Brian,If you can work up a cad drawling to be able to send to me, I can fabricate anything to spec.A door is a door, it's not rocket science... or it can be if you want some star trek kinda door
If you are concerned with how long it will cool on battery power then you need to shop for the lowest energy usage. All refrigerators have, because of fedral law, a sticker giving the kilowatt hours consumed per year. Lower is better! If you want a fairly large refrigerator, check out the Avanti 1201w-1, 11cu ft, it is rated to consume 277KWh/year which equates to an aveage of 31.62 watts. A litle (8.7 cu ft)., but without much freezer space is the Avanti RM901W which at 230 kwh/year or about 26.25 watts average, is getting right down with Sunfrost. I chose to go even smaller but with a much larger freezer behind a second door I chose the Avanti 651 wt1 (I actually got the ss653 which is the stainless version). This is only a 6.3 cu ft unit but it's plenty for my use and its rated draw is 254 kwh/yr or about 29 watts average. After I got mine I ran it overnight through a "Kil-a-watt" power measuring toy. I recorded an average use of 26 watts over 24 hours. Then I added insulation, 1" to the back, sides and bottom and 1 1/2" to the top. I had to relocate the compressor and remount the coils on the back. I used 1/2" sheets of 'Rmax" (r7/ inch) material and glued it on and taped all the seams. After adding the insulation I did another 24 hour run and recorded an average of 19 watts. So adding insulation is very much worth the effort.RegardsJerry 4107 1120
Jim, did I get this right, he's purchased a "normal" household fridge, cut the stock compresor out and is installing a Danfoss?Interesting idea. Nick, any nasties you can think of in doing this? For me there's a good chance if I do this I'd get a much bettersize match for what I want in a fridge, for less money than buying a Tundra or Novakool... verrrrry interesting idea...Gary
Nick,What are the dimensions, they look real nice. Where did you get them?Happy Trails,PaulDreamscape