- Messages
- 13,385
- Reaction score
- 13,502
- Points
- 857
- Location
- Royal, AR
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2007
- Boat Model
- SX
- Boat Length
- 23
In the rush up to the Bimini trip I installed this refrigerator in our SX230. This has been on my to do list for a long time as getting ice often adds a lot of extra time to our outing prep. I even considered installing this or a similar unit in our LX210. The total cost was a little under $600.
Prior to installing I a ran a test in my garage to see what the battery consumption might be. I used an Interstate Group 27M deep cycle battery which is around a 100AH battery. The voltage decreased from 12.64 to 12.35 after 27 hours of running during which I opened it approximately four times to check the temperature of the water bottles I had placed inside and to drink one which I found to be pleasantly chilled. The voltage drop equates to 95% charge to 70% charge. So around 1% or 1AH per hour. I have two group 31 batteries in the boat so I should be able to run it without any charging for four days before triggering the low voltage disconnect. The CD-030 has a LVD built in and I have Blue Seas LVD on my house circuitry.
The CD-030 has a detachable compressor on the back. I thought that I might need to detach the compressor and mount it to the side of the unit to make it fit. Fortunately it fit without doing so. The exterior dimensions are 17"W x 9.8"H x 28.7"D including the compressor.
The best price I could find on the unit was from http://www.suremarineservice.com/CD-030DCW.aspx?gclid=CIHCirmJvL8CFc3m7Aod3DIAuA . They shipped promptly and it arrived a few days after ordering.
This is how it appears installed. Please notice that I had to remove part of the rear of the cushion above the refrigerator. I had not accounted for this and was probably the most difficult part of the install.
And this is the drawer full of drinks. If you count there are 29 inside. The back left is a starbucks refresher which is a tall can. In front of it is a coke zero can. The control visible top right adjusts the temperature and I understand is capable of turning it into a freezer, it also turns the unit off when turned all the way to the left.
Under the seat I enlarged the hole for the mesh cut in that was previously in this location and used a double stack of 2x4s to shim the back and a 2x4 and piece of 1/2" plywood to shim the front.
The mounts that came with the CD-030 would not mate to my shims. I drilled new holes in them. I was able to install mounts at the front and back of the unit on the aft side. I could not get to the fore side to install mounts so I decided to test it with mounts on one side. So far it has worked very well and that includes two Gulf Stream crossings.
In the open drawer picture you can see that I installed (caulked down) aluminum angle under the bottom edge of the CD-030 before installing. I plan to install aluminum trim around the unit in a picture frame style. The remainder will be screwed to the fiberglass and serve to further secure the unit and support the fiberglass.
For the Bimini trip we took a marine ice chest to transport groceries and the hams to Bimini. After unloading the ice chest we gave away our ice and did not need ice for the remainder of the trip. The CD-030 served us well. It always held enough drinks and food for our family of four. I even put our freshly caught fish into zip lock bags and then into the CD-030. I checked an hour later and found them to be fully chilled. I had planned to precool drinks in the room them add them to the refrigerator but most of the drinks never made it out of the boat and we used the CD-030 to cool them. On our return trip we had some steak and pork chops that we had not eaten. We placed them in the CD-030 Saturday morning and they were still cold and it was still running when we unpacked them Monday night.
We took my parents and two nephews out on Lake Ouachita earlier this week. We packed drinks and lunch for our group of eight into the refrigerator. When we pulled out at the ramp we still had cold drinks for everyone in there.
This is probably the best accessory I have ever added to our boat.
Prior to installing I a ran a test in my garage to see what the battery consumption might be. I used an Interstate Group 27M deep cycle battery which is around a 100AH battery. The voltage decreased from 12.64 to 12.35 after 27 hours of running during which I opened it approximately four times to check the temperature of the water bottles I had placed inside and to drink one which I found to be pleasantly chilled. The voltage drop equates to 95% charge to 70% charge. So around 1% or 1AH per hour. I have two group 31 batteries in the boat so I should be able to run it without any charging for four days before triggering the low voltage disconnect. The CD-030 has a LVD built in and I have Blue Seas LVD on my house circuitry.
The CD-030 has a detachable compressor on the back. I thought that I might need to detach the compressor and mount it to the side of the unit to make it fit. Fortunately it fit without doing so. The exterior dimensions are 17"W x 9.8"H x 28.7"D including the compressor.
The best price I could find on the unit was from http://www.suremarineservice.com/CD-030DCW.aspx?gclid=CIHCirmJvL8CFc3m7Aod3DIAuA . They shipped promptly and it arrived a few days after ordering.
This is how it appears installed. Please notice that I had to remove part of the rear of the cushion above the refrigerator. I had not accounted for this and was probably the most difficult part of the install.
And this is the drawer full of drinks. If you count there are 29 inside. The back left is a starbucks refresher which is a tall can. In front of it is a coke zero can. The control visible top right adjusts the temperature and I understand is capable of turning it into a freezer, it also turns the unit off when turned all the way to the left.
Under the seat I enlarged the hole for the mesh cut in that was previously in this location and used a double stack of 2x4s to shim the back and a 2x4 and piece of 1/2" plywood to shim the front.
The mounts that came with the CD-030 would not mate to my shims. I drilled new holes in them. I was able to install mounts at the front and back of the unit on the aft side. I could not get to the fore side to install mounts so I decided to test it with mounts on one side. So far it has worked very well and that includes two Gulf Stream crossings.
In the open drawer picture you can see that I installed (caulked down) aluminum angle under the bottom edge of the CD-030 before installing. I plan to install aluminum trim around the unit in a picture frame style. The remainder will be screwed to the fiberglass and serve to further secure the unit and support the fiberglass.
For the Bimini trip we took a marine ice chest to transport groceries and the hams to Bimini. After unloading the ice chest we gave away our ice and did not need ice for the remainder of the trip. The CD-030 served us well. It always held enough drinks and food for our family of four. I even put our freshly caught fish into zip lock bags and then into the CD-030. I checked an hour later and found them to be fully chilled. I had planned to precool drinks in the room them add them to the refrigerator but most of the drinks never made it out of the boat and we used the CD-030 to cool them. On our return trip we had some steak and pork chops that we had not eaten. We placed them in the CD-030 Saturday morning and they were still cold and it was still running when we unpacked them Monday night.
We took my parents and two nephews out on Lake Ouachita earlier this week. We packed drinks and lunch for our group of eight into the refrigerator. When we pulled out at the ramp we still had cold drinks for everyone in there.
This is probably the best accessory I have ever added to our boat.
