Fridges and Caravans

Probably both and not enuf ventilation. Domestic fridges need air space around them and van fridges are built in and only have air up the back????
Also was the van level allround as domestics dont like being off level

Jason
I had problems with the old gas/elect' in WA so i pulled it out, took it to the Goomalling dump, went down to Norseman Retavision and got a Bar fridge, perfect, I had frozen goods in the freezer and all day not running while travelling and at sunset it was still frozen hard,
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We carted a Kelvinator domestic fridge around in our caravan for 5 years while on the wallaby. When we eventually bought a house again the fridge did its duty there for a year and then we sold it to a friend who gave it to his daughter to set up her home. The fridge is still working and would be about 13 years of age.

Our van was bought as a shell and I furnished the interior making sure that the fridge had lots of ventilation. It never missed a beat.


Cheers

Jason, there is no doubt that the high ambient temperature would make the fridges work pretty hard but I doubt that it would cause them to die. I would have a close look at the mains supply voltage before anything else. I have measured caravan park voltages as low as 213 Volts, at the outley point and this does not do your electrics any good at all. It is also outside the Australian Standard. A group of us stayed at a park north of Bundaberg around this time last year and two Trailblasers and a CF50 Waeco quit due directly to this cause and when I approached the management was rudely told that we should only be using our on board fridges and no Air cons. That management has now moved on but I doubt the problem has been resolved as the park is fed via a SWER line and the system can't handle the load without major upgrading and this will be quite costly.

Domestic fridges are supposed to be left off for several hours after transporting before turning on. especially if it has been turned on its side or back. Maybe this is the cause?

Thanks for all the replies.

I will get a mate to check the volts coming into the van and I will look at better ventilation.

Thanks all

Jason