[C320-list] Refrigerator Removal/Installation

[Graeme Clark]

Hi

Not sure why you’d need the dual power option? My new (this year) fridge draws under  4 amps when its running (obviously it doesn't run continuously) and the shore powered battery charger can put more than that back into the battery - or put it another way it is effectively supplying the fridge directly when we are on shore power.

The old fridge used to take closer to 7 amps.

BUT I do think the amount of insulation around the icebox on the C320 is very minimal. I’d love to upgrade it but cant see any non-destructive way of removing the corian worktop to get at it. I’m sure extra insulation and of course remembering to plug the drain hole would get the cycling down and hence reduce overall power usage,

Graeme
#366, 1996

> On 12 Nov 2020, at 13:45, kskis at aol.com wrote:
> 
> 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.