Hi, happened to be talking to a salesman in a camping shop about solar panels and he told me I shouldn't use our 3 way fridge on 240v for more than a few days or a week, not good for it, use the gas. Never heard of this before. He said it was something to do about the small heating element (??) that could be destroyed. Anyone heard of this, or any advice?
Thanks.
brickies said
05:32 PM Oct 15, 2013
Have been running ours on 240v most of the time for 6 years so far no trouble , Maybe the camping shop want to sell more LPG
jules47 said
06:27 PM Oct 15, 2013
Hmmmmm - he IS a salesman after all!! Think brickies might have the right idea there.
Rip and Rosie said
06:54 PM Oct 15, 2013
We have a 3 way in the van- over 10 yrs old and has never been on gas.............works a treat.
We also have a 3 way portable - over 6 years old, rarely run on 240 volt, usually on 12 volt, hooked it up to gas for the first time this week..... works a treat.
"Whut u tawking 'bout, Willis?"
ozjohn said
09:13 PM Oct 15, 2013
I think the word 'Idiot' would adequately describe the salesman.
peter45 said
09:13 PM Oct 15, 2013
Thanks, was pretty sure it wasn't great advice. We were talking about solar panels, not gas...............strange.
brickies said
09:24 PM Oct 15, 2013
Soar panels did he tell you they work better on a full moon and make sure to kept them out of the sun
jules47 said
09:34 PM Oct 15, 2013
Good one brickies
freehazzas said
10:01 PM Oct 15, 2013
Ours has been going 99% of the time on 240 for three years non stop. Only done one element so far and that was in summer when there are a lot of power serges in parks. Easy to replace them and dont cost too much.
peter45 said
10:47 PM Oct 15, 2013
240 rules! Except when goin' bush............. I could get an extra long extension cord, I guess.
marto1944 said
11:18 PM Oct 15, 2013
That's the best yarn I've heard in my 50 odd years in the electrical trade I'll mention it to my students next week and see what their reaction is if it designed to operate on 230v that's what it is meant to do , suspect I'll send him a note and ask if its ok to run my water heater all the time on 230v
regards
peter
03_troopy said
03:15 AM Oct 16, 2013
the dometic 3 way fridges seem to burn out the 240V element more often that you'd think was normal. There are a couple of threads on here and other forums about it. Mine burnt out a while ago and I have purchased a new 240V element to replace it with, just gotta find the time to do it. Oldtrack seems to have had a bit of experience with these fridges (and probably others) burning out the 240V element, he'll probably post some info once he sees the post.
Cheers
landy said
04:36 AM Oct 16, 2013
Ditto 03 troopy I have also seen posts on here to that effect. Landy
Hi, happened to be talking to a salesman in a camping shop about solar panels and he told me I shouldn't use our 3 way fridge on 240v for more than a few days or a week, not good for it, use the gas. Never heard of this before. He said it was something to do about the small heating element (??) that could be destroyed. Anyone heard of this, or any advice?
Thanks.
We also have a 3 way portable - over 6 years old, rarely run on 240 volt, usually on 12 volt, hooked it up to gas for the first time this week..... works a treat.
"Whut u tawking 'bout, Willis?"
I think the word 'Idiot' would adequately describe the salesman.
Good one brickies
That's the best yarn I've heard in my 50 odd years in the electrical trade I'll mention it to my students next week and see what their reaction is if it designed to operate on 230v that's what it is meant to do , suspect I'll send him a note and ask if its ok to run my water heater all the time on 230v
regards
peter
Cheers
Landy