Recharge a Boat REFRIGERATOR [Capable Cruising Guides]

Want to know how to recharge your refrigerator yourself? It’s really not that difficult. In this video we take you through the process of making sure you have just the right amount of refrigerant in your system.

This is the third and final part in our mini series on how refrigeration works.

As any of our longtime viewers know we also have a solar panel and battery driven air conditioner onboard. It’s something I developed and has been working well for us here in the tropics. It looks like a company might pick it up as a product. That means you could have AC in your boat without a generator that’s no harder to install then an isotherm unit.
There will be a video on that soon.

IN THIS VIDEO:
– Introduction [00:00]
– Symptom [00:55]
– Air Conditioner [03:20]
– Hook up hoses [03:40]
– Sniffer [06:00]
– Buy gas [06:35]
– Adding gas [08:05]
– Done yet? [10:30]
– How much [13:00]
– Water condenser [17:50]
– Removing hoses [20:05]
– we’re done [22:15]

LINKS TO SPARE PARTS (includes affiliate links):
Compressor controller: https://amzn.to/2Qkg8kl
Fan: https://amzn.to/3vfkTKx
Thermostat: https://amzn.to/3nhqCN5

LINKS TO REPAIR TOOLS & PARTS (includes affiliate links):
Gauge set: https://amzn.to/3xooeZU
Flare tool: https://amzn.to/3tT9kZu
Tubing cutter: https://amzn.to/3aBWk2v
Propane torch: https://amzn.to/32I6ryr
Solder: https://amzn.to/3tZWecA
Flux: https://amzn.to/3sN4o75
Vacuum pump: https://amzn.to/32JU5pK
Can tap: https://amzn.to/3sHDddP
134a gas: https://amzn.to/3vfpkVU
Tube expander: https://amzn.to/32IOvDY
Leak detector: https://amzn.to/3tOMouj

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