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    Converting old school Engel Fridge to thermostat controlled

    Given mine works faultlessly I.e. Thermistor still doing its job I wired a thermostat controller thingy inline on the positive cable....there is a thread or two where others have completed a more complex modification...mine can be return to original very easy.

    Main reason was my 32L Engel become the food fridge in the camper and we got tired of the fresh fruit and veg and salad getting damaged by the fridge getting to cold. We found we had to adjust the dial between day and night...I.e. set st 2 during the day and maybe 1 at night.

    I purchased one of these controllers off eBay...same controllers other ls have used


    I than spliced the controller inline on the positive


    Than than sneaked the thermostat through the fridge where the thermistor runs and mounted it here


    Set the original dial to five and set the thermostat to desired temp, and the controller turn on/off the fridge 2 degrees either side of set temp


    Close up pick of the controller

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    Thanks. Interesting.

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    If you want to change the parameters
    Set and down
    If they come up e1,e2 etc I can tell you what they are
    Main ones are defrost intervals and duration

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mclaren00 View Post
    If you want to change the parameters
    Set and down
    If they come up e1,e2 etc I can tell you what they are
    Main ones are defrost intervals and duration
    Er, I'm not quite following

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    Within the controller they have parameters for cut in and out so u can have it 3,4 degrees difference
    Will have a defrost setting
    Probe offset etc

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    Converting old school Engel Fridge to thermostat controlled

    Oh, default must be two degree....

    I have no idea on the defrost...

    I did find the manual online but must admit only read upto setting the temp

    Is probe offset fine tuning the actual temp??

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    Quote Originally Posted by weeds View Post
    Oh, default must be two degree....

    I have no idea on the defrost...

    I did find the manual online but must admit only read upto setting the temp

    Is probe offset fine tuning the actual temp??
    The probe off set is if the temperature on the read out is different from actual.You can adjust the offset to bring the temp to read the same as actual.

    Very rare this is needed as these controllers are generally very accurate,particularly with a short cable going to the senser.

    Differential or hysteresis is the difference between cut in and cut out.

    You won't need the defrost or any other parameters,i wouldn't think.

    Just make sure the differential is large enough to stop any short cycling of the compresser.

    Setpoint is generally cut out temp.(although not always,with some controllers,just to be confusing it is the cut in temp)

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    Differential or hypothesis is the difference between cut in and cut out
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    Hmm, not being picky or a smart ass, but I think that you mean: hysteresis

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    Yer no need for defrost but I might have a standard every 8 hours and for 30 min defrost
    Just something to watch

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    Thanks for this thread. Now I have just bought two controllers for my cheap ebay dual zone fridge / freezer which has poor controls. It will give me another project to do!

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