Tuesday, 28 April 2020

I have refrigeration! (and led lights)

So my new boat fridge came today.  It has a cover which is what you see here.  It fits (barely) into the space where my old alcohol stove used to be.  It's a 50 liter Iceco fridge.  I will never be able to get it out of there so if the boat goes so does the fridge.
The cool thing is that it works great, and my 170 watt solar panel easily powers it (requires 3 amps - 36 watts).  We will see how it does at night. 
My other project today was changing out the old bulbs for led bulbs (less power required).
All of these changes are leading to going totally solar and minimizing my dependence on marinas.  I've got 2 more solar panels coming, which I am going to use as my Bimini.  Stay tuned for more boat projects.