I have a waco which has been in the repair shop since the first
week of January. We took the waco up the centre of Australia
with no noise can you tell me if any one has a waco if it is silent
to run our one did not make a noise for 18 month's but it make's a
noise like breathing all the time and they tell me that is normal
my fridge at home at least turn's off I fell so much better now
getting this in the forum
Birdy1710 said
01:32 AM Feb 13, 2013
G,day Woosy, Ive had a Waeco cf40 for a couple of years, so far no problems i can
hardly hear it runing. sorry i cant help you with the strange noises. Does it cool down ok?
Good Luck Birdy
herbie said
01:57 AM Feb 13, 2013
We have had one of our Waeco fridges for 15 years, but last year the error light thingo came on,we took it to a repair man in Rockhampton QLD ,He took one look at it and said yep i know what,s up.He had it fixed in half an hr.He said when they made our make back then there was only a what ever fuse put in so he changed to a bigger one and so far it is still purring along.I only hope we get the same faithful run out of this new one. Does your fridge cool down ? our's wouldn't even start.
herbie said
01:34 PM Feb 14, 2013
I would take it to a auto eleco , just to see what he thinks might be the problem. That way it will give you an indecation if it is worth getting repaired or not .As i am a Waeco man i would be interested in knowing the out come. regards Herbie
-- Edited by herbie on Thursday 14th of February 2013 01:35:23 PM
woosy said
07:40 PM Feb 14, 2013
Hi! Herbie & Birdy
My waco comes to -18 then we but food in to the waco and it slowly comes
down I am talking about frozen food We took the waco in our c/v up the centre
of Australia... Did not hear a sound from it worked like a dream... putting food
in and out of it.... our fridge at home turn's off this one makes a breathing noise
all the time does not turn off I would love to have my Waco back in the same
condition
DeBe said
08:56 PM Feb 14, 2013
When the compressor is running there should be a fan running to cool the condenser/compressor & the electronics. If its not running & the amb temps are high the fridge may shut down. In my opinion the orig fan is too small, ive fitted a larger fan to get rid of the heat & the compressor runs less.
03_troopy said
01:29 AM Feb 15, 2013
Unfortunately, you'll be hard pressed to find an auto elec that would be able to tell you if there is anything wrong with it unless it is completely dead. And then you'd know that anyway. You'll need a someone with experience in repairing portable fridges... like DeBe he's pretty cluey with them. I just wish he was closer when mine decided to quit.
herbie said
06:48 AM Feb 15, 2013
I would take it to a auto eleco , just to see what he thinks might be the problem. That way it will give you an indecation if it is worth getting repaired or not .As i am a Waeco man i would be interested in knowing the out come. regards Herbie We to
We took our,s to a guy in Rockhampton QLD he had it fixed in a few hrs.Did not appear to be a big deal to him he said he get,s, fridges in all the time from travelers passing through .Best 480 we have spent in awhile. Now it has the larger fuse dosn;t appear to be working as hard either...
herbie said
10:46 PM Feb 15, 2013
No it was $80 all up ...he is a retired man and works from a work shop from his house. I guess being from the old school he know's the workings of these fridges. If you wont his name just leave a post via here and i can give it to you. OOOPS just re read my post regarding how much it cost to get fixed and must of hit the 4 instead of the $ sign .Silly me .
-- Edited by herbie on Friday 15th of February 2013 10:48:26 PM
03_troopy said
01:54 AM Feb 16, 2013
You must have been lucky and got one that does know about fridges then, and was lucky enough to have whatever parts he replaced along with the fuse on hand. Was that $480.00? If a few is say 3hrs at $80/h plus $240.00 parts???
woosy said
10:37 PM Feb 27, 2013
Just a quick up-date on my waeco
which has now been sent to waeco factory I am hoping for some good
news soon as it has been since the first week in January cheers woosy
herbie said
10:58 PM Feb 27, 2013
No it was $80 all up ...he is a retired man and works from a work shop from his house. I guess being from the old school he know's the workings of these fridges. If you wont his name just leave a post via here and i can give it to you. OOOPS just re read my post regarding how much it cost to get fixed and must of hit the 4 instead of the $ sign .Silly me .
akaeep my up dated on what was wrong with it.Are they going to honour warranty?
woosy said
06:49 PM Feb 28, 2013
Hi Herbie!!!
