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Voltage cut out on Engel

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Voltage cut out on Engel

Post by DX 80 »

Just curious as to what the voltage cutout is on an Engel 39 litre?

Curious as I just put in a new deep cycle battery and wanna monitor it?

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Re: Voltage cut out on Engel

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DX 80 wrote:Just curious as to what the voltage cutout is on an Engel 39 litre?

Curious as I just put in a new deep cycle battery and wanna monitor it?

Dave.
just in case you didn't know!
the fridge itself does not have a inbuilt low voltage cutout.
There are a range of after market low voltage protection units which
allow a choice of settings!
a quick search of the Engel site should answer what there unit cuts out at.
another supplier, google "sidewinder" He sells a range of these units!

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Post by DX 80 »

So, am I correct to say, that once the battery reaches below 12v she will not operate?

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Post by pongo »

out of memory i think it will still run down to about 11 volts. engel should be able to tell you. Id rather hurt a battery long term than loose food on a week long trip.
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Post by jedipi »

pongo wrote:out of memory i think it will still run down to about 11 volts. engel should be able to tell you. Id rather hurt a battery long term than loose food on a week long trip.
This is exactly what I was thinking.
But you may need to get a new battery after that trip.
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Post by paulm958 »

Waeco has the trip out, Engel will run you fridge till the battery is dead flat
its all actually to do with the motors they run,
the Waeco has to run a trip due to the danfros compressor (motor), if it doesnt it will eventually burn the motor out due to low voltage,
Where as the Engel runs a swing motor (not coil wound, it uses a slow recip piston) and can operate on very low voltage and still work,
Ive had a couple of Waecos and now have a couple of Engels,
and ill never own another Waeco,
as mentioned if concerned you can buy a trip out,
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Post by JAFO74 »

Yep recently had my Engel run the battery down to 8 vlts but didn't really care cause batteries are expenable and warm beer really sucks!!
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Post by DX 80 »

Cheers fellas,

So if I were to put a battery monitor cut out on it, what do you reckon would be the ideal volt cut out.

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