Refrigeration!
Part #1 in a series Anyone who has read this blog knows that keeping drinks cool is a big deal on BlueJ. Our hot summers, coupled with big thirst after a long race, make this an essential part of crew harmony. But what is best? For sure there is no perfect single solution for everyone, but here's our ideal. As some know, for years we have been using a soft side cooler in the fixed icebox. This was done because adding ice to a hot icebox simply melted the ice and cooled the box down a few degrees. Maybe this would work for longer trips, but doing this 2-3 times a week was never going to work. So we carried on with the cooler. Now I had long thought about adding a evaporator/compressor refrigeration system to BlueJ, but I had a list of questions and concerns. Will the plate fit in the box? Is there enough insulation? How much battery will this consume? Where will the compressor go? Will I need an AC/DC version? I started to investigate. First I picked a vendor of choi