12 Volt ice cube maker

[shanemax]

How many of the marinas in the area you sail in stock bags of ice cubes or have a local shop that can be visited within 30 mins ?

Woolverstone ?
Levington ?
Shotley ?
Tidemill ?

That'll be none.

Foxs local nearby shop and garage, Halfpenny Pier shops in Harwich or Dovercourt, Manningtree Tesco Express or Co-op. Numerous in Woodbridge. Brightlingsea, Burnham on Crouch shops. You just have to look but I only use ice to keep my butter and other perishables cool I don't drink G+T but Whiskey or Spiced Rum. I always think G+T is probably for Hooray Henrys who are trying to impress their Hooray Henry friends, who are probably frightfully nice people.

 

[PaulRainbow]

Foxs local nearby shop and garage, Halfpenny Pier shops in Harwich or Dovercourt, Manningtree Tesco Express or Co-op. Numerous in Woodbridge. Brightlingsea, Burnham on crouch shops.

Foxs, maybe the shop.

Tesco Express is 3 miles from Halfpenny pier !

Manningtree is virtually inaccessible for all but the smallest of boats.

Yes, several in Woodbridge, but you'll need to make the tidal window over the cill, then get a move on to be back before you're trapped in the marina for a tide.

How about a 12V ice maker ?

 

[PCUK]

Instead of making snide comments how about dealing with the question and not changing the subject?

 

[[70521]]

If necessary a 30 minute stop at a decent marina will supply ice.

Can you name a 'decent marina' that sells ice?

 

[noelex]

The vast majority of ice makers are AC (230V) models. There are some 12V models,but they are a specialised product made for a very small market, so consequently seem poor value.

This seems to be one of those products where buying a 230V model and a dedicated small inverter may be more sensible and practical than a 12V unit. Small inverters are not expensive.

 

[justanothersailboat]

Will a 240v one on an inverter use appreciably more battery than a 12v model? Worth checking very carefully, it might be a bit of a false economy. Mine was only a bit more than a 240 model (shop around carefully, it was £100+ more in a chandlery!) and doesn't use much power, must be a bit over 1AH from turn on to first shovel of ice, 1% of my single house battery. If it used much more and/or I didn't have good power monitoring I wouldn't get good use out of it.

 

[jon and michie]

This any good ?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Camping-Pa...ords=12v+ice+maker&qid=1761742518&sr=8-3&th=1

 

[yotter]

This any good ?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Camping-Parties-Portable-Practical-Accessories/dp/B0FG8FYB84/ref=sr_1_3?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.UxheUfcfcl5Xg8ZgXItTKlZ6iDk6k6lkUypIq2xVgmJ9d4tO9ZPO0AB3OzGpDJ1iaETiVX8KvdfE0VvCTR54mP-JdpydnZa0mWE9DZqVUqs4p558D_YBJ97cQSspid6khzHV-CcLHYUU7JlBtxYiP0SWIx3h42ImyQqvRfe-Y9BwGTx-GSoqTYJ2gGkomrnIzp48cpYXr-KKuUQbl_IgiBuzwgyZa_dswTECmqjJVag.KSWNTT6S5234HQNmATL9rfZ4W4ipwVwt124eBoFKn4c&dib_tag=se&keywords=12v+ice+maker&qid=1761742518&sr=8-3&th=1

Looks like it draws 120W, so 10 amps at 12V. 15 minutes to 8 solid cubes, so 2.5AH, if 100% efficient. So far, I may just stick to hanging ice cube bags on the fridge cold plate. What,s the budget in AH, I guess it depends if the power comes from engine charging, shore power or solar.

 

[Porthandbuoy]

I now keep the gin bottle and cans of tonic in the fridge at @3 degC. Eliminates the need for ice cubes.

 

[yotter]

I now keep the gin bottle and cans of tonic in the fridge at @3 degC. Eliminates the need for ice cubes.

In a wee while, you won't have to turn the fridge on:-(

 

[justanothersailboat]

As frequent-short-trip sailors we've enjoyed our icemaker quite a bit this year but I'm not sure it would be justified if we had a fridge and a larger power system and spent fewer but longer times aboard. Then again if we had a yet bigger boat with yet more power I'd want the icemaker again just because we like it. So I think it has its niche. A more powerhungry one would have only a very small niche.

Don't think I'll be turning it back on til next year though...

 

[PlanB]

When we were thinking of replacing our non-functioning 240 v icemaker, we were looking at 12v ones. What put us off many of them is that you fill up the reservoir, it makes ice, but then doesn't keep it frozen beyond a couple of hours.
They are a completely different beast from a plumbed in version.
As our old one kept things frozen but wouldn't make ice, we just bought bags of cubes and stored them in there.

 

[geem]

We don't have a 12v boat but we do have a 220v ice machine. Plugs in to our inverter. It churns out 9 small ice cubes every 6 mins for 100w plus inverter loses.