japmel posted:

Geez that was a good Ad.

What was it?

You do the Ad and they give you a Fridge.

japmel posted:

Sorry John that should have been a reply to Boatie2 not a follow up

wazzaaaa posted:

No D-Jack,
You must of misread his post he replaced his engle with the waeco so val and waeco are the winners. lol

Ron173 posted:

"Waeco bought 3 yrs ago", 6 months ago faulty, so 2.5yrs and its developed a fault requiring replacement.

Time and time again I read of Waeco warranty issues being passed off.

Yes great service from someone else who helped without having a commitment to do so, but no service initially received from Waeco like it should have been.

And this replaced an Engel that had 20yrs faultless service. Need I say more.

Ron

navaraman posted:

A quick google revealed nearly 100 Engel service agents, which presumambly mean engels must have some issues that require repair. The impression I get from these threads is that no Engel has ever failed anywhere in the entire universe, and this thread will no doubt run for days.
BTW I own a fridge but it ts neither a Waeco or an Engel so I'm not biased one way or the other.

Ron173 posted:

Its a bit of banter and fun though!!

Holden / Ford

Engel / Waeco

I thoroughly enjoy fridge debates, I've owned both brands, now have an engel, but am intrigued by gas for long stays and may add an rc1180 to my cooling line up of toys.

Some get too serious, its all good fun.

100 Engel service agents...... better choice of service if ever reqd...LOL

wazzaaaa posted:

Now you've done it,
Pixiemops is going to get involved now that you have mentioned the allmighty
rc1180

Member - Colin (WA) posted:

I was in the 12v shop a couple of months ago and 15 minutes in the shop 3 engel's where picked up after being repaired 1x60L and 2x39L. There where a lot more waiting to be picked up with peoples names on them.

Col

nowimnumberone posted:

now now lets not get into a mass debate here boys

Willem posted:

Colin

Your signature:

Horizontal Waterfall, Derdy ????....lol

Member - Colin (WA) posted:

WHOOPS .... LOL
Thanks Willem
Col

boatie2 posted:

It was a problum with the insulation which wouls have been difficult to replace. Michael C

boatie2 posted:

Hi Derek,

Thanks for your interest The problem was with the insulation which would have been difficult to repair so they replaced the fridge. A good result I think u would agree.

The new one is great run time is way down and my batteries have plenty of charge for the TV, fans, computer, etc. I estimate using about 20 amps over 24 hours with outside temp from 20 (night) to 30 (middle of day) and cooling to about 3 degrees..

Cheers ,

Michael

Derek from Affordable Batteries & Radiators posted:

Glad you had a good result.

Any idea why the insulation deteriorated ? Does it stand in the sun and perhaps the UV damaged the PU foam ?