A good fridge is essential for cruising, in my opinion. Besides, nothing beats a cold beer while swaying gently in your favourite anchorage on a balmy summer’s evening. A dodgy fridge, however, can create more problems than it solves – draining batteries in a matter of hours and reducing your provisions to dollops of slush oozing about in the depths.
The following guide should ensure you have a successful refrigeration system without draining all of the boat’s valuable power resources.
How much insulation?
The first stage of the operation will be to plan the installation to fit both your boat’s physical and electrical limitations.
When calculating the size of the cool box you must take into account the thickness of insulation that’ll be necessary to create a thermally efficient unit. The successful operation of any refrigerator will be primarily due to the adequacy of the insulation surrounding
