In-boat cooler insulation

[bzubke1]

I understand your thinking but with Oil not sure your Bilge pump can pump that out and even if it does you dont want a patrol of any sort to see that.

You can be charged up to 1 mill in damages for environmental. I would at least keep the oils in a plastic bag of some sort.

They are in two wal-mart bags. So the oil should never actually get to the bilge.

[mmandley]

They are in two wal-mart bags. So the oil should never actually get to the bilge.

Sweet then your golden bro

[DOCDRS]

Here's where the cooler is, see it?

Saw no real noticeable results, still had to add ice everyday. The only way i could see to get noticeable results would be to use liquid expanding foam but i wasn't doing that as it would be almost impossible to remove.

What cooler?

[Razzman]

What cooler?

The built-in under seat cooler.

[brain_rinse]

The only way i could see to get noticeable results would be to use liquid expanding foam but i wasn't doing that as it would be almost impossible to remove.

I really like that idea. You're right it would be tough to undo. But assuming you did it clean I can't think of why you'd want to remove it. It's just wasted space anyway right? I might be hesitant to try to foam the bottom side though. Maybe some rigid foam board insulation for the bottom and expand-o-foam for the sides?

[DOCDRS]

Could you not spray foam insulate it out side of the boat, then cut away any foam that binds or prevents the cooler from seating all the way back in the compartment?

[brain_rinse]

The cooler isn't removable, it's all glassed in with the top deck.

[kaneboats]

I am sure I remember that someone tried this and it didn't work worth a crap.

[kaneboats]

Found it. It was Razzman. Her's one of the threads that mentioned it:

https://forum.moomba.com/showthread....ghlight=cooler

[Razzman]

Yeah I tried just about everything to insulate that POS and nothing worked! Now it's a Koozie & small item repository

As i said before I tried HVAC insulation, Foam sheet in various thichnesses and densities to no avail. I even put insulation on the bottom of the seat! Unless you encapsulate the entire cooler with at least an inch of foam and find a way to seal the seat at the base it's useless to even try imo.

Here's my beef with it, SC knows it's a POS and very easily could have rectified that way back with an actual insulated cooler like some of their competition. I mean seriously, if it doesn't keep things cool then why even have it? Leave a space and supply a real softside cooler or something!

So on a sidenote; when cleaning up the boat for winter storage my wife was cleaning that useless space and called me over to show me a large crack across the cooler bottom! How do you like that, couldn't even use it as a cooler now even if i wanted to!