you engle lovers will love this one!

the old statement always comes back you get what u pay for. got 2 Engel's never had a drama in 14 years just my opinion hope they warranty them for u anyway happy camping

Got to be unlucky to have that much trouble Laura with one brand of fridge over a trip but really no surprise given all those issues get covered on ExOz regularly. Waeco give excellent warranty & backup so should have no trouble getting them going soon not that that's any consolation with all the inconvenience.
Cheers Craig................

Laura ya poor bugga,

Trouble is following you at the moment!

My only solution is insurance and matches!!

Geoff

Laura,

At a guess the problem with your Waeco is that your battery is stuffed after letting it sit flat for too long. The fact that it wouldn't operate in turbo mode suggests lack of power.

"12 something volts" Well, 12.8 is fully charged, 12.0 Suggests under 50% and in turbo it draws lots and would shut down with a less than half charged battery.

As for your BIL. I suggest he checks that the emergency switch hasn't been turned on by mistake. It overrides the electronics and runs the fridge full time regardless of the setting.

Cheers,

Jim.

Bloody Waeco's

So after 14 months of use ours (cf 40) went on the blink. 'ERROR light kept on coming on and staying on and fridge not cooling.

So first things first...tap the great knowledge of this forum. Some of it very well intended but often misguided

'Your wiring is too thin'

'Your battery is stuffed'

'Yer getting the wrong volts reading'

'Switch on the emergency override switch'

Etc, etc.................................

So I thought, well, the little battery is 4 years old on the toy car so I will buy a new one.

Install new battery and spend ½ hour reprogramming the radio...lol

Hmmmmm........ERROR light still flashing

Check all the 6mm wiring, fuse and earth...all good.

Find authorised Waeco repairer on Internet and drive 250km there and back to drop fridge off

Collect fridge after 4 weeks.

Drive home

ERROR light flashing again

BUGGA!!!!!!!!

Take fridge back to repairer a couple of weeks later

Three more weeks go by.

Drive another 250km return

Repairer says " Waeco apologises for the inconvenience but they received a bad batch of Starter Cards from a supplier and that has been the fault all along. The first repair job also had a faulty card fitted....Sorreeeeee! There is no charge."

I would bloody think so!!!!

And what about my 500km worth of fuel?

It's not worth the argument

Waeco has been running fine again now, for the past 12 months

But I don't trust it..................................



Cheers

Only had one issue with our 50L waeco, the thermister (spelling) bleep itself due to been spiked in an electrical storm (used by brother in law at the time wont be borrowing again due to other issues like raw meat/fish smell, and a big thankyou to the people who told me how to get rid of the smell), Was replaced under warranty luckily and no issues, runs 24/7 and used it at minus 14/16 in the high country in 30 plus heat, has been great, there back up service/warranty is fantastic, and if engle are so good why dont they offer 5 year warranty like waeco do ?? instead of there 3 years ??? WHG