Thread: Fridge Issues

had exactly the same problem with my Waeco over the last three days, still investigating but after a drive it works fine, so I assume it has a low voltage cut out and my auxillary battery is on the way out?How old is your Waeco, you have 5 years warranty.

Hey Crump, mine is only 12 mths old both the fridge and waeco portable battery. Just hope I can find the warranty, if not hopefully they will do the right thing as want to get sorted before next trip. At the moment it is in the next room, icy cold and working fine . From that I am assuming perhaps a problem with the 12 volt side of things as it had issues with the battery and also running off the 12volts from the car

Regards

Stevo

Originally Posted by stevo68

Hey Crump, mine is only 12 mths old both the fridge and waeco portable battery. Just hope I can find the warranty, if not hopefully they will do the right thing as want to get sorted before next trip. At the moment it is in the next room, icy cold and working fine . From that I am assuming perhaps a problem with the 12 volt side of things as it had issues with the battery and also running off the 12volts from the car

Regards

Stevo

find your reciept, but dont bother looking for the owners manual, it tells you nothing.

Stevo, it might be worthwhile investing twenty bucks in a multimeter, then when the fridge is all setup with the other battery setup, measure what actual volts are going to the fridge.

As crump said, 'low voltage cutout', maybe a clever idea to stop a fridge pulling down a car battery thru the cigie lighter socket....

GQ

Originally Posted by Quiggers

Stevo, it might be worthwhile investing twenty bucks in a multimeter, then when the fridge is all setup with the other battery setup, measure what actual volts are going to the fridge.

As crump said, 'low voltage cutout', maybe a clever idea to stop a fridge pulling down a car battery thru the cigie lighter socket....

GQ

according to the manual it has one.

'low voltage cutout', maybe a clever idea to stop a fridge pulling down a car battery thru the cigie lighter socket....

In the D3 it is a designated 12 volt plug, even says so , and I only use that when the car is running, then when I pull up stumps switch it over to the battery,

Regards

Stevo

Well then, Stevo, mate, there is only one problem... it's overloaded


with beer


and milo


(remove the hipflask of vodka from the power supply, too )


GQ

If it's running okay via the mains, then you need to check the voltage of:-


The batteries
The "12v" outlet - yes it may say 12 v but you need to check
The connections, leads, plugs, sockets etc.,

As the saying goes you get what you pay for

im not going to say go buy a engel cause its already been said , i had my engel serviced about a month ago and the guy told me he gets 3 waeco,s to 1 engel , he might have been biased but why should he lie when he was a fridgey