Engel Fridge work on 240 but not on 12

hi crfan
makes 2 of us, i have an old 29ltre ,does the same
recked my brains to, going to take mine to a fridge mach soon

froomey

crfan,

Sounds as though it could be a low voltage problem.

Disconnect the 12 volt plug from the fridge and measure the voltage with a multimeter.

Just a warning for others. Fitted my engel 35 to my fourby and found it would not work on 12V (ok on 240V)........when I connected it I had inadvertently left the fridge switch in the ON position hence blowing the 10A fuse. Fuse is located just above the power recepticles (hard to see if you have a transit bag on).

Lesson: make sure fridge switch is in the OFF postion when connecting to power.

Cheers

I think this is the same issue that Willem reported a month or 2 ago. Check that the cord is not faulty (maybe see if somebody-else's cord will get it to fire up). Also, in case there is something wrong with your vehicle's cabling, try the new/temporary/borrowed cable straight off a battery source (use one of those female cigi plugs you get with various flouro lights etc, where there is a short length of cable leading to 2 aligator clips).
Good luck
Roachie

There's a small diode/fuse located inside the cigarette lighter plug (just unscrew) and find the diode/fue - you can't tell by looking at the diode whether it is working or not. This solved our problem and I always carry spares now.

Had the same problem with mine although mine is 30yrs old. I ran it for months on an inverter but found that I used too much lecky.
I pulled the back off and found that the plug where the 12 & 240 plug into was broken and not making full contact for the 12v. A drop of superglue did the trick and now it is back in business for the tim e being.

2 possible causes.
1. Undersized wiring or poor plug connections can lead to low volts at the fridge. Would account for the relay click but no compressor.
2. Very common for the wiring in the moulded plug that goes directly into the fridge to break. As previously mentioned try some one elses lead.
Cheers Craig........