks like that model isn't made any more and what I see (on a very
|quick look) shows that none of the new ones fit the cutout.
|
|Maybe i just haven't found the right one yet.
|
|What have you all done?
|
|Thanks

Now it is an Nercold!

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On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:14:10 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

Now it is an Nercold!

Since it still runs on 12 volts I'd call it a Hafanercold.

Gene Kearns wrote:

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:47:42 -0800, Jim penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|My Norcold DF0704 stopped working on 110. Seems to work fine on 12
|volt. It was probably original with the boat, so it must be 20 years old.
|
|Replace or repair?
|
|It looks like that model isn't made any more and what I see (on a very
|quick look) shows that none of the new ones fit the cutout.
|
|Maybe i just haven't found the right one yet.
|
|What have you all done?
|
|Thanks

Now it is an Nercold!

Notcold

On Nov 7, 2:47?pm, Jim wrote:
My Norcold DF0704 stopped working on 110. Seems to work fine on 12
volt. It was probably original with the boat, so it must be 20 years old.

Replace or repair?

It looks like that model isn't made any more and what I see (on a very
quick look) shows that none of the new ones fit the cutout.

Maybe i just haven't found the right one yet.

What have you all done?

Thanks


Here's a possible surprise for you- your Norcold never ran on 110
volts.

Your compressor etc runs on 9-volts DC. There is a step down
transformer to convert the 110 AC to 9 volts DC. There is another to
step down to 9 volts on the DC side.

There is really no reason to run your fridge on AC. If you have AC
available, (either from shorepower or an onboard generator) you can
recharge the battery faster than the fridge will draw it down.

When we replaced our little 6 cu ft fridge a few years ago I saved a
couple of hundred bucks by not getting the AC/DC model and going DC
only......as that's the way those units all work, anyway.

Chuck Gould wrote:

On Nov 7, 2:47?pm, Jim wrote:

My Norcold DF0704 stopped working on 110. Seems to work fine on 12
volt. It was probably original with the boat, so it must be 20 years old.

Replace or repair?

It looks like that model isn't made any more and what I see (on a very
quick look) shows that none of the new ones fit the cutout.

Maybe i just haven't found the right one yet.

What have you all done?

Thanks



Here's a possible surprise for you- your Norcold never ran on 110
volts.

Your compressor etc runs on 9-volts DC. There is a step down
transformer to convert the 110 AC to 9 volts DC. There is another to
step down to 9 volts on the DC side.

There is really no reason to run your fridge on AC. If you have AC
available, (either from shorepower or an onboard generator) you can
recharge the battery faster than the fridge will draw it down.

When we replaced our little 6 cu ft fridge a few years ago I saved a
couple of hundred bucks by not getting the AC/DC model and going DC
only......as that's the way those units all work, anyway.

Thank you, you confirmed my suspicion. I was afraid had a built in
inverter that converted 12 volt to 110.

I pulled it out and will try to figure it out tomorrow.

It is time for a new one. If anyone could provide specific models that
replace the Nolongercold DE 704 I'd appreciate it.

"Jim" wrote in message
...


It is time for a new one. If anyone could provide specific models that
replace the Nolongercold DE 704 I'd appreciate it.

Do you have the cutout numbers handy?

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

"Jim" wrote in message
...


It is time for a new one. If anyone could provide specific models that
replace the Nolongercold DE 704 I'd appreciate it.

Do you have the cutout numbers handy?

Eisboch


I found a boating forum in which a guy replaced a Norcold DE 704 with
something called a Ocean C115Ai with no modifications to the cutout other
than a small filler. He and others were very satisfied with whatever the
Ocean C115Ai is. You might find who makes it via Google.

Eisboch

"Jim" wrote in message
...


It is time for a new one. If anyone could provide specific models that
replace the Nolongercold DE 704 I'd appreciate it.



Jim, check this discussion out:

http://lists.samurai.com/pipermail/s...ly/004020.html

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"Jim" wrote in message
...


It is time for a new one. If anyone could provide specific models that
replace the Nolongercold DE 704 I'd appreciate it.


Do you have the cutout numbers handy?

Eisboch


Approximately 22 1/2 wide x 33 1/2 high x 27 deep.

On Nov 7, 5:25?pm, Jim wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Nov 7, 2:47?pm, Jim wrote:

My Norcold DF0704 stopped working on 110. Seems to work fine on 12
volt. It was probably original with the boat, so it must be 20 years old.

Replace or repair?

It looks like that model isn't made any more and what I see (on a very
quick look) shows that none of the new ones fit the cutout.

Maybe i just haven't found the right one yet.

What have you all done?

Thanks

Here's a possible surprise for you- your Norcold never ran on 110
volts.

Your compressor etc runs on 9-volts DC. There is a step down
transformer to convert the 110 AC to 9 volts DC. There is another to
step down to 9 volts on the DC side.

There is really no reason to run your fridge on AC. If you have AC
available, (either from shorepower or an onboard generator) you can
recharge the battery faster than the fridge will draw it down.

When we replaced our little 6 cu ft fridge a few years ago I saved a
couple of hundred bucks by not getting the AC/DC model and going DC
only......as that's the way those units all work, anyway.

Thank you, you confirmed my suspicion. I was afraid had a built in
inverter that converted 12 volt to 110.

I pulled it out and will try to figure it out tomorrow.

It is time for a new one. If anyone could provide specific models that
replace the Nolongercold DE 704 I'd appreciate it.- Hide quoted text -

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This would be my recommendation:

http://www.seafreezeinc.com/products/refrigerators.html

You will see that one of the units is a direct replacement for the 704
series.

I have one of these refrigerators on my boat. It's super. The company
that builds it also has a division that makes refrigeration for
commercial fishing vessels.

The compressor is removed from the case itself, significantly
increasing the capacity at any give cu ft rating. My old unit was not
as deep as the cutout because the compressor was mounted on the
backside, and was not as tall as the cutout because the transformer
etc was located underneath. The SeaFreeze fill the entire space, and
the compressor (larger andmore efficient) is located in the engine
room.

Plan on a power consumption of about 25 amps per 24 hour day.