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have gathered there. If the alarm no longer sounds and you do not smell gas you can proceed to turn
on the gas at the tank if you need to use the stove but monitor the situation carefully.
Refrigeration
The REFRIGERATOR operates on 12-volt power. Carefully monitor the use of the refrigerator
when the engine is not charging the 12-volt battery system, such as when you are at anchor.
There is both a breaker on the DC panel and a thermostat in the locker above the refrigerator. AYC
will supplement you with 2 bags of
ice.
Placing one of them in the refrigerator and the other in your
cooler if you have one will provide more stable temperatures in the refrigerator and give you a way of
keeping your afternoon beverages cool.
The refrigerator thermostat in the cabinet above the refrigerator reads from 1 to 7 with 7 being the
coldest setting. Placing the thermostat on 7 will eventually produce frozen goods on both sides of the
refrigerator not to mention placing an unnecessary load on the house battery. There should be
refrigerator thermometers in both sides of the refrigerator. If you set the thermostat to 4 you should
be able to maintain about 40° F on the left side and 20° F on the right, while on shore power or
motoring. The thermometers will give more accurate readings if you put them a few inches from the
top of the things you are storing in the refrigerator. For instance you could place a bag of lettuce over
the thermometer on the left side.
Consider turning the refrigerator breaker off at night
or lowering the thermostat to 1 or 2 when
anchored or on a mooring buoy to prevent drainage of the battery. Use a cooler when possible for all
your drinks. This will you keep the refrigerator door closed as much as possible.
Pump out excess water in fridge as follows: (1) Turn on shower pump breaker on DC panel. (2) push
and hold the labeled button above the fridge.
HEATING
Espar Diesel Hydronic Heater
The Espar diesel hydronic heater is located in the locker aft of the port cabin. It provides heat in the
same way as a household furnace.
Check the exhaust port on the starboard transom to make certain that no obstruction such as a fender
or line exists. Flip up the toggle switch on the thermostat , located at the Nav station and set the
temperature to the desired temperature. You will hear the heater start to run in the aft compartment
accompanied by a steady clicking by the fuel pump. This sounds like water dripping under the port
bunk.
Let the furnace run at least 30 minutes before turning it off. Turn the furnace off with the toggle
switch after reducing thermostat setting to a point where furnace fan stops.
ELECTRONICS
All electronic manuals are located under the Nav Station table.
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