Engel Fridge not staying cold
Submitted: Monday, Feb 26, 2007 at 15:05
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Seto
Hi all - I have searched the archives without finding this sort of problem. I have a 60L Engel which is not staying cold on 12V - I have had it down at about -1 and within 8 hrs it is back up around 9. Even with no power to it I would have expected it to stay colder than that with about 3 openings during that period.
Any thoughts or prior experiences with this?
David.
Reply By: Drew - Karratha - Monday, Feb 26, 2007 at 15:55
Monday, Feb 26, 2007 at 15:55
I had a similar problem with my 57L Engel Combi. It would be fine when the engine is running, but as soon as the engine was turned off it would begin coming up in temperature. It turned out that the battery was on its way out - it performed okay on a load
test, but I replaced it and the Engel has been fine since.
Yours might be different, but it might give you somewhere to start...
Drew
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Reply By: Member - Jack - Monday, Feb 26, 2007 at 16:26
Monday, Feb 26, 2007 at 16:26
I had a similar problem which turned out to be a dicky thermostat.
Jack
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Follow Up By: Lyds- Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 22:42
Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 22:42
hey Jack, how did you work that out?
do you need a Fridgy to look at it?
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Follow Up By: Member - Jack - Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 07:51
Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 07:51
Hi Stuart:
Yep - just took it to my local Engel serviceman. He ran it for about 12 hours, sorted the problem and fixed it.
Jack
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Reply By: On Patrol (Aust.) - Monday, Feb 26, 2007 at 18:11
Monday, Feb 26, 2007 at 18:11
What problem??? my Waeco has never missed a beat, ever LOL.
Sorry about that, the Devil made me say it!!!!
I agree with the statement about the battery however, worth checking out.
Good luck, as no one deserves warm beer, except Pommies, they deserve every thing they get. Fair Dinkum, I'm glad I'm not one any more, I hated warm lager & cold pork pies. A cold VB and a hot 4 & 20 is the way to go.
On Patrol.
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Follow Up By: howie - Monday, Feb 26, 2007 at 20:45
Monday, Feb 26, 2007 at 20:45
sorry, i couldn't let the "warm lager" comment go past without reply.
lager ,to my knowledge, has nearly always been served chilled in every country i've visited.
if you are talking about beer, which in my uk local, was still delivered "live" in wooden barrel's , this has to be kept around 58F(14C) to keep the fermentation going.
one day, try buying a decent bottled beer (not australian) and let it "warm" up and taste the difference.
DO NOT TRY THIS WITH V.B.!!!!
T.I.C.
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Follow Up By: ImEasy - Tuesday, Feb 27, 2007 at 09:20
Tuesday, Feb 27, 2007 at 09:20
Um, the last thing I want after a hard day at work (yeah right) and its 30 odd degrees outside, is to come
home and have a lovely tall bubbly glass of
FOURTEEN DEGREE BEER!
Also, Australia has some VERY DECENT BEER, except VB, and Tooheys Red.
one day, try buying a decent bottled beer (Australian) and let it chill and taste the difference.
W.B.S.B.T.
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Follow Up By: On Patrol (Aust.) - Tuesday, Feb 27, 2007 at 19:31
Tuesday, Feb 27, 2007 at 19:31
Hi ImEasy,
Your words are music to my ears.
When the outside temp is 5C or less, a cold beer is not an issue, but 30+C I'm with you mate.
Colin.
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Reply By: pixiemops - Monday, Feb 26, 2007 at 18:50
Monday, Feb 26, 2007 at 18:50
Buy a rc1180 . No more Engel or Waeco problems . LOL you have to love the debate about fridges . Can certainly stir up the emotions amongst us campers.
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Reply By: roger80 - Monday, Feb 26, 2007 at 19:09
Monday, Feb 26, 2007 at 19:09
How old is the Engel? If it is fairly modern,
check if the little computer fan in the bottom is working. Even though the older models don't have the fan, the newer models seem to not work too
well without it. My mate has one and it would work OK (but not brilliantly) on 240V but not on 12V. This turned out to be the problem with his.
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Reply By: Jimbo - Monday, Feb 26, 2007 at 20:00
Monday, Feb 26, 2007 at 20:00
Surely this is a Troll.
"Everyone" knows that Engels never give problems, that's why they cost so much. They are the perfect fridge. They use less power than any other brand, last for 50 years and actually keep your beer colder than all other fridges combined.
I've even heard a rumour that they self defrost, self clean and even have an in built yoghurt maker.
After all "you get what you pay for"
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Follow Up By: D-Jack - Monday, Feb 26, 2007 at 21:14
Monday, Feb 26, 2007 at 21:14
....and it's no surprise that it is difficult to find any posts on problems with Engels!
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Follow Up By: Crackles - Monday, Feb 26, 2007 at 22:12
Monday, Feb 26, 2007 at 22:12
Once again you're right Jimbo, "you get what you pay for".
Engel 1% chance of a break down in the warrenty period. Waeko 10% chance ;-)
But forgetting for a moment the brand, the biggest single fault on any fridge is a poor power supply & is most likely Davids problem, either a battery on it's way out, undersized wiring or a faulty plug.
Cheers Craig...........
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Follow Up By: John R (SA) - Tuesday, Feb 27, 2007 at 11:23
Tuesday, Feb 27, 2007 at 11:23
Exactly Jimbo. That's why I have engels - every
camp I pull up to, a beer wench in leaderhausen climbs out with a couple of cold beers.
Best you could expect from a waeco is a kiwi shearer's
cook with a couple of warm toohey's.
I can't beleive I've just weighed in to this debate. Shame, shame, shame.
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Reply By: meandet - Tuesday, Feb 27, 2007 at 08:46
Tuesday, Feb 27, 2007 at 08:46
Hi Seto
Have a look at your wiring to the Engel. It needs to be quite heavy to reduce voltage drop. The fact that yours runs better when the engine is running seems to suggest wiring.
Cheers Peter
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Follow Up By: On Patrol (Aust.) - Tuesday, Feb 27, 2007 at 19:34
Tuesday, Feb 27, 2007 at 19:34
"The fact that yours runs better when the engine is running seems to suggest wiring"
Or Battery.
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Reply By: Mainey (WA) - Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 18:21
Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 18:21
David, you post "I have a 60L Engel which is not staying cold on 12V - I have had it down at about -1 and within 8 hrs it is back up around 9. Even with no power to it I would have expected it to stay colder than that with about 3 openings during that period"
As I read it, the Engel takes 8 HOURS to go from MINUS -1 up to +9 degrees while still being connected to 12v power supply. ???
How do you get it to -1 in the first place??
Have you used a 12v gauge to
check the battery voltage during the process of cooling the fridge??
The battery should be ~12.6 to ~12.8 before the fridge starts to run and about ~12.2v to ~12.4v when the fridge is running, unless its a small capacity battery or the battery is not capable of holding a charge for many & various reasons.
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