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Title: Waeco Fridge Freezing everything
Post by: Dragonfly on March 11, 2020, 08:11:31 AM: Of course, now that we are planning an expedition, our rock-solid 60L Waeco Fridge has started acting up. Has not slipped a beat for 10 years. I suspect that the thermostat is blown or faulty, following a surge.

Anyone know anything about these? Any suggestions on where to go for a repair?

(Sometime I surprise even myself at how stupid I can be... this is a Waeco CF60, not an ARB ???)
Title: Re: ARB Fridge Freezing everything
Post by: chester ver2.0 on March 11, 2020, 08:20:16 AM: Yep sounds like the thermistor has gone

First maybe open her up and check that there is not a back up thermistor already there. For example the older Waeco CF80's had such a reputation for blowing thermistors that they built it with 2 and you simply swapped the plug over to the other one when failure occured

Failing that just google and take it to a local repairer it is a pretty simple job but can be labour intensive so get a quote first and then weigh up the price vs the value of a 10 year old fridge
Title: Re: ARB Fridge Freezing everything
Post by: lloydus67 on March 11, 2020, 08:35:43 AM: Not sure if the Arb is the same as weaco, but the old weaco’s had a emergency switch that would turn on the the compressor without temp control. I was going to ditch my old cf50 because it kept freezing everything until I noticed the switch near the plug had been bumped.
Btw from my understanding if a thermistor is faulty / open circuit, the compressor will not run

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Title: Re: ARB Fridge Freezing everything
Post by: alnjan on March 11, 2020, 09:41:54 AM: see ARB has released a new fridge/freezer including dual zone.

https://www.arb.com.au/portable-fridge-freezers/zero-dual-zone?gclid=Cj0KCQjw9ZzzBRCKARIsANwXaeJ26O1LUyA63INNAoNpcMUjYTdXGyA560QQjsPFeUPQh86epSr88s4aAlS1EALw_wcB (https://www.arb.com.au/portable-fridge-freezers/zero-dual-zone?gclid=Cj0KCQjw9ZzzBRCKARIsANwXaeJ26O1LUyA63INNAoNpcMUjYTdXGyA560QQjsPFeUPQh86epSr88s4aAlS1EALw_wcB)
Title: Re: ARB Fridge Freezing everything
Post by: Dragonfly on March 11, 2020, 10:39:09 AM: Quote from: lloydus67 on March 11, 2020, 08:35:43 AM
Not sure if the Arb is the same as weaco, but the old weaco’s had a emergency switch that would turn on the the compressor without temp control. I was going to ditch my old cf50 because it kept freezing everything until I noticed the switch near the plug had been bumped.
Btw from my understanding if a thermistor is faulty / open circuit, the compressor will not run

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Thanks - it is in normal mode.
Title: Re: Waeco Fridge Freezing everything
Post by: glenm64 on March 11, 2020, 11:52:25 AM: If you need to do the Thermistor, its a piece of cake.
See here, I did my CF50

http://www.myswag.org/index.php?topic=54362.msg944352#msg944352 (http://www.myswag.org/index.php?topic=54362.msg944352#msg944352)
Title: Re: Waeco Fridge Freezing everything
Post by: lloydus67 on March 11, 2020, 11:59:20 AM: It’s an easy fix to put an aftermarket thermostat in as well. My cf30 has an Engle mechanical controller
Plenty of digital ones available on eBay as well

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Title: Re: Waeco Fridge Freezing everything
Post by: Dragonfly on March 11, 2020, 12:16:53 PM: Quote from: glenm64 on March 11, 2020, 11:52:25 AM
If you need to do the Thermistor, its a piece of cake.
See here, I did my CF50

http://www.myswag.org/index.php?topic=54362.msg944352#msg944352 (http://www.myswag.org/index.php?topic=54362.msg944352#msg944352)

Your cake and mine are clearly very different :D :D

I have booked it in for a look-see at https://coolfactor.com.au/ (https://coolfactor.com.au/)
Title: Re: ARB Fridge Freezing everything
Post by: Rodt on March 11, 2020, 03:37:16 PM: Quote from: chester ver2.0 on March 11, 2020, 08:20:16 AM
Yep sounds like the thermistor has gone

First maybe open her up and check that there is not a back up thermistor already there. For example the older Waeco CF80's had such a reputation for blowing thermistors that they built it with 2 and you simply swapped the plug over to the other one when failure occured

Failing that just google and take it to a local repairer it is a pretty simple job but can be labour intensive so get a quote first and then weigh up the price vs the value of a 10 year old fridge
This. I opened mine up after hearing exactly the same thing and lo and behold there was the spare one. Connected it up and hasn't missed a beat since
Title: Re: Waeco Fridge Freezing everything
Post by: edz on March 12, 2020, 08:38:43 AM: Could just wire in a 12 V on / off timer and control the run time / temp that way, till you get back ..
Title: Re: Waeco Fridge Freezing everything
Post by: Traveller on March 12, 2020, 09:15:46 AM: If you want someone to check it out I can recommend CoolFactor, 5/314 Governor Road, Braeside, VIC 3195, 03 9587 5244.

They have done work for me in the past and I was impressed. The only thing is that will charge about $95 to look at it but take it off bill if it is repaired, obviously has been caught by a lot of non-payers.
Title: Re: Waeco Fridge Freezing everything
Post by: Dragonfly on March 31, 2020, 11:58:11 AM: Just to close this out - it was the thermistor. Repaired by Cool Factor in Braeside - they get a big thumbs up from me. Thanks everyone.
Title: Re: Waeco Fridge Freezing everything
Post by: Bird on March 31, 2020, 12:00:58 PM: Quote from: Dragonfly on March 31, 2020, 11:58:11 AM
Just to close this out - it was the thermistor. Repaired by Cool Factor in Braeside - they get a big thumbs up from me. Thanks everyone.
Nice work
how long did it take, nad how much $ for future users :)