Self Sufficiency On Board During These Times

[PaulN]

Thought I might share this as it has been so successful. 

When this pandemic started, my wife received a Government letter saying she should shield as she is one of the most vulnerable, no doubt some other members received one as well. We therefore decided that when we came out of lock down (4th July), we didn't fancy going to pubs to eat, nor visit shops if we could avoid them and thought a decent freezer on board would be good.

We therefore purchased a 40 litre freezer from ebay, which has been brilliant. It holds a large amount of food milk etc, which we bring from our freezer at home, which stays frozen in a plastic box during the car journey (the milk helps, as it's a giant ice cube). 

It sits on top of our engine housing which is amid ships, where I added an extra socket outlet off the ring main. It is very quiet, doesn't use much power and runs off the inverter if we are not plugged into shore power. It doesn't defrost if not connected for a couple of hours or so. 

Thought I'd share this in case anyone else is interested