[C320-list] Refrigerator Removal/Installation

[kskis at aol.com]

Not sure if I remember see this posted previously or if it should be a new thread.  Has anyone replaced their original refrigerator with one that can switch between ac shore power and dc battery automatically or manually?  Also, I have heard the new replacements consume much less energy than the originals.  If so, any details would be much appreciated.  Neil Kornblatt, Harmony #973


-----Original Message-----
From: Art Harden <artstree at aol.com>
To: C320-List at catalina320.com
Sent: Wed, Nov 11, 2020 11:01 pm
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Refrigerator Removal/Installation

I do a quick search and the auto industry started using 134 in 93 and was changed over by 95. I would assume the boating industry was changing at the same time. 

Art Harden
Catalina 320 “Tortuga” #243
937-477-5544

> On Nov 11, 2020, at 10:53 PM, Troy Dunn <troutwarrior at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>  Freon is the Kleenex of the refrigerant world.  With the ability to morph
> into whatever refrigerant the TM owner is marketing these days.  I have
> seen Freon R134a sold online.
> 
> I think the newer stuff like R134a are all HFCs... Hydro cs. Chloro...
> pretty sure Jeff is right about current scientific consensus...both are bad
> just in different ways.    In fact I though I read somewhere that the HFCs
> are considerably worse for greenhouse gases.  Some body should probably
> fact check that...
> 
> I would actually be surprised if any of the C320s have R22 in them.