2004 SEALINE S34 GALLEY FRIDGE

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PAUL ARMITAGE

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Good Morning,

I am new to this Forum so please bare with me, I am looking to replace my Galley fridge, please can anyone advise me if there is a direct replacement, currently is fitted I presume the original 12/ 240v Engel?

Thank you vary much inadvance for any info.

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Paul Armitage ( Moored in York Marina)
 
Both galley and cockpit fridges have been replaced on our S34. paperwork is at the boat and out of bounds unfortunately but they are made by Waeco and only a few years old. They only run 12v though rather than the original that switches over depending on power supply

they are not cheap I remember that much from the invoice!
 
As long as you get one that actually fits, that should be fine.
Remember, there isn't anything special with a "Sealine" fridge - they only take models from fridge suppliers and stick them in.
So, you could try Penguine - they have a nice way of selecting their units - see here
12/24 Volt Marine Fridges Archives - Penguin Refrigeration

IMO, marine fridges aren't that efficient anyway.
I replaced our galley fridge freezer (it was a Dometic marine unit) with a nice high efficiency A**** Bosch domestic one and then bought an inverter to run it from batteries.
The result is a great fridge that uses less than half the power of the marine unit.
 
Hurricane said:
I replaced our galley fridge freezer (it was a Dometic marine unit) with a nice high efficiency A**** Bosch domestic one and then bought an inverter to run it from batteries.
The result is a great fridge that uses less than half the power of the marine unit.
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Just to be 100% sure, you are using less power after considering inverter losses?

And is the peak current OK for the 12v wiring?
 
EugeneR said:
Just to be 100% sure, you are using less power after considering inverter losses?

And is the peak current OK for the 12v wiring?
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Yes
The old Dometic fridge had two compressors - each consumed just over 3 amps at 24 volts
The new fridge has only one compressor and measuring the current on the input of the inverter it never gets above 3 amps total (again at 24 volts)
IMO, Inverter losses are quite small in these cases.
The old fridge compressors were running all the time whereas the new fridge's compressor switches off when the temperature inside the fridge gets to its set point.
Must be better insulation and door seals etc - I think this is where we get most of the saving.

So, to answer your about 12v wiring, if a good efficient domestic fridge were to be connected to a 12v system in place of an inefficient marine one, I must assume that the wiring would be ok.
i.e. if the 12v wiring was ok for the marine fridge, and you get the same increase in effeciency that I get, your 12v supply should be ok for the new fridge complete with its inverter.

I understand your point about peak load - but I couldn't find any theory that answer the peak load question.
So I chose to go "well over the top" - the inverter I use is 2Kw - it wasn't expensive but gives massive extra any peak load.

I watch the boat's DC carefully - we only run our generator to charge batteries - we even have solar panels to help the situation.
Changing the fridge saw a noticeable difference to the boat's background daily electric load.
 
Wow I was thinking of changing my current fridge (it still works) for a more upto date one, at the prices I have seen from the link I think I will wait. Can someone explain why they are so expensive ?
 
Coz it says “marine” ???

dometic are excellent fridges though. Used in camper conversions and alike so do come up on eBay here and there
 
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