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Old 02-06-2010, 04:11 AM   #34
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RE: Refrigration and Trawlers

Another course of action that may be the simplest , but not the cheapest is a fridge freezer that is made for "Off Grid " use.

Top of the line is Sunfrost with 12v or 24v danfloss compressors and lots of good insulation.

Nova Cool is another brand that is common.

Much of this stuff is "house sized" not RV sized so getting it aboard might not be easy.

The electric loading is 1/2 to 1/4 a common house fridge , and the efficiency is even higher when the 10-18% of most inverters , and the poorer performance on non sine wave juice are figured in.

www.sunfrost.com/

You get what you pay for .

Alt energy folks figure its 300% more efficient (and cheaper) to NOT use power than do the big recharging charging dance.

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