rtrafford
09-13-2004, 12:32 AM
new for my 53c rebuild...
pulled the cockpit sole for ease of all of the replacement, refit to be done in the lazarette as well as to rebuild the stringer system with something more secure than what was existing...
mine had a live well in the small hatch center/forward of the cockpit. not fond of such things, i chose to remove/destroy it, clean up all aspects of the cockpit, restructure the deck support system, and then glass the deck back in. (of course i'm rebuilding the steering, refastening the stringers, modifying the exhaust, etc while she's open...)
we're building an ice box, fiberglass with roughly 3 inches of insulation and mounting it in the place of the live well. access will be through the small hatch in the deck. in construction we're wrapping roughly 100 feet of refer coil tube inbetween the glass and the foam, glassing it into place as we go. the box will be roughly 24 inches deep, and 30 by 36 or thereabouts.
we've been instructed to fasten these coil leads to a 1/4 hp refer system, plumb the box with a thermostat, and we'll have the capacity to dial her up or down to refrigerate, freeze, or shut it down and use it as an ice box, with a drain leading to the bilge. likely will use a self contained sump to exhaust the drippings.
i'm thinking we'll use a household unit to cool the system to avoid the use of yet another water source on board for heat exchanging. planning as of now to build a platform under the deck and mount it immediately aft of the new box.
had originally planned on simply building an ice box, later having the option of adding cold plates, but cold plates are often cumbersome in terms of cleanliness, and there was little way to add cold plates later on through the small deck opening!
i was told cold plates for such a box would run close to $2500, and our coil option, although costing more time in construction, cost us less than $100 plus the refer unit.
ideas, never have enough of them!
pulled the cockpit sole for ease of all of the replacement, refit to be done in the lazarette as well as to rebuild the stringer system with something more secure than what was existing...
mine had a live well in the small hatch center/forward of the cockpit. not fond of such things, i chose to remove/destroy it, clean up all aspects of the cockpit, restructure the deck support system, and then glass the deck back in. (of course i'm rebuilding the steering, refastening the stringers, modifying the exhaust, etc while she's open...)
we're building an ice box, fiberglass with roughly 3 inches of insulation and mounting it in the place of the live well. access will be through the small hatch in the deck. in construction we're wrapping roughly 100 feet of refer coil tube inbetween the glass and the foam, glassing it into place as we go. the box will be roughly 24 inches deep, and 30 by 36 or thereabouts.
we've been instructed to fasten these coil leads to a 1/4 hp refer system, plumb the box with a thermostat, and we'll have the capacity to dial her up or down to refrigerate, freeze, or shut it down and use it as an ice box, with a drain leading to the bilge. likely will use a self contained sump to exhaust the drippings.
i'm thinking we'll use a household unit to cool the system to avoid the use of yet another water source on board for heat exchanging. planning as of now to build a platform under the deck and mount it immediately aft of the new box.
had originally planned on simply building an ice box, later having the option of adding cold plates, but cold plates are often cumbersome in terms of cleanliness, and there was little way to add cold plates later on through the small deck opening!
i was told cold plates for such a box would run close to $2500, and our coil option, although costing more time in construction, cost us less than $100 plus the refer unit.
ideas, never have enough of them!