[C320-list] Refrigerator Cycles

[Paul Rickman]

Mine is on the white dial. The numbers are hard to see.

 



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From: Jason Alexander <alexander.jason at gmail.com>
To: C320-List at catalina320.com
Sent: Mon, May 30, 2011 9:24:28 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Refrigerator Cycles

Where is the indicator for what number your on.  I'm guessing that
it's the number in the 6 o'clock position.  We seemed to be having
trouble keeping things cold this weekend at least according to the
thermometer we put in there but that beer was cold when we got back to
the slip for the night.  For a while I had to turn it up to about 6
and then everything was almost back to freezing the next morning.
I'm going to cut the reflective bubble wrap sun screen I have into
shape next weekend when I'm down and try that.

Jason

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Dick Walker <dickwalker at att.net> wrote:
> Just lay it over the top of the food.  This reduces leakage of cold air and
> also makes the relative size smaller.
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> I used a bubble wrap type ground cover that you can get from a camping store
> and folded to fit.
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> WE run our on the 4 setting.
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> Dick Walker
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> Alexander
> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 2:49 PM
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> So like one of those solar shields for your car in the sun.   Do you affix
> it to the top of the box or just lay it in there.
>
> Jason
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> On May 29, 2011, at 9:08 PM, Jeff Hare <catalina at thehares.com> wrote:
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>> A good trick is to cut a piece of reflectix insulation (foil faced bubble
> wrap) the size ofhos the fridge opening. Putting that on top cuts the
> cycling down significantly.
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>> Jeff
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>> John Meyers <jcmeyers7 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> We have an Adler Barbour refrigerator system on our 1997 320. Last year
> was our first year with the boat. I noticed that the compressor was on for
> about a minute or two and then off for a minute or two consistently. I
> thought that was rather fast cycles. The fan is blowing air through the fins
> by the compressor OK. Is this cycle speed normal? The contents are nicely
> cold. Also, the sensor is attached directly to the ice box which gets cold
> first and fast. Is that where it is supposed to be attached? I was thinking
> of putting a piece of styrofoam between the sensor and ice box to insulate
> it so it doesn't sense the cold too fast. John Meyers Wind Chime #406
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