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SeaLubber7@aol.com

Mon, Dec 14, 2009 2:34 PM

I don't have an ice maker on the "trawler project", but I have a portable
unit on my sailboat. (can I say that word)? It's one of those things that
you put a gallon of water into and it spits out ice cubes in seven minutes.
It holds the ice cubes at maybe 33 degrees and if not used will melt back
into the water and be reused for the new batch of cubes. Bottom line is I
bought the ice maker on a marked down deal at Sam's Club a few years ago on a
whim and it is absolutely great and almost a necessary piece of equipment
on the boat now. I generally boat in the Southeast US where it's hot. I love
having the ice maker and recommend them to anyone that has dock power or
genset to power one.

I don't have an ice maker on the "trawler project", but I have a portable unit on my sailboat. (can I say that word)? It's one of those things that you put a gallon of water into and it spits out ice cubes in seven minutes. It holds the ice cubes at maybe 33 degrees and if not used will melt back into the water and be reused for the new batch of cubes. Bottom line is I bought the ice maker on a marked down deal at Sam's Club a few years ago on a whim and it is absolutely great and almost a necessary piece of equipment on the boat now. I generally boat in the Southeast US where it's hot. I love having the ice maker and recommend them to anyone that has dock power or genset to power one.

RC

R C Smith Jr

Mon, Dec 14, 2009 5:47 PM

To keep from having to fuel a second compressor, see if you can fit a normal
household-type reefer...with the auto icemaker. CHEAP!...compared to the
stand-alone icemakers.

Bob

Robert Calhoun Smith Jr in DC
M/V MARY KATHRYN
1977 Hatteras 58 LRC
Lying Sunset Bay Marina
Stuart, FL

To keep from having to fuel a second compressor, see if you can fit a normal household-type reefer...with the auto icemaker. CHEAP!...compared to the stand-alone icemakers. Bob ________________ Robert Calhoun Smith Jr in DC M/V MARY KATHRYN 1977 Hatteras 58 LRC Lying Sunset Bay Marina Stuart, FL

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Scott H.E. Welch

Mon, Dec 14, 2009 8:52 PM

R C Smith Jr rcsmith@garrett-smith.com writes:

To keep from having to fuel a second compressor, see if you can fit a normal
household-type reefer...with the auto icemaker. CHEAP!...compared to the
stand-alone icemakers.

FWIW, after a lot of looking I found that Sub Zero makes a compact
(undercounter) freezer with icemaker, and that's what I put on Island Eagle.
I subsequently found that U-Line makes an undercounter fridge with built-in
icemaker, and I ended up putting one of those in my house.

I'm not particularly happy with either one. If was was doing Island Eagle
again, I would DEFINITELY try and fit in an apartment-size (3/4 height)
fridge-freezer combo. However, I have looked around and have not been able to
find one of those with an icemaker.

Scott Welch

"Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn
out." - John Wooden

R C Smith Jr <rcsmith@garrett-smith.com> writes: >To keep from having to fuel a second compressor, see if you can fit a normal >household-type reefer...with the auto icemaker. CHEAP!...compared to the >stand-alone icemakers. FWIW, after a lot of looking I found that Sub Zero makes a compact (undercounter) freezer with icemaker, and that's what I put on Island Eagle. I subsequently found that U-Line makes an undercounter fridge with built-in icemaker, and I ended up putting one of those in my house. I'm not particularly happy with either one. If was was doing Island Eagle again, I would DEFINITELY try and fit in an apartment-size (3/4 height) fridge-freezer combo. However, I have looked around and have not been able to find one of those with an icemaker. Scott Welch "Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out." - John Wooden

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