Continual Running of Waeco CR110 frdige over long periods of hot weather
Submitted: Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:07
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kevmac....(WA)
Just went away for a weekend in van and found our smartcharger was continually running below float level for most of the times the generator was going. On previous occassions , most it seeemed to take to bring 110ah deep cycle back up was usually 3 hrs,from overnight use. Leading up to this trip the fridge had been continually going since just before Xmas(wife was helping daughter while she was waiting to have twins) and a lot of that time was in extremeley hot weather. On the 2nd day out after running gennie for 8 to 10 hrs , the charger finally got ahead of the fridge. Leading up to that i had noticed the compressor running for long perods of time. when got
home disconnected battery and put on 6amp charger to
check battery. Once battery had reached float level i disconnected to
check on "leakage" and found that battery overnight had dropped from 13.45v down to 13.33v.........What I am trying to work out is what is the more likely cause, the fridge, or the battery(12mths old reasonable use) Had covered the terminals at one stage with petroleum jelly, which appeared to have broken down after a while. After cleaning terminals and connections etc it did improve for a while.
Sorry if confusing, but thought best to list everything
any help /advice greatly appreciated
Reply By: kevmac....(WA) - Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012 at 21:35
Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012 at 21:35
Must be ready for becoming a
grey nomad................
Looks like wife and I have both had seniors moments..........
At a good guess I would say I have found the cause of our problems...................
THE DARNED FRIDGE WAS SET AT MAXIMUM COLD FOR SOME REASON.
No wonder the compressor always seemed to be continually running & the gennie having to keeep the smartcharger going for so long.
If you wish to have a laugh at our expense please do , because we did!!!!!!
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Follow Up By: kevmac....(WA) - Saturday, Feb 18, 2012 at 10:21
Saturday, Feb 18, 2012 at 10:21
All tested out at
home, with fridge set at 4.5 and all working ok as before.YES even yhe smartcharger behaving properly as it used to. Thanks for all the advice from a great
forum . As I keep saying maybe some day I will be able to help someone. Is now a note on fridge door to
check thermo setting is on 4.5, hahahah
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Reply By: wombat100 - Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:18
Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:18
We run our CR1110 just above '5' to try to retain a fridge temp. of about 4 degs.
Have installed a Engel inside/outside temp. unit to monitor, but it's very dificult to maintain a constant temp.
Also found the fridge to be very power hungry, and not very efficient.
Have just had the voltage thingy replaced, as it worked OK on 12v- but shat itself when on 240v.
I really don't think the CR110 is the 'bees knees'- but I'm trying a few ideas to get a bit more efficency out of it.
It does have the optional fan kit installed- but even that doesn't seem to make much of a difference.
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