Thread: The Waeco fridge

Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

How many of you are running the Waeco fridge.
I have two and are finding they are both very sensitive to voltage loss on a long loom and thermal overload on the smaller one

Have any of you had this problem? I'm going to upgrade the loom AUX Battery power to a fridge in RRC but some loss is still inevitable They also run a poxy ciggy socket that may not be helping my cause

Tony

My grandparent use one for their long golfing trips away with their caravan. Other than a warranty issue when they first bought it some years ago now grandad reckons its great. He just runs it through the caravan running from the cars electrics through the tralier plug when they are driving, when they are stopped they use the main fridge in the van. He hasnt had any issues of any kind with voltage as far as i know.

Dont know if that really answers your question though.

Originally Posted by Ace

My grandparent use one for their long golfing trips away with their caravan. Other than a warranty issue when they first bought it some years ago now grandad reckons its great. He just runs it through the caravan running from the cars electrics through the tralier plug when they are driving, when they are stopped they use the main fridge in the van. He hasnt had any issues of any kind with voltage as far as i know.

Dont know if that really answers your question though.

Yes it helps a lot. I need to hear good things about the fridge so I know my wiring is dodgy

I've had a search on the thermal side of it and apparently they have a thermal cut out switch built that can need replacing after time.

I had real hassles with mine. It was really sensitive to voltage drop and the plug only had a move a bit and it read error.

They just don't like low current flow. I took mine back to Waeco and they tested it and said there was nothing wrong.

I solved this by running really thick cables (virtually battery leads) straight off the aux battery to a plug on the side of the cubby box in the fender.

I used a marine type ciggie plug which you push down and locks on a rubber seal thus making less likely to move on corrugated roads.

Did some very big trips through the Simpson over very bumpy country and had no further problems.

I put it into my work car on a spare battery for Louth races this year using one of those ciggy plugs with bulldog clips to the terminals and it played up again. I beefed up the leads with 3mm cable and problem solved.

How old are the fridges?

Three years.

Once I fixed the plug issue it runs like a clock - well a fridge actually.

Keeps my beer cold and my chops fresh

After a couple of years we've had no problems with ours, although I did run a new Aux power line with fairly heavy cable, fitted a self re-setting circuit breaker, and upgraded the OEM ciggy plug with something more heavy-duty.

Originally Posted by Chenz

Three years.

Once I fixed the plug issue it runs like a clock - well a fridge actually.

Keeps my beer cold and my chops fresh

How thick is the wire you used to run to the socket?

I have two - the CF-25 and the 35, run them both off the standard cigarette lighter in two cars and haven't had any issues what so ever. Out of interest, what's the voltage cutout on yours set to? I dropped mine to 10.5V as I plug them into some Waeco batteries when stopping for extended periods.