Interesting idea. The only tough part would be finding a hose long enough to
provide a continuous supply of cold seawater to cool the condenser while it
runs! I guess a good air-cooled condenser might work, though probably not as
well as 60-odd degree ocean water.

On 11/15/05, Christopher Gronski <gronski@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> They are VERY expensive but my Dad uses an engine driven compressor
> and a cold plate on his boat for his refrigeration. They run the
> engine once a day to "charge" the cold plate and it keeps their
> (admittedly better insulated than a westy fridge) ice box cold all
> day:
>
> http://www.seafrost.com/ed.htm
>
> I have often wondered about getting a system like this to supplement
> westy cooling, or if you could even take a line of the AC compressor
> to "charge" the cold plate.
>
> Chris
>
> On 11/15/05, Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@pobox.com> wrote:
> > Any info on how long those typically lasted? DO these crew vehicles stay
> on
> > the road as long as the typical westie?
> >
> >
> > At 12:59 PM 11/14/2005 -0800, Jake de Villiers wrote:
> > >You can make a very tight and well-insulated ice box with 2" blue
> styrofoam,
> > >Pl 200 to glue it together and a couple of coats of epoxy to harden and
> seal
> > >the interior. Made a few back in my movie days to outfit crew vehicles.
> I
> > >didn't add refrigeration equipment, but I don't see why you couldn't.
> >
>

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John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"