I, too, agree with Hannu. While at IBEX (International Boatbuilders Exhibition and Conference) I asked most of the marine refrigeration people for technical details. Common sense stuff like thermal performance of insulation and thickness, accuracy of themostat and dead zone or dither, etc. EIther they didn't know, or claimed it proprietary information. Proprietary information!? This is a boatbuilder's conference. We need to know. They were full of it about designer colors, beautiful hinges, Danfoss compressors, easy installation, etc. I also agree about the Sub Zero which I had considered until I heard the horror stories about reliability and cost of repair. They are one of the most expensive consumer home style units around. You would expect more. Dan Gill dd44 "Pelagic"

Just to add a suggestion, When I built this boat in "06" (a 48'steel trawler) I looked at lots of systems and finally decided on a two drawer U-line refrigerator built into counter and a Norcold portable freezer chest which we put in pilot house with a cushion on top. We cruise now only 4 to 5 months a year to BC and AK and find both units work well fairly efficient and are not expensive. After all its not the looks but the service that is important . God Bless - Ross 10&2 On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Dan Gill <dgill2@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I, too, agree with Hannu. While at IBEX (International Boatbuilders Exhibition and Conference) I asked most of the marine refrigeration people for technical details. Common sense stuff like thermal performance of insulation and thickness, accuracy of themostat and dead zone or dither, etc. EIther they didn't know, or claimed it proprietary information. Proprietary information!? This is a boatbuilder's conference. We need to know. > > They were full of it about designer colors, beautiful hinges, Danfoss compressors, easy installation, etc. I also agree about the Sub Zero which I had considered until I heard the horror stories about reliability and cost of repair. They are one of the most expensive consumer home style units around. You would expect more. > Dan Gill > dd44 "Pelagic" > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/passagemaking-under-power > > To unsubscribe send email to > passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > > Passagemaking Under Power and PUP are trademarks of Water World Productions, formerly known as Trawler World Productions.