Waeco low voltage cut out

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Sounds like a voltage drop problem to me. If the cable from the battery isn't thick enough, the voltage drop on the cable is enough to trigger the cut out when the fan starts. This will cause the cycling.

All calbles will have a voltage drop, but the thinner the cable the worse it is. For example. Let's say the battery is 12.5 volts and reasonably well charged. If the fridge isn't on, the voltage at the fridge will be 12.5 volts or close to it. As soon as the fridge starts up, it draws current through the thin cable and the voltage at the fridge may drop to say 11.0 volts, even though the battery is still at 12.5. The other 1.5 volts is the drop across the cable. The fridge sees the 11.0 volts and shut's itself down because the voltage is too low. When the fridge shuts off, it sees the voltage go back to 12.5 because it's not drawing any current to speak of and the cycle starts again. With thicker cables that 1.5 volts is a lot less, say 0.1 or 0.2 volts.

The factory wiring is notoriously thin and there is a good chance this is your problem My factory wiring is like this so I have both a positive and negative wire run direct from the aux battery (through a 30 amp fuse) that are about 6mm thick each. The thicker the cable the better. Also check all the pugs and connections are clean and secure.

Hope this helps.

Don't forget that lead-acid batteries tend to 'recover' a bit when you stop drawing current from them.

What you may be observing is the battery voltage recovering to a level just above the cutout threshold, so the fan switches on. The fan draws power, the battery output drops below the threshold again and your fan switches off. Battery recharges a bit - on again. Fan drains power - off again. Battery recharges a bit - on again....and so it goes.

Hi Lachlan
There is no setting on the cf 80 for hi low med voltage. The switch changes the compressor speed. I run mine on econ mode during the cooler months then on to med for summer. when you run on hi or turbo the plug will get hot and draw heaps of power which might cause a voltage drop.mine also runs the fan when the low voltage light is flashing. Hope this helps

Hi Lachlan
The cf 80 has a low voltage cutout built in.It is not adjustable and is set to 10 volts .They claim it should leave 11 volts in the battery after voltage losses from the battery .If you have an owners manual it is explained on page 3.