Various boat projects and ideas related to boating in general. Feel free to contribute your project. We are looking for the unusual; the new or different technique; or boat improvement project or product that others may find useful. Please email us at solaceadventures at gmail dot com to tell us about something you might have, to put on our blog site. Please, limit your comments to the subject or item(s) discussed. Businesses posting, that don't adhere to this, will be deleted.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
I need your help please
We are off cruising now for the next two years. Projects on my boat have started to come to an end. I'm hoping that some of you out there will contribute some of your projects to me to post here. My email address is in the header and that is the best way while out at sea. I look forward to hearing from you and your boat project that show's your skill, thoughts, ingenuity, and generally just makes life simpler while on board. Catch you later after a 12 day passage.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Fridge and Freezer Temperature Monitoring
We have recently changed our method (compressors and evaporator plates) to our fridge and freezer. We wanted a reliable method to monitor the temperatures with out extra wiring. We have tried the manual thermometer, but found them less than satisfactory due to having to open up the boxes to read the temperature. We came across these wireless "indoor, outdoor temperature monitors" on ebay for a reasonable cost. This model has one LED monitor, with two sender units. It is able to monitor two temperatures at a time. We put one sensor in each box, and the LED monitor in the galley in a convenient place. They have been going two years with only one battery change. They measure about 2.75 inches square each.