Engel 40l not work on 240, working on 12v

Perhaps the person who borrowed it might be able to fix it.....
I learnt this lesson years ago about loaning hard-earned equipment.

As for joc. Ask the "borrower" to get it fixed.

Shame. Every time I lend something my wife kicks me. Now you know why.

Phil

I'll give you $20 for it, sounds like its buggered. ;-)

Swampy

Chris,

There is an in-line fuse in the 240 volt patch lead that may have blown, although if it no longer works very well on 12 volts, something else has probably "cooked".


Bill.

If the fuse did not protect the circuit then the damage ought to have stopped at the inbuilt inverter. If twelve volts is running the heat pump then it may be a thermostat problem too though you dont say what sort of problem with the 12 volt side.

owen

In the instructions Engel specifically say NOT to run it directly from a Generator but to charge a battery with the gene and run the Engel from the battery.

My guess is that the inverter board that switches from 240 to 24 and from 12 to 24 is damaged.
Labour costs being what they are it probably needs a new inverter pack.

My question qwould be "Did you tell the borrower not to run it from a generator?" If yes he should pay, if no it is hard earned experience.

Regards Philip A

Thanks for your replies.

It should of read "It does however work really well on 12v"

I really shouldn't write things that late at night!

Probably about 6 years ago Engel released their new fridges with a sticker on them declaring "Generator compatible" this,as I found out from Engel was a ploy to equal the same statement from a rival company who were stealing sales off Engel. Subsequently people went out and bought the $99 GMC genny's to run their Engels...the generators being 2 stroke & not sine wave inverted caused damage to the fridge motors due to current spiking etc...this is the info I received from an Engel Tech when I phoned up Engel in 2004...he told me NOT...NEVER run an Engel off a 2 stroke Generator or straight off any other form without it being sine wave equiped. SO. If I were you I would phone Engel & organise repair of fridge. What you do with your equipment is your business. I never lend anything like chainsaw,Engels, mowers or my cars to my adult children because if they break them they have not got the $$$ to pay for the repairs. So endeth the lesson!!

From memory i think there is a fuse on the 240 board that might be worth a check. They arent real hard to pull out to check. Cheers marn

There is a double pole relay in the power supply module of the fridge, it is used to change over from 12/24 to 240 volts. This may be your problem.

I guess the first thing i would do is try and confirm the power cord isnt stuffed

Thank you for all the replies.

To provide some feedback.

I found a company in WA that could supply me with a replacement power supply for about $300.

Apparently there is an on board fuse however it is soldered on and to remove the board from the power supply requires more tools than I have.

I have taken the power supply to a local appliance repairer to see if they can fix it.

Thanks again.

Time for a new one ask the person who stuffed it to go halves