[C320-list] Fridge

[Quentin Murphy]

Chris,

I will look at this (rivet holes or broken off rivets) the next time I check
my boat which is on winter layup (an hour's drive away).  Maybe it was
"loose" in the 2000 models but riveted in place on the later models?

Thanks
Quentin

-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com]On Behalf Of Chris Burti
Sent: January 13, 2007 8:50 AM
To: C320-List
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Fridge Fan


Quentin,
Originally. it was riveted toward the forward quarter of the freezer and
held the two vertical ice trays. If you examine it closely, you can see the
rivets and where they pulled out of the icebox. Mine was in  place  when I
bought the boat and I found it loose one day. Haven't decided on whether I
want to fix it or not.

Chris Burti
"Commitment"
Catalina 320, #867,
Farmville, NC


----- Original Message ----
From: Quentin Murphy <qmurphy at sympatico.ca>
To: C320-List <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 2:31:24 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Fridge Fan


Does anyone know what the white metal plate (about 12-inches long and 4 to 6
inches wide) that has one or two bends on it and is sitting in my icebox.
It's a loose piece that can be easily removed. I presumed the previous owner
just left it there until I've noticed this piece is in other 320 fridges.
When asked, nobody seems to know what this is for.  Does anyone on the list
know what this is for?

Quentin Murphy
Celtic Knot #667

-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com]On Behalf Of Warren Updike
Sent: January 12, 2007 1:24 PM
To: c320-list at catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Fridge Fan


Allan, I've not done this so I don't have practical experience; but, I read
about installing a fan in a baffle fore/aft in the box.  This baffle might
also have add'l holes in it that can be closed to control the temp in the
port/refer side vs the stbd/freezer side.  In this way, people who have done
this say they can store more frozen food and keep it frozen.  Such a baffle
could be made from starboard.  I would still start out with a block of ice
in the bottom under the freezer.  There is probably someone on this list who
has done this.  Anyone??

I also read about such a fan in a baffle that had a thermostat to control it
making it possible to set for a desired temp in the refer side of the box.
Then, you would probably want the fan to have it's own power independent of
the compressor.  Wish I could remember where I read all this.

As for freezer ice build-up, I understand this is more a matter of the
outside humidity and the movement of air between the inside of the box and
the outside.  The higher the humidity the more ice build-up you'll get.  The
tighter the seals, the better the insulation, and less opening of lids, the
less ice build-up you will have.  Moving the air has, I think, more to do
with distributing the temperature in side.  I'm not sure air movement will
affect the ice build-up.

Of course, an insulating cover under the lids will help.  We put our closed
foam cockpit cushions on the fridge at other than meal times.  We don't
normally sail with the aft part of the two part cushion on either side.
I've nearly killed myself by stepping on them.  We won't talk about the time
I bone-headedly applied ArmorAll to the cushions.  It was like stepping on
ice for about a month.  That's when we started sailing without the aft half.
Careful thought should normally preceed action.

Warren & Pattie Updike
C320, #62, 1994, "Warr De Mar"
Frog Mortar Creek, Middle River
Chesapeake Bay



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