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We recently purchased a wind up camper van and on our second trip away, as we were setting up the van, winding up the top and pulling out the bed ends, my wife noticed a huge scorch mark in the canvas. There was a hole in the canvas big enough to kick a footy through; if you were a good kick. Impersonating Sher...

Looking at the Vitri fridges, like the C85I here . I would connect to my 12V battery system, which would be charged by Solar / Alternator / 240V. Question: Given this, is there any reason to get the Fridge itse...

Hi, nice to meet you all. I'm currently having issues with my Waeco CF35. It's currently running on 12v but when plugged into my car however it won't run when plugged into 240v. I have opened up the cooler and have identified 2 circuit boards and have attached them. Which one of these boards do I need to re...

Well I fixed this bugger, eventually!!It started off with flickering lights and then it was switching from 240 to gas, temperature lights varying by themselves, powering off by itself, etc, etc. Then disaster! completely dead. No fridge and heading up north. I'm a former electronics technician s...

Hello all The previous owner of my van swapped the 3 way fridge for a Waeco CR-1140 compressor model. It is specified as 12 / 24 Volts DC / 100-240 Volts AC, but currently it only works on 240v. My guess is that is is not wired to the battery correctly but that seems a strange thing to do. Or possible a fuse b...

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scorch canvas damage burn lights fridge switch Lights in camper scorch canvas pop out (Preview)	Techies' Corner	17	3097	02:07 AM Feb 9, 2013 by Santa
We recently purchased a wind up camper van and on our second trip away, as we were setting up the van, winding up the top and pulling out the bed ends, my wife noticed a huge scorch mark in the canvas. There was a hole in the canvas big enough to kick a footy through; if you were a good kick. Impersonating Sher...
fridge 240v is it worth getting a fridge with 240v as well as 12V ? (Preview)	Techies' Corner	1	1878	08:00 PM Aug 26, 2016 by Cruising Cruze
Looking at the Vitri fridges, like the C85I here . I would connect to my 12V battery system, which would be charged by Solar / Alternator / 240V. Question: Given this, is there any reason to get the Fridge itse...
WAECO CF35 Cooler fridge portable 12v 240v WAECO CF35 fridge running on 12v, dead on 240v (Preview)	Techies' Corner	7	1992	08:17 PM Jul 22, 2020 by ChinH
Hi, nice to meet you all. I'm currently having issues with my Waeco CF35. It's currently running on 12v but when plugged into my car however it won't run when plugged into 240v. I have opened up the cooler and have identified 2 circuit boards and have attached them. Which one of these boards do I need to re...
Dometic fridge dead flickering lights Dometic 3 way fridge RMD8551 dead, no lights (Preview)	Techies' Corner	5	892	07:50 AM Jul 14, 2022 by Radar
Well I fixed this bugger, eventually!!It started off with flickering lights and then it was switching from 240 to gas, temperature lights varying by themselves, powering off by itself, etc, etc. Then disaster! completely dead. No fridge and heading up north. I'm a former electronics technician s...
fridge Compressor fridge only works on 240v - is it wired wrong? (Preview)	Techies' Corner	8	1175	05:22 PM May 22, 2023 by Craig1
Hello all The previous owner of my van swapped the 3 way fridge for a Waeco CR-1140 compressor model. It is specified as 12 / 24 Volts DC / 100-240 Volts AC, but currently it only works on 240v. My guess is that is is not wired to the battery correctly but that seems a strange thing to do. Or possible a fuse b...