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    My brother has the 80 litre dual zone waeco.

    He was at my house the other day when we had that hot 38 degree day and he had it set at -10 which "In his words" holds the beer temp in the fridge department perfectly.

    Long story short it could only get to -3 with the fridge in the shade under the carport. When the sun set it came back up.

    I know in my 60 litre I can set it to whatever and whenever and it will easily reach desired temp.

    Is this is a regular problem with the larger fridges struggling on hot days or is something wrong with it?

    Never had this problem with my 60 and had it inside locked up in the gq on similar days with no issue, even set at -10.

    Larger area to cool and can't handle it or?

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    Hi mate you will find that it was the weather and not the fridge mate. Below is straight for the manual available online.

    Temp range is +10 to -18 but advises that minimum temp can not be gained when ambient temp is above 32c

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    Thanks mate, interesting how the 60 litre can reach any temp any time but the 80 just can't cut it in the extreme days.

    It would suck if you went up north touring in the heat? The fridge part of the dual zone was warm enough to spoil food and the freezer would not freeze water.

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    Did you put a multi meter on the power supply at the back of the car for voltage drop? What condition are his batteries?
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    Quote Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD View Post
    Hi mate you will find that it was the weather and not the fridge mate. Below is straight for the manual available online.
    Agree with MR on this call.

    The Waeco 80's aren't exactly brilliant performers when ambient temps head past low 30's and they suck in high 30's, low 40's.
    In fairness to Waeco they do say so in their specs.

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    I told Mark to check for voltage drop because the previous owner has run the power to the tray and an extra few metres so they can put the firdge outside the tray under a tree, etc for camping. Mark also got his auto elec to add a couple of metres onto the waeco cable as well....lol

    He cracked it and just bought a new Optima and still same problem.

    I'll try and take a look this weekend. I remember when I had voltage drop on mine the fridge would cut out. I did watch his fridge for 5 minutes and didnt see it cutting out though.

    Newb question = Can you get a voltage drop that simply doesnt supply enough power or will it just always cut out like mine did?

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    The big waeco that i had just didnt cut it in hot weather hence went to a 60l as all the above is correct
    check his cables and put in heavy duty for less power drop and i use dc to dc charger on aux battery
    and when not driving switches to 70w solar to top up while parked up

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    Quote Originally Posted by AB View Post
    I told Mark to check for voltage drop because the previous owner has run the power to the tray and an extra few metres so they can put the firdge outside the tray under a tree, etc for camping. Mark also got his auto elec to add a couple of metres onto the waeco cable as well....lol

    He cracked it and just bought a new Optima and still same problem.

    I'll try and take a look this weekend. I remember when I had voltage drop on mine the fridge would cut out. I did watch his fridge for 5 minutes and didnt see it cutting out though.

    Newb question = Can you get a voltage drop that simply doesnt supply enough power or will it just always cut out like mine did?


    Yep and you can, the waeco have 3 cutoff levels his could be set on high also

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    Just tell him he should have bought an engel... haha

    All joking aside that's a pretty disappointing state of affairs if it can't keep beer cold when ambient is above 32+ degrees.

    Next time you could test it by plugging it into 240v, should tell you if it is voltage drop issue or simply the fridge design and specifications not handling it.

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    some fridges cant hack hot humid conditions, I think the National Luna[Trail Blazer]
    was the only one tested that passed with flying colours , whislt being tested up Cape york
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