VD-160 Powerplate vs VD-152 Horizontal Evaporator

[skip lucas]

removehtml]I own a 1991 Hunter 433 Mooring sailboat. I replaced the frigibot freezer/refrigerator compressor and evaporator with a Adler/Barbour C-200 and VD-160 Powerplate. I also added about 2" of DOW Blue Board insulation. It STILL does not freeze in the freezer. Keeps the entire freezer/refrigerator area (pretty large with about 3+ freezer and about 5+ cu ft refrigerator area in total)nice and cool but cannot drive the freezer area down to freeze water in bottles. I also replaced the top seals. Still no difference. The Powerplate has to be mounted vertically instead of horizontally due to space restrictions so I know that causes some degradation of cooling to occur. What I want to know is if in your estimation that it would be wiser to scrap the Powerplate and go with a vertically mounted VD-152 mounted in the bottom of the box. The cooling capacity of that evaporator is almost the same as what the frigibot had - about 42X12. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Skip Lucas Error: Error: expected [/URL], but found [/removehtml] instead[/removehtml]

 

[Rick D]

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[Dennis W.]

What I did to make Ice

Skip Lucas, I have the small adler/barbour air cooled unit on my boat. Approximately 6 cubic feet. Issue was at warmest setting fridge was very cold but inside evaporator I could not maintain frozen food, but, after three days some items at bottom of fridge were icy. Final solution was to separate, and insulate evaporator from fridge (enclose it with a box and lid). Result was fabulous! During a nearly 6 month stay as liveaboard in Catalina I reduced my duty cycle (amps used) by 67%, had approximately 20' tempurature inside evaporator and 38'-42' in the fridge area.Dennis W.S/V FullSailed