Waeco CU55 fridge box, VD07 "O" cooling plate orientation...?

[MagicalArmchair]

As well as the grim job of smashing my mast truss out, I'm doing some more fun jobs like refitting the galley with a fridge and a Corian work surface.

My fridge box is made with Robbins marine ply, a layer of glass matting, and three coats of white pigmented epoxy. I have my Celorex ready to insulate it, and before I cut the lid in the top and epoxy on the final side on, I want to fit the cooling plate. Does it matter which way up this goes? The instructions (edit: http://www.waeco.co.uk/docs/Cooling around the world new.pdf) are unclear:

It fits better this way up with a gap either end so cool air will still fall down:

This way up it doesn't quite fit, the box would need a little modification:

Also, I was going to epoxy the pipe in to make a seal. Good idea? Or just make a hole to pass the pipe through and seal with silicon sealant so it's easier to remove? (edit: They suggest foam! Doesn't sound very enduring or tidy to me...)

Any other tip before I seal and install the fridge box?

 

[MagicalArmchair]

Ignore me, found the answer after copious googling here:

http://assets.waeco.com/_pdf/WAECO_ColdMachine.pdf



Modification it is then!!

 

[nigelmercier]

The instructions for mine showed it like your first image. [Edit] I misunderstood you image, make that the second!

I used foam in the hole, having masked the edge inside of the box where I later used silicone.

 

[MagicalArmchair]

Thanks Nigel. When attaching the thermometer probe, what do you actually screw it to? They suggest:

Mechanical thermostat
The temperature regulator can be mounted either on the outside or inside of
the cooling container. The interior temperature is regulated depending on the
surface temperature of the vaporiser, or for VD-14N and VD-15, depending
on the room temperature.
➤ Connect the coiled end of the sensor cable to the vaporiser (not VD-14N,
VD-15) using the clamping plate. This is premounted on VD-14N, VD-15.
➤ Make sure that the sensor line does not make contact anywhere else with
the vaporiser or with the suction line.

And then we get a lovely image of the probe floating about in the air:

I read it as you attach it to the cooling plate, but it doesn't make it clear where exactly on the cooling plate to 'clamp' it?

 

[duncan99210]

Not exactly the same plate but by the same maker, our sensor is clamped to the edge of the plate furthest away from the entry point for the pipes.

 

[Pasarell]

I installed mine as per your first photo, then realised I couldn't have an ice tray so turned it round. With a 65 litre fridge it makes ice on setting 1. My pipe entry is sealed with sealant and the sensor attached to the condenser plate on the side furthest from pipe entry. Really pleased with the system and its efficiency 5 years on from fitting

 

[KAL]

I installed mine as per your first photo, then realised I couldn't have an ice tray so turned it round. With a 65 litre fridge it makes ice on setting 1. My pipe entry is sealed with sealant and the sensor attached to the condenser plate on the side furthest from pipe entry. Really pleased with the system and its efficiency 5 years on from fitting

I couldn't fit it horizontally, due to space constraints, so fitted it as per pic 1. Was disappointed not to be able to make ice, but got around that by hanging ice cube bags over the top. Magic.