[C320-list] power outage with fridge on question

[Jeff Church]

You have discovered the real roots of my concern.

JeffC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Weiner" <esquirecatering at rcn.com>
To: "'C320-List'" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:39 PM
Subject: RE: [C320-list] power outage with fridge on question 


> What about protecting the beer?  Wild temperature swings are hard on
> beer.
> 
> Adam
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Church
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 6:21 PM
> To: C320-List
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] power outage with fridge on question 
> 
> 
> Chris,
> 
> I'd also be interested in a solution that will protect the batteries.
> Maybe 
> Jeff Hare has a suggestion.
> 
> I've stopped storing any perishables in the freezer because the fridge
> shuts 
> down a couple times each season.  I'm not sure if it is because of a
> thermal 
> cutout at the compressor or a voltage drop due to the battery charger 
> malfunctioning. When I get back to the boat after a few days the
> evaporator 
> is defrosted, ice has melted and drained out of the ice bag, but all
> else, 
> including battery voltage, looks normal. The harbor doesn't appear to
> have 
> had any power outages. Sometimes I have to flip the fridge breaker to 
> restart the unit, sometimes it has already restarted itself. I hope the 
> problem is the thermal cutout and not that the batteries are drained and
> 
> recharged while I'm away.
> 
> The Cold Machine manual says that if the fridge does not see at least 11
> 
> volts at startup, the startup is aborted. Unfortunately the battery is
> at 
> 50% at 12.18 volts.
> 
> JeffC
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chris Block ..._/) ....._/)" <cblock at austin.rr.com>
> To: <C320-List at catalina320.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 6:30 PM
> Subject: [C320-list] power outage with fridge on question
> 
> 
> I was wondering if anyone had a "work around" for the following
> scenario:
> 
> You're plugged in and running your fridge and the power goes out at the 
> Marina.  How does one prevent running down the batteries past their safe
> 50% 
> level?
> 
> Is there a type of sensor/switch that says, if I'm not connected to 110
> at 
> the charger, turn off the batteries?
> 
> Chris
> Amore #139
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