Mahe 36: Refrigerator and Freezer

[blue manna]

Hello All,
We are finally posting some photos of our Mahe changes/upgrades. Many thanks to all who contribute to this forum for some fabulous ideas and learnings. Now it is time for us to share some ideas. We have included a few ideas from this forum on our Mahe hull #101 called Sojourn. Since taking delivery of Sojourn straight from the cargo ship in Fremantle Port, Western Australia in 2010 we have been busy learning to sail and prepare her for extended cruising north to the remote Kimberley region of WA. A shake down sail to North West Cape and return soon had us working on more refrigeration. We have posted some pics on how we added a Novacool fridge and freezer to the port side. This has allowed us to undertake extended cruising of 3-4 months without provisioning. (There are no accessible provisioning stops in the Kimberley) Next project was a water maker. We went with a Spectra desalinator. Details to be posted soon.
Cheers,
Janie and Kevin

[Seastream]

Nice! My wife wants to upsize our existing fridge by removing the countertop and putting in a taller fridge. I'm concerned with the weight, particularly once loaded.

[Seastream]

Blue Manna, what are the model numbers of your fridge/freezer?

[Nodge]

Slightly, off topic but, the fridge on my 2008 Mahe 36 just stopped working today, im hoping its just a fuse but i cant find a fuse anywhere in the boat.

Can anyone tell me where the fuse might be or what else the problem might be. I'm a new Mahe owner so appreciate I have a lot go learn.

Thanks

[rabbi]

Originally Posted by Nodge

Slightly, off topic but, the fridge on my 2008 Mahe 36 just stopped working today, im hoping its just a fuse but i cant find a fuse anywhere in the boat.

Can anyone tell me where the fuse might be or what else the problem might be. I'm a new Mahe owner so appreciate I have a lot go learn.

Thanks

As far as I can remember there is only two fuse boxes on the Mahe. One under the port aft bunk - left handside.
The other one on the starboard side and only accessible by removing the back panel of the front cabinet in the passage way.
I don't remember which one the fridge is wired to.

Each fuse box had a printed chart in the top cover listing the fuse numbers and circuits they protected.

If in doubt check the voltage at the fridge

[SVAscension]

Originally Posted by Nodge

Slightly, off topic but, the fridge on my 2008 Mahe 36 just stopped working today, im hoping its just a fuse but i cant find a fuse anywhere in the boat.

Can anyone tell me where the fuse might be or what else the problem might be. I'm a new Mahe owner so appreciate I have a lot go learn.

Thanks

Attached picture of the fuse box behind the fridge and a diagram of the details of the fuse boxes.

Scott

[Nodge]

Thank you so much, the fuse was indeed in the box behind the fridge and it had blown. I replaced it and this morning I will once again be enjoying cold milk on my cornflakes.

Thanks again.

[nepomuk1978]

Hi. I have a domestic crx110 fridge on my Mahe 36 (2007) on the starboard forward side of the saloon. I think this is the original place for the fridge. I want to replace it with an Engel Ck100. The Engel is a bit taller and slimmer with 780mm high and 520mm wide. Has anyone here done that? Does it fit or is it to tall? Any tips are appreciated as I’m not on my boat currently but want to order to install when I get there. Thanks and regards from Berlim. Aljoscha

[Kazamaran]

Hello Aljoscha. I just caught your thread and thought I’d throw in my two cents. I’ve had my original fridge out several times. There is some clearance to go bigger but not without some saw work on the front panel on all sides except bottom. But frankly, there’s not much room; left to right maybe an inch. You can’t go lower but you could saw higher. Maybe an inch or two. Not knowing the size of the unit you speak about I can’t comment on any fitment. If mine went down, I would just replace as it s somewhat of a standard. I carry a mini freezer when I go on long adventures and between the two it works great. I’ve sailed two times for 5-6 months and with expert prepackaged portions from the admiral we never had to buy meat or fish. We did hit restaurants every now and then, but mostly barbque’d off the back. We also carry a mini hot plate cooker that’s very energy efficient and cooks everything in small portions. Ran the whole way on an inverter and solar. I start our Honda generator every now and then so it doesn’t get cobwebs. 700 watts of solar and an inverter and we never had problem with powering up either of those items as well as the rest of the boat. I don’t know that I answered your question but thought I’d share. Cheers and good luck…

[nepomuk1978]

Hi Kazamaran,

thanks so much for your kind answer! The new fridge would have the dimensions 780mm high and 520mm wide. Do you think this can fit if I do a bit of sawing?

Thanks and regards!

Aljoscha