What percentage of the components used on the Micro HPS are manufactured in-house by Glacier Bay?
A – In terms of the total parts count – about 70%. The compressor, valves, filter-dryer, water pump and sight-glass are made by outside companies. Q – Why not use more off-the-shelf parts? A – Off-the-shelf refrigeration components can be divided into that which is suitable for either high-end or low-end system construction. At the high-end are very large commercial systems that consume a huge amount of power and therefore justify the development and application of very innovative, sophisticated and expensive components and technologies. At the low-end are residential and small commercial system where the initial purchase price needs to be kept as low as possible. Serious off-shore cruisers actually need something which falls between these to categories. For cruisers, power is exceptionally expensive and hard to come by. What is needed is extremely small equipment which is designed around the principles and technologies normally applied to only the largest and most expensive commercial
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