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Boaters are victims to fashion just like anyone else. Icebox style refrigeration is really the only option unless you spend a lot of time at dock or have a bi
by Jemm 4y ago
Boaters are victims to fashion just like anyone else. Icebox style refrigeration is really the only option unless you spend a lot of time at dock or have a big generator.
For convenience items some boaters are using drawer refrigerators but unlike residential units, the drawers are like bowls keeping the cold air from falling out.
- JKCalhoun 4y agoNot a physicist, but I would guess that the thermal mass of cold air is of little consequence. The thermal mass of all the items in the fridge would seem to dwarf that of the air. Sure, you lose cold air when you open the fridge, but the warm air is almost instantly recooled after closing.
- devenson 4y agoIt depends how often it's opened.
- scarby2 4y ago> unless you spend a lot of time at dock or have a big generator. Even full size residential fridges can be powered by the smallest portable generator.
- yencabulator 4y agoRVers regularly power full size residential fridges with nothing but solar panels.
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- yencabulator 4y ago> Icebox style refrigeration is really the only option unless you spend a lot of time at dock or have a big generator. Huh? I have a van with a side-opening "mini-fridge" (about half the height of a normal residential fridge) running on 12 VDC, and with 200 W of solar (shared between all the possible uses) the fridge will never run out of power.