ARB 47 Litre fridge with no power

[GQtdauto]

We used and abused our 60 litres ARB fridge for a year when travelling round oz , changed the plug lead for 12 volt at ARB in Broome for the Engel type plug .
It never worked it's way out after that and fridge ran constantly for a year , we only did the start of the Gibbs but the corrugations were shocking , the fridge survived ok so they must be reasonably well built .
Ours is now fixed in the new camper to be used just as a fridge and the ubercheap everkool knock off is going to be used as a freezer only and is in the back of the GQ , will see how it all works when we do the corner country Birdsville trip in a couple of months .

[threedogs]

Brought my 40ltr Engel in 92' pretty much ran non stop for a good 15 yrs..
All I did was fit a LED light on a reed switch and fused it to the dead side of the fuse.
Plus Ive fit a blower motor to cool the condenser a touch and the lastest is it now
runs via a 12v digital thermostat.
Point being,,, is no printed circuit boards etc to go wrong and still running like a top,,,,lol

[Ben-e-boy]

How many flashes does the error light make. The number of flashes determine what the fault is

[mudski]

Brought my 40ltr Engel in 92' pretty much ran non stop for a good 15 yrs..
All I did was fit a LED light on a reed switch and fused it to the dead side of the fuse.
Plus Ive fit a blower motor to cool the condenser a touch and the lastest is it now
runs via a 12v digital thermostat.
Point being,,, is no printed curcuit boards etc to go wrong and still running like a top,,,,lol

Yeah sometimes nothing beats old tech hey John.

[threedogs]

Yeah sometimes nothing beats old tech hey John.

Just saw on TV,,, Aldi have a Stirling named 12v fridge on sale this Saturday $499

https://www.aldi.com.au/en/special-b...ridge-freezer/

[jay see]

I was waiting for these to come up again, but for the same money I got a 18 month old cfx50 waeco.

[GQtdauto]

Not lining up again for Aldi sales , it's a shit fight , people line up only to have people jump in front and then people jump in front of them , 100 metre sprint to what you want only to get there and people have six of what you want piled on a trolley.
Fridges are danfoss compressors I believe .

[Rock Trol]

How many flashes does the error light make. The number of flashes determine what the fault is

Cant remember the number of flashes initially as the complete unit went dead after a while. No power at all. No longer any led lights.

[threedogs]

I was waiting for these to come up again, but for the same money I got a 18 month old cfx50 waeco.

Just make sure you have a secure power source and no cig plugs
either twist lock engel/narva or 50a anderson, Waeco are known
for requiring positive conections

[Rock Trol]

UPDATE: After 6 weeks of waiting I have finally been able to get some information on what is happening with my fridge. Apparently they are waiting on parts (circuit board) so hopefully I will get it back soon. Not sure when though.