Waeco 60 litre, excessive power draw

Will try tomorrow but being on the impatient side I thought I'd try the forum tonight.

I had,,, the word being "had"..... a waeco 50litre fridge and it drew 4amps in normal mode and 6 amps in turbo...
Very thirsty fridge for power...
With the low power cut off feature it will trip early every time...
You will wake up with warmish drinks most mornings if you have been camped since the afternoon before..

The fix was an engel 40litre...
2.5amps when running and no turbo mode...
And no low cut off....

You get what you pay for...
It is simple...

Visitor

I think your full of sh1t!

"You will wake up with warmish drinks most mornings if you have been camped since the afternoon before.."

What was you running it off?? a 9 volt eveready duracell???

Or perhaps you sat it on your campfire all night!!

Mate i have a CF50 Waeco , and im not saying that its better than an Engel, but it certainly isn't as bad as you rave on

Another clown in the forum...

Cheers.....Dave

Dave,

LOL tell us how you really feel :)))

G'day Gramps

You wouldn't be able to read a word mate ...to much censorship.....LOL

Cheers......Dave

Calm down Borgy, some people would sooner bag an appliance than have it fixed. Quite often a minor problem, usually related to voltage.
Some people hate the error light on the waeco, but HELLO its telling you there is something wrong!!!
Personally I know of more engels giving trouble to friends and mates than waeco's, none of them are faultless.

Cheers Pesty

a waeco 50litre fridge and it drew 4amps in normal mode and 6 amps in turbo...
Very thirsty fridge for power...
With the low power cut off feature it will trip early every time...
SO FAR ALL TRUE......

You will wake up with warmish drinks most mornings if you have been camped since the afternoon before..
SO FAR ALL TRUE......

The fix was an engel 40litre...
2.5amps when running and no turbo mode...
And no low cut off....
SO FAR ALL TRUE......

You get what you pay for...
It is simple...
AND AGAIN TRUE......

Thanks for the public roasting Dave....
Why would you do that?
Am i not entitled to my opinion?
I am sure i am not the only waeco owner whos low power cutout has tripped the fridge in the early hours of the morning...
Remember it is a low voltage and not low amphere cut out...
An apology would be accepted.....

Visitor

"An apology would be accepted..... "

"It is simple... "

All abov are your words....the ones below are mine

You dont need to thank me for the public roasting.. as you put it...i would do the sam for anyone.

Secondly , i dislike people who talk bleep

Thirdly ..apology from me ...Haha forget it buddy

Cheers ....Dave

Sorry visitor, but you fell over on you first "so far all true"
If a waeco fridge is drawing 6 amps there is something wrong with it, even my 110 draws less than that and if it didnt, there would be something wrong with it.
You wake up to warm drinks, Doh, refer paragraph one !!!
Yes you get what you pay for, and some things are over priced, including all mobile fridges, compared to household units.

Cheers pesty

Well I have an engle and 2 x waecos can't fault any of them, I don't notice any less draw from the engle when running and it is a smaller fridge than the 2 x cf50's.
Wouldn't bag either one.

Wazzaaaa

I have had a Waeco 50l f/f for the past 5 yrs and have been very happy with it, on a recent trip it seemed to be playing up a bit ..it would not switch off cycling , just kept on running...so went in to Rays for a squiz and ended up purchasing a Engel 40l(very smart salesman)..(and got a good deal) just in case the Waeco stopped....the Engel pulls a lot less power than the Waeco and in the finish the supposed fault in the Waeco was traced to a slightly loose spade connection in my van wiring...but ...we had been considering buying another fridge anyway , this just brought the purchase forward a bit...cheers

Sorry visitor, but you fell over on you first "so far all true"
If a waeco fridge is drawing 6 amps there is something wrong with it,

I cant believe you guys are mis-quoting me so badly...
I said in turbo mode and then pest controller says it back like i have quoted that current draw in normal mode.

Sheesh,,,, i get it...
You guys must have this site all sussed out as your own and when outsiders come in you are very insecure...
Thats fine..

Ben,
Get a multi meter and check the Battery when under load with the fridg and see what voltage it is. If it is still 12v or more 12.5 This will tell you if the battery is ok.
After you have talked with Waeco let us know how you got on.
It appears to me that your fridg may have a serious problem.