Thread: waeco leave running or store

turn it off, it doesn't do anything for them running all the time, just wears the compressor out. Remember it has a little crankshaft, rod/s and piston/s in there, going up and down all the time.

Car A/C is recommended to run occaisonally, just for crankshaft seal lubrication, but this doesn't apply to the little Danfoss compressor in the Waeco as it's a sealed (Hermetic) compressor. and FWIW I've seen large industrial open drive refrigeration compressors turned off for 6 months at a time, then fired up without problems, but I still run the car A/C once a week.

An absorbtion type refrigerator (eg. 3-way, 12V, 240V and gas) can have the active constituents (generally bromine, ammonia and water) settle out if left sitting and unused, but a tip upside down and a vigorous shake usually fix them. (there actually is a special procedure, but it looks like a tip upside down and a shake )

For what it's worth, Engel recommend running their fridges all the time.
I have a 40th Anniversary one and that's what the instructions say.

Originally Posted by rick130

turn it off, it doesn't do anything for them running all the time, just wears the compressor out. Remember it has a little crankshaft, rod/s and piston/s in there, going up and down all the time.

the engel may have a moving part or two but none of the usual stuff....

Originally Posted by tombraider

Oh, and I own a WAECO and an Engel....

geez i didnt pick you for a fence sitter....

exit stage right!

Well I'm as tight as a fishes backside, I switch off the vcr at the wall when going away for a weekend and turn off the microwave at the wall all the time when not using it so the clocks in them don't cost me money

I heard too that it is good to run your Engel all the time but I'm just too tight so every few weeks I'll turn it onto low cool for a day or two - sort of having a bet both ways.

I was too tight to buy the protective cover for the Engel as well, btw, and even though I stored it on my trip as safely as possible it still rubbed and marked the paint. Once when driving it around empty if tipped over and dented itself (they a very unstable empty, I know that now) slightly. So now it's six months old and looks 6 years old.

Originally Posted by dobbo

I am your Twin brudder

All i can say to that is

OMG Toombie

Originally Posted by incisor

the engel may have a moving part or two but none of the usual stuff....

yes, the Engel uses a swing type compressor, but a Waeco uses a Danfoss and it's a standard reciprocating type.