We have a stock 12 volt refrigerator and a stock 12 volt freezer on our 2003 - 42' Hunter. The refrigeration works well for all these years and uses relatively little power but the freezer is a different story because it eats battery power so I hate to use it. It has become a snack storage vault. I have loads of reserve battery capacity and great power generating systems including an 8kw gen-set, 240 watt solar panels and a 120 amp alternator. My house bank is 700 amp hours and I rarely take them down more than 250 amp hours so when there is sun I can go for days without needing to purposefully re-charging my batteries, unless my wife wants the freezer on. My estimate for the freezer consumption is 80 amp-hours /day because it runs and runs. I want to reduce this consumption drastically if possible because we are taking an extended cruise next summer and I need to correct this one nagging power gulping issue. I am open to installing a new slide in freezer if there is a better one or I could modify the ventilation of the existing system or install a completely new system - JUST SOMETHING to make the freezer an efficient usable appliance. OH, we are Never plugged in.
If you have solved a problem like this please let me know. If so how did you do it.
Thanks
If you have solved a problem like this please let me know. If so how did you do it.
Thanks