yes waeco is only a little over 1year old
herbie said
07:48 PM Feb 28, 2013
woosy wrote:
Hi Herbie!!!
yes waeco is only a little over 1year old
Very interested to find out what the problem was.
woosy said
09:26 PM Mar 22, 2013
Hi! you asked me to let you know about our waeco it is back after 2mths
it went to the agent of waeco they could not find the problem
they sent it to waeco service under warranty received it back
all o'k but no report what was wrong with it
herbie said
09:42 PM Mar 22, 2013
Thanks for letting me know the out come.Hope now it gives you many years of service.,,,
I have a waco which has been in the repair shop since the first
week of January. We took the waco up the centre of Australia
with no noise can you tell me if any one has a waco if it is silent
to run
our one did not make a noise for 18 month's but it make's a
noise like breathing all the time and they tell me that is normal
my fridge at home at least turn's off
I fell so much better now
getting this in the forum
G,day Woosy, Ive had a Waeco cf40 for a couple of years, so far no problems i can
hardly hear it runing. sorry i cant help you with the strange noises. Does it cool down ok?
Good Luck Birdy
We have had one of our Waeco fridges for 15 years, but last year the error light thingo came on,we took it to a repair man in Rockhampton QLD ,He took one look at it and said yep i know what,s up.He had it fixed in half an hr.He said when they made our make back then there was only a what ever fuse put in so he changed to a bigger one and so far it is still purring along.I only hope we get the same faithful run out of this new one. Does your fridge cool down ? our's wouldn't even start.
I would take it to a auto eleco , just to see what he thinks might be the problem. That way it will give you an indecation if it is worth getting repaired or not .As i am a Waeco man i would be interested in knowing the out come. regards Herbie
-- Edited by herbie on Thursday 14th of February 2013 01:35:23 PM
Hi! Herbie & Birdy
My waco comes to -18 then we but food in to the waco and it slowly comes
down I am talking about frozen food We took the waco in our c/v up the centre
of Australia...
Did not hear a sound from it worked like a dream... putting food
in and out of it.... our fridge at home turn's off this one makes a breathing noise
all the time does not turn off I would love to have my Waco back in the same
condition
When the compressor is running there should be a fan running to cool the condenser/compressor & the electronics. If its not running & the amb temps are high the fridge may shut down. In my opinion the orig fan is too small, ive fitted a larger fan to get rid of the heat & the compressor runs less.
Unfortunately, you'll be hard pressed to find an auto elec that would be able to tell you if there is anything wrong with it unless it is completely dead. And then you'd know that anyway. You'll need a someone with experience in repairing portable fridges... like DeBe
he's pretty cluey with them. I just wish he was closer when mine decided to quit.
I would take it to a auto eleco , just to see what he thinks might be the problem. That way it will give you an indecation if it is worth getting repaired or not .As i am a Waeco man i would be interested in knowing the out come. regards Herbie We to
We took our,s to a guy in Rockhampton QLD he had it fixed in a few hrs.Did not appear to be a big deal to him he said he get,s, fridges in all the time from travelers passing through .Best 480 we have spent in awhile. Now it has the larger fuse dosn;t appear to be working as hard either...
No it was $80 all up ...he is a retired man and works from a work shop from his house. I guess being from the old school he know's the workings of these fridges. If you wont his name just leave a post via here and i can give it to you. OOOPS just re read my post regarding how much it cost to get fixed and must of hit the 4 instead of the $ sign .Silly me .
-- Edited by herbie on Friday 15th of February 2013 10:48:26 PM
Just a quick up-date on my waeco
news soon as it has been since the first week in January
cheers woosy
No it was $80 all up ...he is a retired man and works from a work shop from his house. I guess being from the old school he know's the workings of these fridges. If you wont his name just leave a post via here and i can give it to you. OOOPS just re read my post regarding how much it cost to get fixed and must of hit the 4 instead of the $ sign .Silly me .
akaeep my up dated on what was wrong with it.Are they going to honour warranty?
Hi Herbie!!!
yes waeco is only a little over 1year old
Very interested to find out what the problem was.
Hi! you asked me to let you know about our waeco it is back after 2mths
it went to the agent of waeco they could not find the problem
they sent it to waeco service under warranty received it back
all o'k but no report what was wrong with it
Thanks for letting me know the out come.Hope now it gives you many years of service.,,,