any ideas

mox3772 Casual Dubber

29 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 3 Jul 2003, 6:21 pm

#62738

hello folks anyone got any ideas what this might be my electrolux fridge wont work on 240v and is costing me a fair bit of money on gas at the moment any ideas what could be wrong, all the wiring is in tact.

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 3 Jul 2003, 7:56 pm

#62756

FILL or Phil74Camper has just done an excellent job or restoration ofn his VW BAY window camper.

He should be able toadvise so send him a U2U

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Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 3 Jul 2003, 10:02 pm

#62806

vw54 wrote:He should be able toadvise

heh heh heh ....... can you "toadvise" me too Fil?

Is that when you put your toad in a vice?

Futue te ipsum!!!

dakgrrl Slammed & Awesome Dubber

75 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 3 Jul 2003, 10:33 pm

#62816

are you being a smartarse blue?

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 3 Jul 2003, 10:52 pm

#62824

heh heh heh..... too dumb to be one of those Dakgrrl!

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1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 3 Jul 2003, 11:18 pm

#62831

Hi

We should have a spell checker just like on the VW Vortex forums.

1302Steve

Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 4 Jul 2003, 1:56 am

#62863

Hoo kneads a spell chequer!

Barry you'll have to stay off the giggle juice - at least until I can share one with you.

OK - about the fridge...

So it doesn't work on 240V. Does it work on 12 volts? Connect the red and black 12V cables from the fridge directly to a spare car battery, set the switch to 12V and leave it for a few hours.

These fridges have a heating element inside the insulated box at the back. It looks like a thick brass pencil, about 1cm in diameter and about 8cm long. When heated by an electric current (either 12 or 240V), it heats the freon coils and, by the heat absorbtion principle, cools the exchange coils that run into the freezer element.

The three-way switch on the front selects either 240v AC or 12V DC (or off for gas). There is a transformer underneath and behind that allows the DC heating element to operate from 240V mains.

So if it works on 12V (but not 240V), I would suspect either the switch or transformer has burnt out. If it doesn't work on either, then I suspect the heating element has burnt out. It can be replaced - just unpeel the galvanised sheet box on the back, carefully remove the fibreglass insulation and unbury the heating element from its steel casing. You can still buy new elements (of a higher capacity too) from Caravan Accessories in Kogarah (Sydney).

They can also give you a quote for doing this work for you if you like. Brand-new Electrolux 3-way fridges are available, but they are about $1100.

The gas is a separate system and uses an insulated baffled flame tube to heat the rear coils. It's only a pilot light, but as you say will go through some gas if you leave it on for several days.

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 4 Jul 2003, 7:47 am

#62884

BARRY

Is that when you put your toad in a vice?

Your sense of humor is worse than mine

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Purple Martin Fahrvergnugen

913 posts · joined Feb 2003 · 4 Jul 2003, 12:25 pm

#62962

Good description of how they work Phil, but as I'm a pedant I'll have to correct you on one little thing. They don't use freon, they use ammonia and hydrogen. :P

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