Evakool fridge help

Submitted: Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 at 20:39

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Trev6

Hi,

I am considering buying an ED series 50L evakool fridge which is about 3 yrs old,
Are they any good and are there any issues with them that I should be aware of? They look a more compact unit but then it is an outdated fridge...unsure what to do.

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks
Trev6

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Reply By: kend88 - Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 at 21:02

Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 at 21:02

Not sure what an ED series is, but we have had our 70L Evakool for 5 yrs and it has never let us down. Really handy to have the option of half fridge, half freezer, or all fridge or all freezer. Daughter borrowed ours last week when she was defrosting her house freezer.
kenD
Bris

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Follow Up By: Trev6 - Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 at 21:52

Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 at 21:52

From what little I know about them it is the series where the motor is built into the unit (like engel, waeco) and not added onto the end like the current model

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Reply By: GarryD - Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 at 21:23

Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 at 21:23

We have a 80 litre excellent but will freeze if controler above 1 Only fault I've had is the 12v plug is crappy I changed it to a 2 pin no prob since

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Follow Up By: P2D2 - Wednesday, Jul 13, 2011 at 12:37

Wednesday, Jul 13, 2011 at 12:37

Garry you can adjust the thermostat to give you more temperature range. There is a tiny screw on the side of the thermostat. Cannot remember if you screw it in or out. Phoned evaKool at the time and they told me which way.

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Follow Up By: Evakool - Wednesday, Jul 13, 2011 at 17:19

Wednesday, Jul 13, 2011 at 17:19

There is two grub screws that can be adjusted on the thermostat in the Evakool fibreglass units, if you would like to know how please email me at brodie@evakool.com and I can email or fax you a sheet showing how.

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Reply By: Notso - Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 at 22:49

Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 at 22:49

I've had an evakool for about 11 years now and it is just great, in temps up around 50 it still freezes down to -12.

Did have a little issue with a high resistance in the built in fuse but replaced it with a blade fuze and no more problems. I also replaced the plug with an anderson just to keep everything compatible with all the other gear.

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Reply By: Member - Corrugate75 - Wednesday, Jul 13, 2011 at 10:27

Wednesday, Jul 13, 2011 at 10:27

G'day we've had the 47L for several years now - no problems at all. Fridge doubles as a seat when we have guests while camping, and sometimes as a step to get into the campertrailer. Very strong, beautifully insulated AUSTRALIAN made fridge!
Buy it and be happy with your choice!
Cheers Corrugate

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