Wiring in a fridge
Submitted: Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 17:08
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CapeYorkTroopy
Hey guys,
I have a Waeco 80 Litre fridge/freezer to mount in the back of my Troopy.
The Troopy is a 5 seater and it has _Affordable_Storage_Drawers.aspx with a fridge slide in the back.
What is the best way to run the wires to the fridge so that the wires can move with the slide.
There is about 1.2 metres of travel on the slide that the cable would need to move.
Thanks, Jack
Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 18:32
Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 18:32
Suspend the cable from above the fridge with a piece of elastic, so it doesn't get caught in the runners.
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Reply By: Derek from Affordable Batteries & Radiators - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 19:43
Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 19:43
Hi CYT
I use cable ties and split tube. It works great.
Regards
Derek.
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Reply By: CapeYorkTroopy - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 20:43
Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 20:43
Thanks guys,
Both good ideas,
Cheers, Jack
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Reply By: Andrew-rodeo - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 21:32
Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 21:32
Have you thought of the old style re-coil lead that used to be on kettles etc.?
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Reply By: Member - Ian H (NSW) - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 22:07
Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 22:07
With our 80 Waeco I run the cable down the side of the fridge to a self adhesive pen clip, Scotch brand I think, and then back out of the box and to the plug point so that the fridge can come all the way out.
If that doesn't make sense then reply and I will post a
pic.
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Follow Up By: CapeYorkTroopy - Friday, May 04, 2007 at 09:38
Friday, May 04, 2007 at 09:38
A
pic would be great thanks Ian.
Cheers, Jack
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Follow Up By: Member - Ian H (NSW) - Friday, May 04, 2007 at 17:43
Friday, May 04, 2007 at 17:43
Ok i will do it sat am.
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Follow Up By: Member - Ian H (NSW) - Saturday, May 05, 2007 at 13:17
Saturday, May 05, 2007 at 13:17
Jack, I have just loaded a
pic of the wiring system in my profile. Also there is a
pic of our
water tap on the inside of the
barn door. You might be interested in the idea. I connect the fridge to the power supply via a BCS unit when we reach a
camp where we may stay longer than 1 day without driving anywhere.
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Reply By: Member - Barry (NT) - Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 23:02
Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 23:02
You could try anchoring the feed wire at the
midway point and 50% goes one way and 50% the other as you open and close and this reduces the problem significntly.
Cheers Baz
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Follow Up By: Sea-Dog - Friday, May 04, 2007 at 09:18
Friday, May 04, 2007 at 09:18
This is how I have my power supply fitted to the 80l Waeco (mounted mid way along the fridge length)... Mainly because if I were to get a longer lead it would have to be thicker also according to Waeco.. What I found was that i needed somewhere in the vicinity of 830mm of travel for the fridge to clear the drawer cabinet I have it sitting in but the cable wasn't long enough to go out the back of the cabinet to the power source and still make it to full extention.
So I put a hole in the side of the cabinet about half way down the fridge length and have the power supply immediately outside this hole in the side panel of the car. The power lead runs from the fridge and then up to the handle above where it is held with a zip tie and then left free to go out the side of the cabinet...
Being that the mounting point is high at the handle I have found that the cable lies freely at all times and have never even looked like being caught up in the runners etc..
I have found though that the extention length that I needed pretty much exhausted the length of the lead so if you have to go out further for whatever reason then you may need to go for a longer power lead... when I made enquiries with Waeco they didn't supply them and said I would have to get something made up which sounded like a total pain in the arse. It was only out of frustration that I realised that the mid length run was perfect for my application.
I find that it is reasonably convenient to get to the power plug also so I can disconnect the fridge when not in use.
Best of luck with it mate.
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Follow Up By: Gronk - Saturday, May 05, 2007 at 00:00
Saturday, May 05, 2007 at 00:00
And its easy to lengthen the lead.....just cut it at both ends near the plugs and solder a new length of 6mm2 (wire size ) in !!
That takes care of the voltage drop problems ( not that it would be much of an issue )
And while your at it.. why not get rid of the 12V plug and put in a Jaycar hella type plug with an inline fuse (7.5A ) right beside it !! That gets rid of the bodgy looking spring loaded fuse in the original plug !!
All wrapped in split tubing, it has an almost "factory" look...
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