Re-wire:
Batteries:
Cold-storage re-work:
Heater install:
Other:
Rudder stuffing box repair:
to buy:
I learned a lot I think the morning of 17/04/2012 when Clan went back in the water. The stuffing box I had greased was letting water pour in at a pretty alarming rate, and if I pushed or prodded the rubber around water flowed in more like the rate of a faucet. My inspection and grease the week before was apparently quite inadequate. I managed to slip grease in by pinching and sliding the end of a cable/zip-tie loaded with marine grease in, then un-pinching and sliding it back out. About an hour of doing this and the water came to drips, and not long after that, stopped all together.
Currently we have a crappy electric cooler, which if I've done the math right, uses more battery (around 4 amps for a new one) than a real compressor.
The Isotherm units look okay: specifically the Classic Compact 2005/6
Tempo has the 2006, a larger plate than the 2005, for 3500dkk. They also have a køleskab kit with insulation etc, for 1270dkk. An expensive pair, but it will allow us to make use of a space we can't currently reach (sealed off behind the stove), and allow us to get more space by getting rid of the giant cooler.
Silvan has this "super EPS" insulation, very cheap, but only in 140mm thickness (too thick). They also have the cheaper stuff, which is probably perfectly adequate.
For running off of shore power, a battery charger with at least 5 amp capacity (more is obviously better) is recommended.
Found one person's from-scratch installation on a Marieholm 26, here.
Because of the very narrow opening for the locker (15.5cm), we'll likely need to have the “front” section of insulation partially attached to the lid, going vertically down, with an angled transition so we can fit things in more easily (need to sketch this). Insulation is supposed to be 10cm/4in. all around.
The Isotherm's use a Danfoss BD35, dimensions of the compressor are: 10.63“ x 6.31” x 13“ or 27cm x 16cm x 33cm.
The manual for a 2006 specifies insulation of 5cm thickness for a 2.8 cu. ft. box, we'll have roughly a 2.6 cu. ft. box, so 5cm/2” thickness it is.
The locker: