What Fridge do you use Poll.

[jonboy62]

This is a photo of the socket for the Reefer Fridge. The 12v DC is the lower socket

[peterdeg]

You could try asking the folk at http://au.element14.com/ - they have 907 different plugs in their online catalogue.

(Mind you, they couldn't help me when the socket on my generic 3-way fridge failed, so I replaced it with a merit socket and built my own power cable)

[Bushman_Craig]

I've got a nice old 1970s Aussie-made 3-way Chestcold (AKA Chescold) RT40 which is a great old unit. I don't see any reason to update it as yet.

I have a couple of army hotboxes I use as beer eskies on shorter trips as well as a couple of vintage steel eskies, including a "Staykold" which doesn't ;-) I think I need to renew the seal on that one.

[battingpig]

Bushman in back of 4wd, 17 litre waeco btn front seats of 4 WD.


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[Throbbinhood]

6th Gear 50 Litre, happy with it so far, no complaints.

[hawks667]

Waeco CF50 lives in the back of 4WD on a slide....replaced the Thermister cable last year after 5 years of faultless service....Been great since.
Waeco CF50DZ gets run as a spare freezer at home...was playing up last week, not getting to temp & compressor running flat out...replaced the Thermistor cable, all good now. Takes 20 minutes to swap them over, only problem is that I am down to my last spare. So i better order a couple more..
Weaco CD11 now lives in the front where the console used to reside.

[GGV8Cruza]

Waeco upright door has failed while we are away. Looks like time for a full warranty replacement.  Pain in the butt with over a week to go

GG

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[WilSurf]

...was playing up last week, not getting to temp & compressor running flat out...replaced the Thermistor cable, all good now. Takes 20 minutes to swap them over, only problem is that I am down to my last spare. So i better order a couple more..

Similar thing to our 10 year old CF50.
When running on 240V it takes forever to go down to 4 degrees and the compressor keeps running.
What did you change and how?

[hawks667]

Its pretty easy on the CF50...

The Thermistor cable connects from the LED control panel, down through the cavity in the molding, behind the compressor and then runs through a hole in the insulation and hits ups against the fridge walls. If you remove the 2 screws that hold on the LED control panel, you should see the 2 wire connector....Then, remove the compressor breather panel (screws on the side and bottom). Once this is done & with the fridge upside down, you need to remove the screws that hold the compressor in place...then, the tricky part is bending support struts that hold the compressor in place so you can remove the retaining straps that hold the thermistor cable...Then........pull out the thermistor cable....woohooooo....

I bought replacements from here:

http://www.allvolts.com.au/catalogue/WAECO-THERMISTOR-CF18-CF25-CF35-CF40-CF50-CF60-CCF-CDF-ALL-MODELS-THERMIST-L-3903_item.html?ref_cat_id=FRIDGE-FREEZER-COOLER-WAECO-SPARE-PARTS

You need to use some thermal heasink paste when you put the new one in....this helps with the temperature sending unit being accurate in reading temperatures & getting good conductivity.

Takes me 20 minutes or so to replace....and, it works...lol...


Edit...just found this:

https://www.productsafety.gov.au/recall/dometic-australia-waeco-models-cf-40-cf-50-portable-compressor-fridge-freezer

Recall on CF-40 & CF-50 Sold between 20 October 2016 and 5 December 2016

[toglhot]

I had a 40 litre Engel for a few years, never missed a beat and used very little power.   Next I bought a Waeco CF25, never missed a beat and used very little power.   I bought a Stirling from Aldi the other week, it also appears to use very little power and I assume it will be every bit as good as the Waeco CF25 because it is a rebadged Waeco CF40.
Still believe that when it comes to portable fridges, Engel is the bench mark.   Unfortunately, the Engel wouldn't fit in our ASX so we sold it and bought the CF25.   When I saw the Stirling on sale for $499 I grabbed one and retired the CF25.   The Stirling is the same height and length of the CF25, just a little wider.

[two up]

Engel, powertech, and evacool.

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[dales133]

40L engel dual zone

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[Paddler Ed]

Have:
-a 6 year old Techniice esky (50litre one)
-a 2 year old 22litre Waeco Esky
-a Waeco CFX 65 fridge

[lincolnland]

3x techni ice eskys
1x waeco cfx 40
1x waeco cfx 50

highly rate and recommend every item.

[Barramatt]

60L Engel


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[Agent009]

Hi all

Has anyone used the Waeco CFX40W fridge? I'm assuming the W may stand for wi-fi as you can use an app to monitor fridge performance via wifi.

How does it compare with the normal CFX40?

Cheers
Agent009

[shakey55]

40L engel with 21L engel as a freezer


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[Pete79]

40L engel with 21L engel as a freezer


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We're looking at running the same setup (just with a Weaco 40l).
How do you find the little engel for a freezer? Does it work very hard?

[shakey55]

We're looking at running the same setup (just with a Weaco 40l).
How do you find the little engel for a freezer? Does it work very hard?

Unfortunately it does have to be turned up high on the dial, but to work as a freezer I have a to. 

In the 21L engel the elements are not from top to bottom, it only goes about half way, so to keep the items on the bottom frozen you have to turn it up fairly high.

But I have not had problems since learning this early in the piece.

I'm not sure about newer Engels or other brands, and by this I mean how much element is there.

I'm a firm believer in Engels quality and reliability so I am happy


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[Ben.Archer]

65l Techni-Ice (6 Years old)
40l Technic Ice, Icebox
60l Evercool Icebox
80l Evercool white fridge/freezer (brand new impulse buy - last day of the camping show and got the display one for a massive discount)

[Agent009]

I will be buying a fridge next weekend at the Brisbane caravan camping show.

Only looking to spend $1000 MAX and am after a fridge in the 40/50/60L range. I have probably narrowed it down to these two:

https://www.tentworld.com.au/buy-sale/dometic-cfx40w-fridge-freezer

http://www.evakool.com/fridges/rf-fibreglass-fridges/60-litre-evakool-fibreglass-fridge-freezer

Which one would people recommend? Or is there something else that I should be looking at?

Thanks

[DrewXT]

We're very happy with our Waeco CFX50... Given the new wireless model is out, you might get the previous model for under a grand....

Pretty sure Anaconda had them about 6 weeks ago for $900-ish

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[Rob Mac]

I will be buying a fridge next weekend at the Brisbane caravan camping show.

Only looking to spend $1000 MAX and am after a fridge in the 40/50/60L range. I have probably narrowed it down to these two:

https://www.tentworld.com.au/buy-sale/dometic-cfx40w-fridge-freezer

http://www.evakool.com/fridges/rf-fibreglass-fridges/60-litre-evakool-fibreglass-fridge-freezer
Hey 009, I have a Mammoth 65 Lt dual zone about 12-18 months old used in anger twice, but used to store frozen stuff when defrosting kitchen fridge. $1000.00 would see me let it go.
Cheers..Rob Mac. 

Which one would people recommend? Or is there something else that I should be looking at?

Thanks

[Ragman]

on our most recent trip the Evacool Fridgemate 70L was not performing well. on closer inspection it looks like the lid is warped?

we resorted to strapping the lid down with ratchet straps. will be taking it back to place of purchase this weekend and see what they say...

[Roksy18]

ARB 60 litre