Ice Box insulation problem

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Mar 21, 2004
2,175
Hunter 356 Cobb Island, MD
From a H356, Story of insulation problem I ran into while cruising to the Bahamas.....

one picture got left out.. shows the area below the sink
 

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Feb 10, 2004
4,155
Hunter 40.5 Warwick, RI
Wow. I always believed that our refrigerator boxes have much less than adequate insulation, but no insulation?!! I would not have suspected...
 
Jun 25, 2012
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hunter 356 Kemah,the Republic of Texas
From a H356, Story of insulation problem I ran into while cruising to the Bahamas.....

one picture got left out.. shows the area below the sink

I have the same boat... And have had the same sweating problem. Others have had the same. Shortly after closing on my boat I reported this to dealer. The dealer flew someone down from the factory and he totally redid my freezer box and the lids, Lid seals, lock down latches etc. He said that this was something that had been over looked when my boat came off the line. He apologized saying he remembers my boat, this is because he was in the middle of going through the list of things to do get done when he was pulled a way from my boat and someone else was supposed to finish it up but didn't. He even showed me a trick on how do double or triple seals on the lids by using plain old refrig/freezer sticky backed gasket seal rolls you can find at your local Home improvement store. Your boat was probably coming off the line in Florida while he was down here rebuilding my freezer. My freezer is very well insulated but at -14 Degrees in the freezer even the exterior of the best insulated bulkhead will sweat I guess...I once put ice into the bottom the of the freezer . It took nearly a month in mid August to get rid of the ice it froze to a solid block even the drain was blocked and frozen solid a good 12"-18"s or more inside the drain hose to shower sump. Had to finally use a heater on the drain hose to unplug it and inside the box to melt it all out it. Ever since then ice stays in the bag.
I always leave the cabinet door under the gallery sink open and the cushion seat back gets propped up when I am not there. If you do not want to leave the door open when boat is not in use you could install a louvered teak vent in the cabinet door with a small fan....In any case this solved it for me. I have found good ventilation is the key in these areas. I would remove the bubble wrap off the wood under gallery and let it breath and dry out otherwise it will stay damp and rot.
 

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May 29, 2011
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Hunter H 240 rehoboth beach , De
refrigeration /freezer

Jim
Great tutorial on this subject.After running my refrigeration for a week on my recent purchase of a H356 ,it has a thick build up of ice on the evaporator inside the freezer.The seal around the lids appears tight having done the dollar bill check.I have not yet done a close up inspection of the insulation.
Anyway, nice pics
Richard
 

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Jul 12, 2004
206
Hunter 36 Ottawa
Ah-ha !


Ok so we now have one notable difference between the 356 and 36.....if the refrigeration is crap on the 36, we rip out the nova kool unit and replace it - no ripping up the counters.

Seriously though - the front opening frig and freezer were an appeal with the 36 vs the 356. (I don't want to start some holy war debate though over the top vs front opening frig and freezers !)........that would be like comparing CQR and Delta anchors !

Paul
 
Mar 21, 2004
2,175
Hunter 356 Cobb Island, MD
Good News

After re-foaming the area under the sink and replacing the top loading gaskets doors. Refrigeration is responding great. After a week of running, the evaporator only had a little bit of frost and the area mention before had no condensation. Looks like the problem is solved, but only time will tell.

Wheeeeeeee.
 
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