I hate my Waceo CFX65 Fridges

[Green rv]

That's because he wouldn't make any money if everyone owned Engel's     

no. he said engels are good while they're working, but a real PITA to fix when they're not

 
Adam

[jw2170]

I have a CFX40 and it always recalls the last setting whether it's a minute or months withour power.

Cheers,

Salty.

+1

[loanrangie]

Its really not difficult, checking the temp on a waeco is no different than adjusting the knob on an engel although easier.

[cyberess]

You haven't by chance switched to "emergency override"? Which means it runs non stop and ignores the thermostat.

No it's was not switched to "emergency override"   it was actually running O.K. for 2 weeks, till the power outage  ,,  dodgy Darwin power  --

The fridge is a bit over 2 years old, it's had this problem before, but I blamed the kids before as they had a party and used it for "their" beer fridge  -- but it's happen again twice, and I have tested myself by switching the power off for an hour and yes the fridge does have a issue. (Still blame the kids though  )

Someone was asking was it a dual zone  --  yes it is dual zone..     I purchased the fridge from BCF and I have now lost the receipt, as it should still be under warranty..  I will have to workout how to get it fixed   

[tryagain]

No it's was not switched to "emergency override"   it was actually running O.K. for 2 weeks, till the power outage  ,,  dodgy Darwin power  --

The fridge is a bit over 2 years old, it's had this problem before, but I blamed the kids before as they had a party and used it for "their" beer fridge  -- but it's happen again twice, and I have tested myself by switching the power off for an hour and yes the fridge does have a issue. (Still blame the kids though  )

Someone was asking was it a dual zone  --  yes it is dual zone..     I purchased the fridge from BCF and I have now lost the receipt, as it should still be under warranty..  I will have to workout how to get it fixed

If you paid for it on card you should be able to look up the date you purchased it and they should then be able to locate the transaction on their computer, might take a day or two to be able to get the right person to have the time to locate it but I have done it before with other major retailers.

note the transaction date on a statment will likely be a a day or so after actual purchase date.

[Cleggy]

I have the dual zone 60 litre. Every time I loose power, it resets to max temp, I.e 49 degrees. If I power down using the on/off switch, it remembers last temp setting.

[feisty]

If you paid for it on card you should be able to look up the date you purchased it and they should then be able to locate the transaction on their computer, might take a day or two to be able to get the right person to have the time to locate it but I have done it before with other major retailers.

note the transaction date on a statment will likely be a a day or so after actual purchase date.

Do it like that regularly. Download your statement dump it into excel and search bcf.

[cyberess]

I have the dual zone 60 litre. Every time I loose power, it resets to max temp, I.e 49 degrees. If I power down using the on/off switch, it remembers last temp setting.

I guess you mean -49 degrees where it freezes everything?  --  and yes mine does retain all it's setting if powered down by the off/on switch

[chisel]

Does this happen when 12v power is lost or only 240v or either?

That's never happened with my old CF50.  It remembers the old setting from whenever it was last used regardless of how power was lost or how long it was powered down.

[cyberess]

It happens when either 12v or 240v is lost,  so one does have to make sure that the 12v is properly  plugged in.

There is a nice feature with the fridge and that is it can be plugged into both 240V and 12V at the same time, and it will only switch to 12v when the 240V is lost, and this part of the fridge does work well, great when it's on generator power, then when generator power is cut it's back to 12V.

 

[Bird]

Have you talked to Waeco yet?

[cyberess]

Not yet  --   I still have to work out how to talk with them , when I get the time.

[Bird]

Dometic Australia Pty Ltd

Varsity Lakes 4227

Tel: 1800 21 21 21
sales@waeco.com.au

or use their online question gig
http://www.waeco.com/Australia/About-WAECO/Contact-Us/

[slydar]

in another thread (maybe on pradopoint) everyone has said the same thing - some have this issue, some don't - it seems to come down to the controllers not liking the voltage dropping below 12 volts momentarily (more so in warm weather) and I know both of our CFX fridges have done this - they are supposed to drop into fault mode but if the battery recovers too quickly when the fridge stops on low voltage then you have the issue particularly with deep cycle (in my experience - with a cranking battery it just dropped into 'fault' mode and stayed there). one unhappy customer took theirs to the right repair place who said it was a 'known' issue with the controllers and can be covered by the warranty but I would guess you have to get the right repair centre as I have heard of several unhappy repair experiences with regards this issue. waeco have more recently brought out a 'recommended optional extra' which shuts down the fridge if the battery voltage drops too low but as far as I am concerned they are supposed to do that anyway

[slydar]

here it is - http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread.php?37370-Problem-with-Waeco-CFX-50-Cutting-Out/page3&highlight=waeco

[Cleggy]

I guess you mean -49 degrees where it freezes everything?  --  and yes mine does retain all it's setting if powered down by the off/on switch

No +49 degrees, ie never turns on at all.

I think max minimum temp is -29

[cyberess]

in another thread (maybe on pradopoint) everyone has said the same thing - some have this issue, some don't - it seems to come down to the controllers not liking the voltage dropping below 12 volts momentarily (more so in warm weather) <snip>

Hi Slydar,

Umm yeah my fridge was on 240V at the time -- no 12V as it was out of my vehicle at the time  --  the fault happened due to a power outage to our house, so I guess the dropped to zero at the time and back to 240V about 46 minutes later

 
 

[slydar]

thanks, I remember reading that now - apparently one check as per the prado forum (and I don't know how you do it on 240) is to monitor the current draw, if it increases while the compressor is running then yr controller is bad. not sure about this one though as theyre all 'soft start' compressor motors i.e. they don't just dump the full power into the motor at start-up but increase it in three 'steps' - this is supposed to limit the current drain on startup and stop the battery voltage dropping too far and tripping the low-voltage cutout but the current draw will increase over the three stages whether we like it or not and I have noticed all of ours will drop out at the third 'step' and try again after about half a minute if the battery is getting down

[bazt]

Not happy with my Engel. Stopped working the other day. Took it to the local repair place and asked about a warranty repair. Should have seen the look on his face. It is one of the old ones with the yellow case and green lid. He recons it is about 40 years old and the warranty has run out. On a more serious note he says the electronics board is stuffed and cannot be repaired. bazt

[peter2904]

 The electronics in the old Engels was fairly simple and should be able to be fixed at component level.  Not like modern throw away stuff.
Suggest asking local electronics repair place or someone with hobby level electronics knowledge.

Peter

[baggs71]

A quick call to Waeco repairer will have your answer....waste of good beer!