June 2023
I jury rigged the 'fridge to use one of the water tanks as a cooling water source and it seems to work.
I note that it drains into the bilge, I will need to add a cactchment bottle.
May 2023
Sakura is equipped with her original ISOtherm seawater cooled holding plate fridge. This was noted on the survey as follows:
In my initial January inspection I had noticed that the fridge did create coolness/remove heat. I did not have time to explore further. Later, reading the manual, I noted that the system is seawater cooled. So, the survey may simply be describing the behaviour of the system in the absense of seawater cooling. In May I did use the fridge, short cycling as described, to keep some food cool while I was working.
The manual also details the need for a freezer partition (not found aboard) in order to effectively regulate the the interior temperature. (freezing vs not)