The SunDanzers (I have both a reefer and a freezer of the five cu/ft size) are the direct opposite of "pretty complicated". You just tie them down and plug them in. Much less complicated than an ice box. No money drain for ice, no lugging ice, no drain sump and pump for melted ice, no space devoted only to ice, no 100% humidity in the chill box due to sublimating ice, plus the freezer unit keeps things frozen, like ice cream, ice for drinks, and long term storage for food. They are almost identical to a medium sized household chest style freezer, but have 4.3" of insulation and a high efficiency compressor. Both the evaporator and the condenser are tubes attached to the inside skin and the outside skin respectively. Ours have worked perfectly for several years with just routine defrosting and cleaning. I run them off the 12VDC house buss which is supplied by solar and wind power. I never measured it but I guess they use about 100 AH/day both together. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek FL 30 07.72N 081 38.4W > [Original Message] > From: Ken James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 2/29/2008 12:15:47 AM > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] SunDanzer fridge with 1 solar panel and no battery needed! > > > > A. F. Cano wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > While researching the efficiency of household refrigerators, I came > > across this: > > > > http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/spinoff2003/er_1.html > > > > SunDanzer is the fridge that Norm has. Probably the one designed. > > > Reply; > > Oh boy, this gives me a chance to flog a horse again! > > I notice that the SunDazer is pretty complicated, er I mean > sophisticated...much more complex than an ice box! > > So how many would prefer an ice box, given the room, $, and electrical > supply needed for the SunDazer? <G> -Ken > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
