Our Baba 30 refrigerator is configured the same way as Chuck's.
There is no front door but 2 top lids. The evaporator is starboard
and compressor is in the cockpit locker. We have 2 plexiglass
slotted shelves that fit side by side to divide the compartment into
2 sections top and bottom. Both are removable for cleaning. We use
the space much as Chuck describes. I don't think the fan will be
necessary either.

Phil
Adoxographi

>Cherie,
>
> My system is very similar, but very different. I also have an
>Adler Barbour setup but the compartment is divided into a top and
>bottom by a slotted shelf a foot or so below the two top lids (which
>open into port and starboard sides of the single compartment).
>Things that are used regularly are kept on top, bulk liquids (i.e.,
>the rest of the beer...) in the bottom. The starboard foot of the
>shelf comes out separately to access the bottom of the compartment,
>which is not quite as large as the top (kind of a stairstep
>configuration). Beer and everything else stays cold anywhere, ice
>cubes freeze only in the evaporator. A bottle of water jammed next
>to it would also freeze, but slower. Things will stay cold for about
>3 days on the house battery (225 AH) before it runs out of juice.
>(Of course, it's not that hot here).
>
> My suggestion would be to cut a nice hole, maybe near the
>bottom, in between the two compartments and forget the fans - things
>will equilibrate when it is closed. It could have a grate so things
>don't fall over, as long as the cold air can circulate it should
>stay at a relatively constant temperature throughout both
>compartments, with a gradient of cooler near the evaporator.
>(Unless, of course, the Adler Barbour system is too small for the
>space and/or you are in really hot climes, in which case it will do
>the best it can and the temperature will still be pretty similar
>throughout).
>
> If you minimize use of the front door, it should be
>remarkably efficient - cold air is heavier than warm and so pours
>out when a side door is opened but stays in when a top lid is opened.
>
> This would be the easiest and cheapest thing to try - you
>could always add fans or a bigger A-B or a genset later if you
>really need lots of cold beer and this doesn't work, but my bet is
>it will...
>
>Chuck Yingling
>Hinayana, Baba 30
>Sausalito
>
>>My current refrigeration system is comprised of a Adler Barbour
>>Cold Machine plus a rectangular evaporator installed in one side
>>(Port) of the refrigeration compartment. The compartment is divided
>>into two sections, as I'm sure most of yours are. There is a solid
>>piece of fiberglass between the two compartments, no holes nor gap
>>at top or bottom to circulate the cold. I guess the starboard side
>>is just supposed to stay cold by the common wall that separates
>>them. I have two separate lids for the tops and a front door that
>>opens to the starboard side.
>>
>>The port side stays nice and cool, The starboard side does not.
>>
>>One person suggested I cut a couple of holes in the common wall and
>>put a 12 volt fan that circulates the air when the compressor is
>>running. Another thought was to just add another evaporator in the
>>other side. However, I don't want to get into a situation where I'm
>>sucking too much juice out of my batteries - I have no generator.

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