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Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures

02-02-2019, 22:39

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Another look at Solar Powered refrigeration on sailboats

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Posted By nilespf

Re: Another look at Solar Powered refrigeration on sailboats

Hello Boatwright,
Two questions, do you use water against the condenser?

The 30Ah/day means how many hours per day?

If you say 24 my box may be leaking like a sieve

Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures

02-02-2019, 20:38

Replies: 146

Another look at Solar Powered refrigeration on sailboats

Views: 19,538

Posted By nilespf

Re: Another look at Solar Powered refrigeration on sailboats

Missourisailor, like yours mine takes a while to pull down. On initial startup the compressor is running wide open, once it drops to within 10 deg of the set point the speed is throttled to medium....

Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures

01-02-2019, 18:43

Replies: 146

Another look at Solar Powered refrigeration on sailboats

Views: 19,538

Posted By nilespf

Re: Another look at Solar Powered refrigeration on sailboats

a64, after your system reaches the set point of the stats and enters sustainment what is the duty cycle of your sytem i.e the compressor not the spill fan.

pn

Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures

01-02-2019, 14:32

Replies: 146

Another look at Solar Powered refrigeration on sailboats

Views: 19,538

Posted By nilespf

Re: Another look at Solar Powered refrigeration on sailboats

Richard, my compressor after it reaches steady state and the box has reached set temperature of 20 F it will be pulling about 4A. I think to achieve any serious headway towards a reduction in daily...

Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures

01-02-2019, 08:02

Replies: 146

Another look at Solar Powered refrigeration on sailboats

Views: 19,538

Posted By nilespf

Re: Another look at Solar Powered refrigeration on sailboats

My experience,
I decided to design my own reefer control system replacing the existing fridge and freezer temp sensors/thermostats. I replaced each with RTD type sensors and used 3 temp controllers....

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