Vitifrigo dp2600 12 volt compressor fridge

Hi Ian

Our Waeco is still working fine :)

Graeme

It must be a dodgy unit - they have a 2 year warranty - start thumping desks :-o) ! Don't worry about being too far from the van builder - they will only flick you on the the fridge supplier anyway (it will say that in your contract). For what it is worth, despite struggling a bit in high heat levels (understandable I think), our 150L 2 door Vitri. has been good overall - the freezer is by far the star performer of the two compartments ! Even in high heat, the freezer wins - but we have to 'manage' the lower fridge carefully at those times ....we use a small battery powered fan in there to stir up the cold air pockets.

G'day Ian,

We have a 130 litre Vitrifrigo with a remote compressor. As posted elsewhere on this forum, I have water-cooled the condenser. Despite the remarkable increase in efficiency (ie, 50% saving in compressor run time) I have the same issue as yourself - the freezer compartment won't go below about -9.

If power consumption is not an issue (eg at a powered site) we leave the plastic tray that slides in under the freezer compartment in place and adjust the thermo so we get a reasonable cabinet temp - about +4 at the bottom - don't want to freeze the veges. This gets the coldest possible freezer compartment.

If power consumption IS an issue we remove the plastic tray and wind back the thermo so cabinet temp remains about +4 at the bottom. Freezer temp is then about -7 to -8. Not ideal, but good enough for how we manage our food.

We use plastic boxes that fit neatly side-by-side and just fit between shelves. These reduce the amount of cold falling out (if I can put it that way) when you open the door

On long treks we run a car fridge as a real freezer and transfer frozen stuff as required.

Cheers

Frank

Gday ian, i have a vitry 230 litre in my van and she work like treat, make ice quicker than my fridge at home, even on really hot days. cheers mark

Gday ian, van delivered new september 2010 and delivery date was late waiting for the fridge to arrive so i would say it was hot off the boat around that time. cheers mark

Hi Ian,
We have a 2 door Vitifrigo also like you and from the beginning we had installed two computer fans above the fridge that pulled cool air up over the motors. I had nothing but problems when I first got it in 2009 and like you had the thermostat replaced within 2 months. We then had the fridge re-wired so that we had a heavier power line and took it straight through to the batteries so that the regulator would not keep cutting it out. They like to drop out if your voltage drops below 11 and it does not handle fluctuations in the batteries so each night when you drop down in amps the fridge cuts out.
I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND VITIFRIGO FRIDGE as they are designed badly and not made for Australia conditions. The freezer will never get any better which is annoying as you can't take ice-creams etc as these all require very low freezing temperatures to hold them in quality condition.
The main reason is they only have the condenser around the freezer and never had the freezer as a separate unit. We wanted to put a foam lining under the freezer but then the fridge would not work as you blocked off the cold air to the fridge. This is the problem that causes the freezer not to work efficiently and the fridge to freeze up. I am eventually going to change to a Waco.
No matter who I spoke to they all pushed me from pillar to post. We had our van custom made and I did research and thought this was the better one, but certainly I know now how wrong I was.
Cheers Julie