Text Box: . Text Box: * The The Cold Facts, Cruising World Magazine, June 1995. All tests conducted in a controlled tropical environment on a 5 cu ft refrigerator and 3 cu ft freezer with 4" of insulation. Additional heat load was added to simulate daily use of the boxes by a live-aboard couple ** Totals do not add up due to simultaneous pull-down of refrigerator and freezer plates. *** Temperatures maintained outside test parameters Return to the Technical Library.

 

 

PLACE

MANUFACTURER

REFRIGERATOR

FREEZER

TOTAL

1

GLACIER BAY

12.2

44.9

57.1

2

GRUNERT

29.1

55.2

84.3

3

TECHNICOLD

31.9

69.7

101.6

4

CROSBY

36.7

69.0

105.7

5

TECHNAUTICS

31.1

77.1

108.2

PLACE

MANUFACTURER

REFRIGERATOR

FREEZER

TOTAL**

1

GLACIER BAY

.27

1.1

1.1

2

TECHNICOLD

.43

1.4

1.4

3

SEA FROST

.35

1.6

1.6

4

GRUNERT

1.10

1.6

1.6

5

TECHNAUTICS

.42

2.0

2.0

MANUFACTURER

REFRIGERATOR

PLACE

FREEZER

PLACE

GLACIER BAY

98.7

1

19.9

1

SEA FROST

78.4***

2

12.5

4

TECHNICOLD

56.4

3

13.5

3

CROSBY

49.0

4

16.2

2

TECHNAUTICS

32.1

5

6.5

6

GRUNERT

23.3

6

6.9

5