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Old 08-29-2010, 09:39 AM   #52
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Refrigration and Trawlers

Wow--lots of ideas and lots of good answers. But here is another question.

My little 31-foot trawler spent years hosting liveaboards under previous ownership and never left the dock. When whatever original refrigeration failed (it was at least two-way, as there are both 120VAC and 12VDC refrigeration switches on the panel) , somebody took it out and shoved an office-size refrigerator/freezer there that only runs on 120VAC. So my two options, it seems to me, is to install an adequate inverter and continue to run the existing refrigerator/freezer or remove this beast and install a proper two- or three-way refrigerator (I am not currently interested in a freezer).

Option A seems a good one: even if I later put in a proper two- or three-way refrigerator, I still have 120VAC available for other uses. In the long run I will remove this beast, but for now I think the hot ticket (no pun intended) is the inverter installation.

Thoughts?

-- Edited by Chris491 on Sunday 29th of August 2010 10:39:54 AM
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