- Jun 5, 2016
- 5,641
- Boat Info
- 410 Sundancer
2001
12" Axiom and 9" Axiom+ MFD
- Engines
- Cat 3126 V-Drives
Bought an Isotherm Cruise Elegance 65 AC/DC refrigerator in Black to replace my Norcold DE-451. I thought I'd do a review of it as this come up a lot.
Purchase and Shipping - I purchased from Marinewarehouse.net. Best price I could find, great communication, and they double boxed the unit on a pallet. I had it delivered to a local freight yard instead of the house and saved $130.
Looks - This unit very nice - very shiny (better be)! The door latch is plastic, but the door shuts tight and takes a little tug on the door edge to get it open. There is a 2 position locking mechanism, that will either pull the door shut, or in the off season, keep the door slightly ajar. The cooling equipment is on the the top back and is very quiet. Everything is well insulated, and tidy. Looks very solid. Looks like this fridge will hold about 48 12 oz cans, 5 rows, 4 deep in the main cavity/shelf, and 8 cans in the door. The door has dividers to prevent the cans from sliding around.
Initial Power Up and Cooling - I set this up in may garage to do a little testing prior to installing in the boat. Unit comes with both 12V DC leads , and a 120V AC plug. Initially, I plugged it into AC power and set it to 7, and added a case of cans. I also filled the little ice tray just to see if it would make ice cubes (It does, but hardly enough for 1 G&T ). I let the unit run overnight. I checked it a couple time over the next 24 hours, and it seemed that the compressor never turned off at this setting, and the internal temp was 25* Thats some cold beer! I turned the unit down to about a 5 on the thermostat wheel, and the compressor has been cycling on/off. Once It settle down, I'll report the temperature at this setting.
Note...Initial Post, adding pics
Purchase and Shipping - I purchased from Marinewarehouse.net. Best price I could find, great communication, and they double boxed the unit on a pallet. I had it delivered to a local freight yard instead of the house and saved $130.
Looks - This unit very nice - very shiny (better be)! The door latch is plastic, but the door shuts tight and takes a little tug on the door edge to get it open. There is a 2 position locking mechanism, that will either pull the door shut, or in the off season, keep the door slightly ajar. The cooling equipment is on the the top back and is very quiet. Everything is well insulated, and tidy. Looks very solid. Looks like this fridge will hold about 48 12 oz cans, 5 rows, 4 deep in the main cavity/shelf, and 8 cans in the door. The door has dividers to prevent the cans from sliding around.
Initial Power Up and Cooling - I set this up in may garage to do a little testing prior to installing in the boat. Unit comes with both 12V DC leads , and a 120V AC plug. Initially, I plugged it into AC power and set it to 7, and added a case of cans. I also filled the little ice tray just to see if it would make ice cubes (It does, but hardly enough for 1 G&T ). I let the unit run overnight. I checked it a couple time over the next 24 hours, and it seemed that the compressor never turned off at this setting, and the internal temp was 25* Thats some cold beer! I turned the unit down to about a 5 on the thermostat wheel, and the compressor has been cycling on/off. Once It settle down, I'll report the temperature at this setting.
Note...Initial Post, adding pics
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