Fridge Insulation

[elrika12]

I am looking to retro fit a fridge with 150mm insulation. Does anyone know of a company that can provide a bespoke tank lining? Thanks

 

[syfuga]

Try foam for fridge insulation

We have a freezer with about that amount of insulation.

Buy foam filler (I forget the proper name) from a builders merchant in aerosol cans and squirt it in..

 

[Chris_Robb]

I am looking to retro fit a fridge with 150mm insulation. Does anyone know of a company that can provide a bespoke tank lining? Thanks

I had my liner made by Tec-tanks, and the refridgeration supplied by Penguin.

http://www.tek-tanks.com/

http://www.penguinfrigo.co.uk/

The Penguin site is quite useful - it has a volume measurer, so that you can play around with the effect of increasing or decreasing the insulation.

It is generally agreed that 4 inches is really quite enough for tropical waters.

 

[elrika12]

Thanks Rob, I will contact both companies and see what they can do for me.

 

[Sy-Revolution]

I'm thinking about fitting a freezer into a spare locker. However 150mm of insulation's not going to leave much room for the veg. Has anyone tried a combination of say 50mm foam and that silvery foil + fluffy stuff that folks are using in lofts these days, and/or the silver bubble wrap stuff, in a type of sandwich?

Cheers,

Crispin

 

[Chris_Robb]

I'm thinking about fitting a freezer into a spare locker. However 150mm of insulation's not going to leave much room for the veg. Has anyone tried a combination of say 50mm foam and that silvery foil + fluffy stuff that folks are using in lofts these days, and/or the silver bubble wrap stuff, in a type of sandwich?

Cheers,

Crispin

Having built a new fridge from scratch last winter (see above for links) Penguin recomended 100 mm of foam (4 inches.) as the perfect solution. I used builders insulating board in 1 inch layers - it comes silvered. I actually only used 3 inches as the space was going to be too small. I ended up with 100ltrs approx. The lids are only 2 in thick, I would ask for them to be made to 2.5 or 3, as the surface in the galley gets quite cold and wet.

I have not exposed it to Med temps yet, but we did have a couple of days when the temp was 28C, and it held the freezer side down to -15C.

So get as much in as possible

 

[tobble]

kingspan or similar is the way to go. much superior for this purpose - more insulating, per inch of thickness than rock wool, and not prone to sagging (houses don't slam when beating to windward...)

however, if you get stuff with foil on, be sure to peel it of at the joints so you don't form a thermal bridge. the idea of using expanding foam to fill the gaps is a good one.

however I think your orignal qustion was about the liner - if you can find a storage box or bin that fits it'll be infinetly cheaper than getting one custom made.

I've also seen people do it DIY with sheets of melamine or similar, and proprietry edge sealing strips or sika or silicone.

 

[tri39]

I had my liner made by tektank but only allowed 2ins for insulation which wasn't enough.
I corrected this by the simple expedient of adding 1in polystyrene sheets inside.
We can now freeze beer! A fridge needs to be "full" to work well. So a full small fridge works much better than a large empty fridge.