The new fridge cooling unit is here!
 It's a Nova Cool with 3 evaporator plates.
This has been something I wanted to get to since I bought the boat. It got kicked down the list again and again. We used a plug in unit to get by. The cooler on this boat is huge. almost 7 square feet. It will be great to get it operational. 

I built an aluminum bracket to mount the
compressor unit on. It will have plastic
UHMW insert below and above the hold 
down screws. This is to reduce vibration.

 This aluminum arm is sticking out at the bottom is to receive a section of angle that will support the two copper lines before the fittings.

 Something like this

 I have to rebuild the shelf that it sits on- located on top of the hot water tank.  It was somebodies shop project in grade school I think. The evaporator plates need some thinking too.  Top loaders are a hassle when you need something at the bottom. I want to build some kind of insert that pulls everything out from part of the box. This also means I need more battery power but that was a problem last year when we sat on the hook.
Lots to do. January is half over. Got that going for me.