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Waeco Fridge Freezing everything
« 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  ???)
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Re: ARB Fridge Freezing everything
« Reply #1 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
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Re: ARB Fridge Freezing everything
« Reply #2 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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Re: ARB Fridge Freezing everything
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2020, 09:41:54 AM »
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Re: ARB Fridge Freezing everything
« Reply #4 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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Re: Waeco Fridge Freezing everything
« Reply #5 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
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Re: Waeco Fridge Freezing everything
« Reply #6 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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Re: Waeco Fridge Freezing everything
« Reply #7 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


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

I have booked it in for a look-see at https://coolfactor.com.au/
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Re: ARB Fridge Freezing everything
« Reply #8 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
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Re: Waeco Fridge Freezing everything
« Reply #9 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 ..
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Re: Waeco Fridge Freezing everything
« Reply #10 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.
 
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Re: Waeco Fridge Freezing everything
« Reply #11 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.
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Re: Waeco Fridge Freezing everything
« Reply #12 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 :)
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