DIY Yachts

[quote="44c"]How about FREE SOLAR PANELS? This crowd: http://www.freesolar.com.au/home.html say they will fit a 1kW array to your house FREE after government rebates. Not your fault if some thieving boatie nicks some of them off the house later is it?[/quote] A word of caution dealing with this mob!...

Very interesting discussion. Thanks gentlemen. It seems to me that there are two approaches to the refrigeration dilemma, as with all power useage problems: (a) Make the fridge really efficient by top opening, thick quality insulation and remote eutectic cooling unit (= expensive fridge + fewer sola...

Hi Paul, That's a nice fridge, a reasonable price and a good compromise. I can't see any reason why efficiency can't be improved by adding extra insulation around and below these standard fridges. Is the freezer large enough? If not, for longer legs you could use something like an Engel fridge: reas...

[quote=Jim]I think as far as doors go the Seaview wins hands down.

Jim.[/quote]

After a bottle of seaview my missus can't find the door!

Getting pretty technical guys! I'm sure 500mm of quality insulation is better than 100mm, which is better than 25mm. Likewise, $7,000 will build a great frig/freezer. I'm sure that you're not that keen on a great frig! I have built many iceboxes and a couple of snap freezers, all out of rigid polyur...

Hi Paul, Some of the frig door water dispensers have a small tray inbuilt to catch drips. This could be emptied occasionally and negates the need for a plumbed waste. I would definitely go for a seawter outlet at the sink. Either electric or foot pumped. For rinsing off dishes, etc it's better than ...

Paul, Your insulation tapering or stepping to thinner in the upper sections sounds like a good idea in the balance between space and power efficiency. The cooling effect on the cupboard space below the freezer was probably accidental and not planned, but was turned to good use. A cold water tap at t...

Paul, Nice to see Mahna Mahna's (or Yikes's) frig and freezer taking shape. Just a thought about insulation, efficiency, space and all that. I saw a clever idea (yes, it was on a Fusion 40!) where despite about 150 mm of quality insulation under a Ozfrig powered freezer there was still a bit of "col...

How could you, sniff,.... bear to, sniff, part with it? It's part, sob,... of your family.



I know, your gunna build a bigger one?



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The "2 bus "systems like all things to do with boats have advantages and disadvantages. Scotty (thanks mate!) has pointed out a few advantages that i was otherwise ignorant of. To me the main advantages of these systems are: (a) a low weight wiring system, and (b) a fully engineered and designed sys...