Ventilation for reftigeration unit

[gregorybross]

I recently installed a new Nova Kool refrigeration system in my boat. I noticed the ventilation requirements in the instruction manual. The compressor/condenser unit is mounted in the port lazerette and there is a small hinged door in the bulkhead between the lazerette and the galley. Is this door meant to be open during refrigerator operation? The door is on a spring hinge and needs to be propped to stay open.

Greg

 

[Capt jgw]

Don't know what the door is for, but you can't have too much ventilation. More is always better. Of leave it open or even remove it, maybe put a louver in it's place.

 

[Guts1236]

I'm going on the assumption that you managers approximately in the same area that I mounted my.

In cockpit area/seating area there is oval cutout I had a mushroom vent left over from the tank-less water heater that I removed. When I run the refrigeration I opened this mushroom that and it seems to keep the unit cool enough. The longest I have run my refrigeration is for 6 weeks at a time and I had no heating problems. The biggest thing is the insulation but that's another subject. I will include a link to a mushroom vent but you can get them just about anywhere.

http://www.downwindmarine.com/Victory-Mushroom-Vents-Stainless-Steel-p-90891598.html

 

[CaptnDean]

I also have a Mark III with the same small door. I assumed that it was for trash, if you put a waste basket in the lazerette near the door, although I never used it.

 

[dj2210]

Oh- so that's what the little flapper door is for. I also wondered what the cutout and bungee did in the cockpit locker. Now I see it's for a trash can. Never too old to learn new things.

 

[Bob4203]

Yes, that door was designed for trash removal or trash transfer! The previous owner of my 1988 Mark II cut the door out, widened it and installed a microwave that is recessed so their is plenty of room in front of it on the counter space. Very nice set up.