Waeco noise normal?

Thanks Robin,

Just been playing around with it as you do when you get something new.

It pulls down fine, and cuts out ok, and I put an RTD thermocouple inside it and it actually reached an impressive -27deg c!! and thats an accurate thermocouple, and it was coiled up inside itself so not touching the evaporator direct.

Admittedly this was in my house, and my reverse cycle was controlling at 23deg, so thats 50deg below ambient, which is exactly what it says on the box, still pretty impressive though. This was on the Waeco 240v/12v transformer.

I was just a bit concerned at the noise of refrigerant running around and trickling back when cut off, but it seems to be common and not affecting it.

I had it in a work vehicle today, a holden, and noticed that it was running for long periods, and not cutting out.

on return home tonight I put it on the transformer again and it cuts out ok, so I can only assume that it was suffering a voltage drop in the Holden from not so good ciggy lighter wiring.

Seems a good little fridge, I just wanted it for its portability, I looked at the equivelant Engel but thought 13ltrs was just a bit small.

Might need to look at getting a better quality ciggy socket on it, as I need to keep it as a ciggy socket so it can be deployed in numerous vehicles, if it was just in my own, i'd hard wire it.

Rgds

Ron

Ron Look for a Lion brand cig lighter plug , there fairly common and make a better connection as they have 4 copper plated connectors around outside and brass centre pin , causing less heat to be developed.

Come with 12 inches of wire connected.

Robin Miller

Robin,

got one of those Lion plugs aftera bit of shopping around found in Autobarn.

However, there is no fuse in them, whereas there is an 8 amp fuse in the original.

This is a bit of a worry?

is there another fuse in the waeco or do I need to fit an inline one, which will be more connections and possibly offset the point of doing it in first place?

were you aware no fuse?

Ron

Robin,

further to above,

I was going to do a proper job naturally and solder the lion plug on like the original was done, thought i might just solder in about 5mm of 8amp fusewire between the centre electrode and it joining the cable.

This way it still gives me protection, just would not be so easy a fix if it were to blow, but if my fridge blows an 8amp fuse I got some big probs there anyway.

Whats your opinion on that one?

Ron

Hi Ron

The fuse was part of the problem in that the fuse dissapates heat thru its connections making the plug hotter than need be.

You should not need the fuse as there should be already a fuse from where you are getting the power from.

If you have instead decided to get power straight from the battery , then grab an inline blade fuse (10-15amps) , which comes in a sealed holder, with little leads.
(auto shops)

This is what i use.

P.S. You could probably do something with your fuse wire , but I don't think its worth it , the 8 amps is not in any way critical and not really needed.
If I have to make up something I just use a couple of fine strands of wire from multi-core cable , until I can get inline fuse holder.

Robin Miller

Thanks.

I think its fairly normal, after a trawl of old posts on here, seems some are whisper quiet, some gurgle a bit.

Its not too bad, youve got to listen for it.

I also noticed that if youve got it on the stop at full tilt it takes ages to cut out, but my engel is like that too, if knob right around it practically runs non stop unless you back it off a bit.

I think I'm becoming an equipment hypercondriac!!! As either I'm unlucky to boot or quality control these days is slipping somewhat, as I've had a few purchases of late with faults on them.

however, its all shaping up good now.

Rgds

Ron

I think you've hit the nail on the head Ron - that's where the only problem is - in your head lol. The fridge goes - just use it!!!!

Peter,

Thanks for that, its good to hear feedback from others, then again I get conflicting views, see Baz below.

Anyhow a few people seem to have the noise too, and its no drama so guess I will just accept it and see how it runs.

its got 5yrs guarantee if i need it.

Rgds

Ron

Peter,

do you find if the knob is all the way round to freeze, that it wont cut out or struggles?

Ron,
on the few occasions I have used it to freeze, I have only had to have it just above halfway. That is sufficient to quickly freeze anything I put in unfrozen and everything else remains hard frozen.

I am usually using mine remote from domestic power and this little fella is as economical on the battery as you can hope. Typically I run it off the home made battery box with a steca solar regulator. Into that I plug a 33 watt solar panel. That is sufficient to keep it going indefinitely, even through cloudy days as there is usually sufficient trickle charge to keep the battery level up. Combined with the also lower temps.

My only gripe about the little fella is there is no commercially available bag to suit. Mostly this is just to protect it and keep it looking pretty. ;-)

Peter

Yep I'm finding this out at mo. Doing a check with temps at what settings.

At half way its cycling from -12 to -18 which is fine for freezing.

You asked about bags, well i found this at waeco, but sure you could find on ebay cheaper.

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looks good though bit exy, think i'll get one from somewhere though.

Ron