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Old 18-07-2020, 05:39   #1
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Location: Brisbane Australia, heading west after cyclone season
Boat: 2015 Hylas 56
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Excessive condensation from Refrigerator

We have a 1999 boat and upgraded the fridge/freezer to Frigiboat with a keel cooler 2 years ago. Up until now we have used the boat for weekends and the annual 2 week vacation in the Bahamas. We have moved onto the boat about 2 months ago and headed up to the northeast for hurricane season. Our plans are to head to the Caribbean, panama canal, South Pacific and New Zealand but those plans are up in the air.

We are having excessive condensation on all sides of the refrigerator/freezer. We did have a refrigerator company in Fort Lauderdale install some insulation in 2019. Now with this condensation we have reinsulated ourselves (inside and outside freezer) with new insulation including aerogel insulation. Even immediately after defrosting the freezer the condensation is out of control. It is much worse on the humid days.

We are talking with a marine repair about our options;
1. vacuum panels (though we hear there is a long wait time
2. rebuilding the whole fridge area with 6 inches of insulation on each side which is a considerable loss of space
3. a ready made unit like the Vitrifrigo freezer refrigerator drawers (DW180IXD4-EF) and have the area customized around that?
Any suggestion to help with the condensation before we end up with wood rot? Anyone with experience with the Vitrifrigo unit?
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