Hello to all that follow and care, It's been crappie weather for the entire last month. Being the maiden voyage of any distance for me, and not wanting to rush a trip down to the Key's and back for the Christmas season, I've decided to put off the adventure until that time passes. It is still providing me with time to upgrade and evaluate the systems that I've installed on the boat. The Reffer has been running nonstop since I turned it on before Thanksgiving. The solar panel seems to keep the batteries fully charged even though we have not had a great deal of sun. The max charge on the power control read 5.83 amp hours. It would be great if I could get above 3 for 8 hours. The reffer takes less than an amp per hour set @ 40 deg. I keep it full of beer so it has a core charge. I noticed when you put in warm beer it takes about 2 hours to get the temp back to 40. I guess the lesson here is try and buy cold beer and per chill anything you can before adding it. During the initial trial, I set it to the coldest setting. After 4 hours the temp was -2deg. It was still running and that satisfied my curiosity to insure that it met the brochure standards. I doubt that I will be freezing much. Tests of the new LED lights I've installed show very little power use. I can't be sure of exactly the consumption but the power panel only shows around .2 volt drop when I turn them on. For comparison, The Stereo radio @ quarter volume drops the meter about .8 volts, more at louder volume. The thing to be careful with the LED lights are the different sizes and what will fit in marine outlets. There are tons of websites that have great prices if you can find the bulbs you want. The super bright ones are best for nav lights. Ebay also has great deals if search a little. Anyway that's just a short update and I will post more soon with some updated photo's. Plan on testing the new motor next Monday, weather permitting. Stay tuned........