Problems with ENGEL 40th Anniversary
Submitted: Friday, Jun 09, 2006 at 07:52
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Ando79
G'day,
just wondering if anyone else who owns one of the engel 40th anniversay 39L fridge freezers has had problems with the unit failing periodically?
It's happened to
mine twice. First time it was in the back of the Hilux on a trip out to
Cobar. On the last day of the trip I noticed that them temp was sitting on 15C when it was supposed to be around 3C. As a result it was taken back to the dealer in
Sydney who apparently ran a data logger in it for 24 hours and found no problems.
After getting it back from the dealer, it was fine, but last night I noticed that on full freeze, it couldn't get below 13C. This is a problem as we are about to endeavour on a 4 week trek to Alice and back.
Has anyone else had similar problems and what was the fix?
Ando
Reply By: Crackles - Friday, Jun 09, 2006 at 09:57
Friday, Jun 09, 2006 at 09:57
The majority of fridge failures (any brand) are often associated with poor batteries or the wiring & not in the fridge themselves.
Check the voltage drop between the battery & the fridge. Thin wiring, poor connections or over heated cigarette lighter plugs are all common faults that will cause symptoms like you describe. One key failure of Engels is the plug going into the fridge. When gear is packed around it, they have regually been known to break the wires inside & have an intermitant power supply. Wriggle the plug when it's running to see if this cuts it out. Willem's suggestion too is very commen with any brand of fridge when too much gear is packed around the unit not allowing enough ventilation. (makes a huge difference)
A couple of things there for you to
test Ando.
Cheers Craig.............
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Follow Up By: Ando79 - Saturday, Jun 10, 2006 at 08:35
Saturday, Jun 10, 2006 at 08:35
Yep. Sorry I didn;t mention its inside on 240V and playing up. Was playing up in the car too. Maybe my dodgy
home install of the redarc was a bad idea??? ;) Getting the local auto electrician to have a look at it next week.
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