When I contacted the Stainless Lobster folks they said my NovaKool was “too old” – ie: 1990 . Still runs fine even at the “advanced age”. Apparently there is no interest in adapting their product to the older units (would make sense in terms of potential market to me). FYI
From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josh Muckley via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 5:14 AM To: C&C List Cc: Josh Muckley Subject: Re: Stus-List 33-2 - what's in the fridge? Dave, Any fridge systems that have the danfoss compressor (Nova Cool, Alder Barbour, etc.) are probably compatible with the Stainless Lobster fridge controller. This would be the upgrade that I would strongly consider prior to replacing a perfectly good system. Some of the manufacturers (Nova Cool) will refurbish/recharge your used system for a reasonable price (~$100). The threaded connections are well design to be lossless when connected/disconnected. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Jul 6, 2016 1:42 PM, "Dave via CnC-List" <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks Paul, Edd. My original refrigerAtion unit (nova cool?) is still working so I had not planned to tackle that quite yet. Will research Engels and Adler Barbour. Is the upgrade worthwhile or is this really something to consider once replacement is necessary? The all in one approach looks very elegant - Paul, do you have a photo of the install? Curious. And... Lol ... I guess I have not been whacked in the head quite enough to have thought of the single piece hinged lid approach. What a great idea. Thanks! Dave ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 18:16:11 +0000 From: Paul Fountain <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Stus-List 33-2 - what's in the fridge? Message-ID: <e8a48011ee2f9a39.fc506d60-ee6d-48be-8e7d-34000d08b...@mail.outlook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dave, We added an all in one refrigeration unit to our 33-2, one of the best upgrades yet! Used this unit http://www.westmarine.com/buy/waeco-adler-barbour--coolmatic-cooling-conversion-kit--7895881 installed it on the cockpit side of the icebox, had to cut the cockpit bulkhead also. The insulation was in good shape, and about 3" thick. Last weekend we found ice in some of the water bottles after we left it turned a bit too far down. We also reworked the lid, as I got tired of it hitting me. I removed the hinges on the back side, and hinged it in the middle so it folds onto its other half. This also means we can remove completely to fill, empty or clean the icebox. Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 1:30 PM -0400, "Dave Syer via CnC-List" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi All, Seems the boat is never "done".....I read a recent thread here on older iceboxes and the benefit of improved insulation, and wonder about my '85. As other work gets done, the ice box has moved up the project list a bit. I replaced the gasket and the manual drain pump, and will need to tighten the lid screws to address wear/lid wobble, (might need screw holes filled) and replace the rusting and now detached wire basket/shelf inside. For sure the small gap between the two lid sections could be sealed somehow, and I will cut a closed-cell foam "blanket" to cover the top. This should help deal with the gap as well as insulate a bit better. After that, the work gets more invasive as the insulated (we hope) cavities are quite difficult to access. Has anyone tackled a 33-2 ice box? I am wondering mostly about the amount of insulation and whether it was installed effectively. Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated! Dave Syer '85 33-2 Windstar. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20160705/a58d8e2d/attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 14:33:02 -0400 From: Edd Schillay <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List 33-2 - what's in the fridge? Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dave, I?ve heard a lot of good things about Engel ? it?s what I?m planning on using when I redo the refrigeration on the Enterprise. See: http://www.engelcoolers.com/fridge-freezers/shop-by-adventure/rv/scqt-4408f-u1-i All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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