evakool

not meaning to have a dig, but thats exactly why Engel have their own plug set up, ciggy lighters are notoriously bad connections.

Ron

Who's havingh a dig? .... hehe - we also have 2 Engels Ron.... and they both came with ciggy lighter plugs as standard fitment on the end of the cable.

The Engel plug is included in the kit, but is only there as an option to be fitted if you want to.

Yes an option, but the standard ciggy plug on an engel (as you know) unscrews to bin the crappy ciggy bit and reveal a quality plug, which is what I use. (admittedly you need to spend bout $30-00 on the other half and wire it to your vehicle, but it is so superior.)

Call me biased but I just cant see past my Engel, the $1200 was a lot of money to me but I researched it again and again and spoke to heaps of people, and I wanted to be Aussie n buy the evakool but couldnt help thinking it looked like an esky with a compressor added on as an after thought, anyway I'm sure they are great too, and dont want to start another fridge debate. (although they are fun!)

Rgds

Ron

I got sick of the cigarette lighter & 'Merit' plugs vibrating out of their sockets, as above the best set up is the Engel one, buy the socket & unscrew the end of the plug, works perfectly!

Hobo - the EvaKool use the same compressor as everyone else - other than the Sawafuji compressor in the Engel. Logic seems to dictate that the design works, as it's just one of these common compressors stuck in a box - like all the others.

I'd check your vehicle's wiring too...(and not just the fridge's) especially after the unit had come back from a warranty repair and failed again.

Mine was doing the same thing. It seems to be running but it is only the fan. The compressor isn't. I reckon you'll find the fuze holder is the problem.

omaroo
When my fridge failed i tried it on 240v and i still had the same problem, but i will be also changing my plugs to prevent any more problems will anderson plugs be ok. for my wiring i have used heavy wiring direct to my duell battery with a circuit breaker inbtween.

Yeah Hobo - keep the wiring as direct and as large as you can. I use 4AG right to the rear - for both positive and negative.

I don't use chassis ground if I can avoid it. Some people do because they reckon that it's just one more part of the circuit that can't short if they don't use an individual negative wire. I reckon that ground problems account for a huge percentage of overall electrical faults. Just wrap them properly in split tubing and use lots of cable ties.

If you fridge failed on 240V as well, this just means that the problem is still in the same fridge-related wiring - i.e. either the cable from your MobiTronic 240/12v adapter (the same as you use in the car from ciggy lighter socket to fridge) OR some wiring just inside the fridge itself. I'd see if I could get to just behind the male plug (a silly microphone socket) on the fridge itself and see if the wires coming off that are OK too. Cable-tie all wires down as EvaKool (and others) tend to leave them flap around a bit.

Chances are it's still the lighter socket to fridge cable - most probably the fuse area. Get rid of it anyway...

Cheers
Chris