Thread: the good ol engel.......problem or normal.......?

Mine has been as low as -24deg c. I cranked it up empty once just to see how low it would go, then filled it with containers of water to make block ice. Took 24hrs to freeze to ice solid. It should be able to freeze. The biggest trick with any car fridge/frezzer is to get it to temp on 240v first and then add cold or frozen items, seems to keep the temp better.

carefull there zook we don't want to go giving that wacoe mob any more ammo than they already have

my older style 32L had a similar problem in that the compressor would not cycle off when the dial was turned around to max, i backed it off a bit and it started to cycle and pull down a couple of more degrees.....i too had icecreams onboard.....don't really understand why but it suits me.....bac it off and it gets colder

Originally Posted by weeds

carefull there zook we don't want to go giving that wacoe mob any more ammo than they already have
my older style 32L had a similar problem in that the compressor would not cycle off when the dial was turned around to max, i backed it off a bit and it started to cycle and pull down a couple of more degrees.....i too had icecreams onboard.....don't really understand why but it suits me.....bac it off and it gets colder

Hahahaha an Engle with a problem, I might go to an Engle repair shop and count the number of broken Engles lol

I'd be saying it would either be a control problem as weeds says or it could need a regas I would say but Im no expert.

The Engle system is much simpler than the Wacko design but ours look so much better lol.

I've had my 40lt down to about -22 deg. Generally don't run it as a freezer though. I was just testing it.

Mine was inside running on 240 V and in one of those thermal bag thingies.
It was loaded with plastic bottles of water.

What was the ambient temp?

I take mine outside once a year and blow a bit of air though the back to make sure there there's no dust or spiders collecting. First time I got a heap of dust. Thankfully no spiders yet...

I had a sim problem with my Engle...

Its an old CF40

so i pulled it appart and cleaned the condenser coil and re-assembled it and bingo........... it was better...

not to hijack this-- but,,
how do you tell what year it (engal)was made?

Google.....

mine is like 10000 million years old....

Well looks it..

mine is a 80's model..

bear with me here clarke--
you google the compressor model?


mine has no exterior serial numbers--


maybe mines older than 1000million years!