Thread: ENGEL owners..........

My old green/white 39litre Engel is in for repair at the moment, thermostat isn't working properly; ie. not switching off. Anyhoo, I usually run mine no higher than 1 otherwise it starts to freeze things....
The bloke at the repair place says he's glad he doesn't repair Engels for a living as he'd go broke; Waeco's however....nuff said!
He also said that he's getting a lot of blown compressors at the moment with people running their fridges off cheap generators. They must be sine-wave generators or you'll fry your electrics and compressor. You have been warned!!!!

Cheers Chris.

I ran my 32ltr as a freezer 4 8 weeks on cape york trip with no worries.The 40ltr gets run between 1 & 2.

I have a 32L I bought SH. We ran it as a freezer on a 15k km trip to Tassie and back. Packed it 24hrs before we left in the house and set it on 5. By the time we got to norseman we noticed it still wasn't cycling, but everything was frozen. I turned it down to 4 or 4.5 and it started cycling. By the end of the trip I think we had turned it down to 3 and everything was still staying frozen.

Originally Posted by miky

Once got into a discussion with a fridge mechanic re: waeco v engel etc. and he said he makes good money fixing waecos, rarely sees an engel.

Are these the old Version A's or the newer Version B's though? New ones have are supposed to be all Danfoss electronics in them.

Dont forget guys....

Parity.... Qty Sold Vs Qty with issues...

I'd guesstimate that for every 1 engel there are 5 waeco fridges around.
Simply based on budget and price point...

Let then say that 1 in every ten fridges has a fault...

Ratio Engel : Waeco = 1 : 5


My MT42F has had electrical issues
My 80L Waeco had a thermostat issue (but they come with a 2nd inbuilt)


90% of Waeco problems are wiring related (vehicle side, not fridge side) due to insufficient wiring used or poor earthing.

Engel is more tolerant of voltage drop, it reduces efficiency but they will still run. The Danfoss needs enough capacity to initialise the compressor.

Originally Posted by Tombie2

Dont forget guys....

Parity.... Qty Sold Vs Qty with issues...

I'd guesstimate that for every 1 engel there are 5 waeco fridges around.
Simply based on budget and price point...

Let then say that 1 in every ten fridges has a fault...

Ratio Engel : Waeco = 1 : 5


My MT42F has had electrical issues
My 80L Waeco had a thermostat issue (but they come with a 2nd inbuilt)


90% of Waeco problems are wiring related (vehicle side, not fridge side) due to insufficient wiring used or poor earthing.

Engel is more tolerant of voltage drop, it reduces efficiency but they will still run. The Danfoss needs enough capacity to initialise the compressor.

BS

Engels have been around how long?....don't see many 20-25year old Waecos about, they weren;t being built then, I'd be willing to hazard a guess and say plenty more engels still about

4 between myself and old man alone

Since 1962 well over three million Engel Portable Fridge-Freezers have been manufactured and sold all over the world

Source: Engel Australia - Portable Fridge-Freezers

Anyone have an idea on Waeco numbers?

Originally Posted by rovercare

Since 1962 well over three million Engel Portable Fridge-Freezers have been manufactured and sold all over the world

Source: Engel Australia - Portable Fridge-Freezers

Anyone have an idea on Waeco numbers?

at least over three million and one, i bought one a few weeks back.

who cares anyway, engel/waceo, toymota/missin, ford/holden..... they all breakdown sometimes. so long as the beer and steaks are cold i'm happy.