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How are we all iv got a 80lt waeco fridge/frezzee and it's only 3 months old, has any1 had the problem that it works fine then it want cool, turn it off then back on and it will start cooling again every so often it does this

sounds funny

id be taking back for warranty
i recken its got a loose wire or bad contat somewere in its wiring harness
if it is only happening sometimes.

chris.

Hi had the Waeco, geez i hated that thing, the only thing it was good for was teaching me how much i now appreciate my two Engels,
They run a differant compressor than the engel it should be a danfros motor, where as the engel runs the swing motor,
one of the reasons they say there better than the engel is they wont completly flatten your battery, and thats true for a reason so you dont burn the motor out due to low current draw,
where as the engel motor just gets slower and slower till the battery flatterns but has no effect to the motor in the engel,
the danfros compressor nevertheless is good but has that saftey factory built in so it doesnt damage the engine, but as soon as current gets low it trips out the motor and goes into saftey mode and stops cooling, one other thing if it isnt recieving the right current under heavy load usually when its turned up flat out is ussually due to running to small of amperage wire to your plug, believe it or not 8mm wire will often also cure the problem, try that you might be supprised,
or if all else fails buy a en????????

thanks all for the replys yeah does sound like its getting low power then

do u have the 240v adaptor , if so does it do it on 240 , i have the 110ltr waeco for 6yrs and mine only does this when in car and battery gets low

Yes icrawl is also right, test it with the 240 adaptor, if the fridge runs perfectly which i expect it will, this ussually means a lack off current when under the 12v conditions and is likely whats effecting the unit,

But how long can you struggle under these conditions never really knowing weather the beer is going to be hot or cold, i suppose its just like a luky dipp???????? through a bag of ice in just top be safe, although an esky would probably do the same thing, lol

Sorry thats from years of sh@##%t i copped of my mates when i owned a waeco

I have no idea what your problem is, can you explain it again.

Have you taken it back to Waeco?

Do you have the proper wiring setup in your vehicle? Does it also do this when run on mains power? Is the emergency red switch on the back turned on or off?

Come to think about it i dont think it does it when on 240v the power wire to it is 5mm wire , sometimes the error light flash's,

grimbo wrote:I have no idea what your problem is, can you explain it again.

Have you taken it back to Waeco?

Do you have the proper wiring setup in your vehicle? Does it also do this when run on mains power? Is the emergency red switch on the back turned on or off?

what its doing is ull fill it up and it will cool down fine 1nce the pump disengages ur guess is as good as mine when it will turn back on, its like a women tempermental

right it appears that you have insufficient power supply to the fridge.

Also have you contacted Waeco in case it is a warranty issue.

mate ur battery set up in ur car needs looking at and maybe suss out a better battery

its got a yellow top 970cca and its hard wired to it

havent taken it to waeco yet as i bought it off the net, thought these wore spose to be the bom

mate i doubt u have a prob with fridge it will be ur battery and wiring set up

CONTACT WAECO via a phone call perhaps.

They do work well when they are installed correctly with appropriate wiring, connections etc.

Just talk to the tech help people or maybe go and see an auto electrician.

do u get the fridge cold on 240v before u put it in car if not u are using all the battery power to get the thing to a cold temp . What i do with mine is run it on 240 to get it to the temp i want then put it in car and the battery will keep it at that temp . The fridge only runs after opening it so it can cool the hot air that gets in

the error light on my 110 will flash if voltage drops too low

have you looked at the voltage, close to the fridge, with a multimeter?

will do that thanks mate