retrofitting an old fridge unit on a 38' oceanis

[mkovner]

we have a 2001 oceanis with an adler barbour freezer unit. the cold is supposed to go to the fridge, and then there is a fan to blow that into the fridge. both fridge and freezer are very large and i would be willing to lose space to get the system working better. has anyone split the system so that each has it's own cooling unit? any other suggestions for a retrofit? thanks

[a64pilot]

There are many ways to do what you want, separate systems is one way.
In truth do some searching around here, there are many threads, but adding insulation is always a good thing, making it smaller also cuts down on requirements.
I went with a Cool Blue, but there are many out there thankfully, some water cooled, some keel cooled, some air cooled. Each has its proponents, then there are of course the portable fridge / freezers, Engel is seemingly the favorite, but expensive, and there are drop ins where you remove your entire box and drop in a self contained replacement.
Good news is you have many options, bad news is you need to pick one.

[mkovner]

thanks -- tell me more about your cool blue.
mk