Looking for a fridge/freezer

[mainshiptom]

Having an american boat which is now 20 years old I am replacing and fixing lots.Autopilot motor replaced,new microwave and hobs and Oven. all electric no gas on board.

now I am looking for a fridge freezer ideally with ice maker but size might be an issue
122cm by 53cm

looking on line not many option for 240/12 Volts?

could go for just 240 but that would mean running genie lots

or I could go higher to 162cm losing microwave..

any ideas?

 

[Nick Wight]

Yes, we too have an American boat and at 12 years everything began to fail and I've now replaced just about every system component on the boat.

For 12vdc/240vac fridges, freezers and parts, try Penguin Refrigeration Ltd -- but these things are just so expensive when compared with a household fridge/freezer.

 

[Hurricane]

I didn't bother looking for a 12v/24v DC fridge.
I went straight for a domestic mains powered fridge and bought an inverter just for it.
The big problem we had was that is an upright fridge freezer with 60/40 split doors.
The marine Dometic replacement fridge was just short of £2000 and contains two compressors.
That coupled with very poor insulation makes the marine Dometic replacement for our boat very inefficient.
By using a normal domestic fridge, I found lots of options.
One was a Bosch with a high A* rating - only uses a single compressor.
The difference in consumption is dramatic.
The old marine Dometic fridge consumed over 3amps (at 24v) per compressor (total of 6a plus).
The new one's max consumption is 3 amps (at 24v) and being well insulated, doesn't run all the time.

So, my advice is scrap the idea of using a marine fridge and go for what you want by selecting a domestic fridge.
Then drive it from an inverter.
And it will also be cheaper to buy - even with an inverter.
And, if you oversize the inverter, you can use it for other things as well - as a backup.
For example, my entertainment inverter packed up 4 months ago so I patched the fridge inverter in until I could fit a replacement entertainment inverter.

So, back to the OP question.
Look for your ideal fridge freezer with ice maker but don't limit yourself to a 12v/24v model.

Have a look at this video of a sailing catamaran (Bali 4.3)
Go to 1min 49 secs into the video.
You will see that even yachties can fit domestic fridge freezers.
And that fridge is factory fitted as standard on the Bali 4.3

 

[mainshiptom]

I didn't bother looking for a 12v/24v DC fridge.
I went straight for a domestic mains powered fridge and bought an inverter just for it.
The big problem we had was that is an upright fridge freezer with 60/40 split doors.
The marine Dometic replacement fridge was just short of £2000 and contains two compressors.
That coupled with very poor insulation makes the marine Dometic replacement for our boat very inefficient.
By using a normal domestic fridge, I found lots of options.
One was a Bosch with a high A* rating - only uses a single compressor.
The difference in consumption is dramatic.
The old marine Dometic fridge consumed over 3amps (at 24v) per compressor (total of 6a plus).
The new one's max consumption is 3 amps (at 24v) and being well insulated, doesn't run all the time.

So, my advice is scrap the idea of using a marine fridge and go for what you want by selecting a domestic fridge.
Then drive it from an inverter.
And it will also be cheaper to buy - even with an inverter.
And, if you oversize the inverter, you can use it for other things as well - as a backup.
For example, my entertainment inverter packed up 4 months ago so I patched the fridge inverter in until I could fit a replacement entertainment inverter.

So, back to the OP question.
Look for your ideal fridge freezer with ice maker but don't limit yourself to a 12v/24v model.

Have a look at this video of a sailing catamaran (Bali 4.3)
Go to 1min 49 secs into the video.
You will see that even yachties can fit domestic fridge freezers.
And that fridge is factory fitted as standard on the Bali 4.3

Thanks Hurricane

What a good Idea and will save lots ! I love the diswasher on the Bali who makes them?

Thanks again Tom