[C38] Insulation material for icebox

[Russ and Karleen Duff]

I added the 2" pink stuff to the inside and laid some epoxy over it. It
holds ice for quite a long time now.

Russ and Karleen Duff

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[mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of Les
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 1:22 PM
To: Catalina 38 Listserve
Subject: Re: [C38] Insulation material for icebox

I used a blue colored foam product which is designed for building walk
in Refrigerators.  It is sold in large sheets or sometimes in small cut
sections.

	I don't remember the name of the product, but I believe I posted it
earlier in another forum message.  It should be searchable, and I will
check.  If I can find the product name, I will send it to you.  But
given your field of work, you probably know the suppliers in your area,
so check out the foam products used for walk in refers.  On JACE I
didn't want to tear everything out, and the refer was larger than Nancy
and I needed, so I simply lined the inside of the refer with about 1" of
this stuff.  It reduced the cycle time of the compressor from about 55%
on time before to about 25% after installing the foam, a 30% savings or
about 20AH/day.  The refer is still the largest draw by far, but at
least it is now manageable on the solar panels.

Regards,
Les H
On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 14:14 -0600, Max Soto wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> 
> I think that we had this subject a while ago but I haven't been able
> to locate the file on the C38  webpage.
> 
> 
> I remember someone mentioned that installed a new insulation material
> for the Ice box  that is supposed to be a lot better than
> polyurethane.
> 
> 
> Do any of you remember this material's name or brand so I can check if
> there is a dealer here in Costa Rica???
> 
> 
> I'm going to install a small Frigoboat system on the box at the left
> side of the sink, which has no insulation at all, but I was looking at
> other options before I buy some polyurethane spray cans at the
> hardware store!! 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> 
> Max Soto
> C38 #198 ESTANCIA
> Puntarenas, Costa Rica
> 
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