Engle Fridge

Submitted: Saturday, Jul 23, 2005 at 21:09

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Ray Bates

Hi all you lovely lads. I'm after a bit of advise????? I have an Engle fridge that only operates on 240 volts. Any suggestions??????

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Reply By: hoyks - Saturday, Jul 23, 2005 at 21:33

Saturday, Jul 23, 2005 at 21:33

Have you:

Tried changing the polarity of the 12V plug?

Re-set the circuit breaker?

Checked the fuse in the end of the 12V plug?

Checked that there is actually 12V coming through the plug?

Other than that I don't know.

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Follow Up By: wylie - Saturday, Jul 23, 2005 at 23:49

Saturday, Jul 23, 2005 at 23:49

mine did this ,it turned out being a fuse - special engel one that looked alright but when replaced made all the difference .

i think it cost 12.00 bucks a couple of months ago

go mine tested at a place in wangara (WA)

John

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Reply By: geocacher (djcache) - Saturday, Jul 23, 2005 at 23:50

Saturday, Jul 23, 2005 at 23:50

Low voltage will do this.

Does the green light come on but the fridge not start up?

I had a similar problem and found that oxidisation in the fuse holder was the problem. Pulling the plug from the base of the fridge and measureing with a multi meter it looked like the fridge was getting 12 volts, but when I plugged it in and measured under load while the fridge was trying to start up the voltage was about 8 volts.

Went back over the leads and connections and found some water had found it's way into a semi sealed blade fuse holder and the contacts were a bit dull and grey looking instead of shiny. Pulled fuse and cleaned and replaced it and presto. Fridge worked.

Changed fuse holder under bonnet since.

Dave

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