Engel, good news
Submitted: Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 at 04:19
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Twinkles
I rang the chap from Carrum Downs who had done some repairs on my Engel. Noise, seal and pushed feet back out. He kindly said he would
check it over, no charge, to see waht the problem was.
Plugged it in at his place and it worked. At
home after the hot day (Black Saturday) in the back of the ute under canopy, was still warm on 12 volt and didn't work at all on 240. Doesn't make sense to me. Maybe full cooling of motor, compressor.....??
Anyway he is keeping it for a couple of days and running it on both voltages to
check it.
My powerpoint was operational and the 12 volt made a noise in the motor, just no cooling.
Reply By: Best Off Road - Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 at 05:38
Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 at 05:38
T,
Does it run OK at other times?
The reason I ask this is that in the back of the ute on that particular day the temp in the back of the ute (assuming it was closed) would have been at least 70 and probably closer to 80 degrees. No fridge will get cold in that heat.
Cheers,
Jim.
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Follow Up By: Member - Warfer (VIC) - Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 at 09:37
Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 at 09:37
**No fridge will get cold in that heat. **
Wanna make a bet buddy,Last year i borrowed my brother in laws Holden 4x4 (had nothing else lol)...It was 42 degrees and i had my Evakool in the back tub under the tarp...The dial was on about 5.5 out of 10.The mistake i made was putting the eggs and the tomatoes up the element end..About 3 hours later they were that
rock hard that we could have played cricket with them i was blown away ! There wasnt much circulation around it either because of the gear !
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Best Off Road - Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:12
Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:12
Now listen here
young fella, get it right :-)
Under a Tarp is nowhere near as hot as under a canopy. The glass in the canopy causes immenese heat, like inside a car.
Mind you, I reckon those Evakools would cope better than most, brilliant insulation.
Cheers,
Jim from Best Off road.
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Follow Up By: Member - Warfer (VIC) - Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:56
Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:56
Since the tarp time,i have a Hilux with a canopy on a fridge slide on a 42 degree day ! lmao
I have a cover on the Evakool but i still worry about things hitting the fibreglass - no hit's yet..
See ya soon..
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Reply By: offroad Bob - Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:01
Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:01
I had a similar problem with my engel traveling down from
Darwin during and extremely hot summer. Had it in the house on freeze in
Darwin - by the time we got to Kunnunura things were defrosting. As the unit was just 12 months old I was a bit annoyed.
Turns out according to Engel they will only cool/freeze 45deg below ambient temperature. So to maintain -5 outside it would need to be only +40.
Bob
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Follow Up By: Best Off Road - Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:18
Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:18
Spot on Bob,
I had a customer in the other day who had been lugging his Engel around in the back of a ute (with canopy) in the Northen Summer. Same thing happened to him.
I convinced him to do what I did and rip the backseat out of the ute and put it on the floor.
Cheers,
Jim from Best Off Road.
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Follow Up By: Axel [ the real one ] - Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:37
Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:37
Tuesday just gone , turned on 15 lt Engle [empty], also turned on 80lt Waco also empty , 8.30am , ambient temp already 29c , both fridges in back of ute under canopy in the sun , drive 155klm to do the grocery shopping , 10.30 am
Barcaldine , outside ambient temp 36c , in car temp 25c [airconned] ,temp in ute tray under canopy 52c ,, Engle fridge temp -10c and Waeco used without divider so all fridge at 2c [sensor at futherest away from element plate ,, 8mm sq hard wired so zero voltage drop,
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Reply By: Twinkles - Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 at 16:06
Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 at 16:06
Heard from the repair man today. It's running at about -13 to -14 degrees on freezer with 240 v and about -7 degrees on 12 volt.
My faith in the Engel restored.
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Follow Up By: Shaker - Friday, Feb 20, 2009 at 09:29
Friday, Feb 20, 2009 at 09:29
...... and your faith in the repairer as
well?
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Follow Up By: Twinkles - Friday, Feb 20, 2009 at 09:47
Friday, Feb 20, 2009 at 09:47
Absolutely, I should have said that.
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Follow Up By: Best Off Road - Friday, Feb 20, 2009 at 10:02
Friday, Feb 20, 2009 at 10:02
T,
That doesn't sound like it's OK to me.
My old 39L Engel would hold -18 on 12 or 240 in just about any weather.
Maybe a second opinion? Cool Factor in Braeside are pretty good 9587 5244.
Cheers,
Jim from Best Off Road
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Reply By: Member -Dodger - Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 at 16:51
Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 at 16:51
Hi all,
If you have a canopy on the back of a ute/dualcab etc get a pressure vent put in the top near front and have it open.
It does 3 things, keeps fresh air going into the back and pressurizes the canopy so helps keep dust out and finally helps to keep the temp down when stopped.
It can be closed when the weather is damp.
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Follow Up By: Twinkles - Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 at 23:10
Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 at 23:10
Hi Dodger,
Where do you go for this type of fitting? The place I got the canopy?
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Follow Up By: Member -Dodger - Friday, Feb 20, 2009 at 08:27
Friday, Feb 20, 2009 at 08:27
T,
Yes you should be able to get it where you bought the canopy.
If not then try a caravan outlet.
It's called a scupper vent.
Scupper vent
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Reply By: Maîneÿ (wa) has - Friday, Feb 20, 2009 at 10:19
Friday, Feb 20, 2009 at 10:19
Twinkles,
good to read your problem is now fixed.
As I said in your original post the buck stops with the fridge repairer, looks like he found and fixed the problem :-))
Mainey . . .
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