My fridge doesn't work

bongofever · Post by **bongofever** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 8:19 pm

Hello,

Just been away to a beautiful campsite in Eye called Honeypot, all was perfect except for one thing....my fridge does not work, although I only bought my van in June I have only got the fridge working once, and I didn't do anything different to normal.

I have ready the f.a.q with interest but still have no idea, all I know is that it was working and now it isn't - I can hear a whirring sound when I switch it on but definitely no chill. The fridge is made by Indel B of whom I cannot find anything about on the internet.

Any suggestions welcome

Thanks

Tina

teenmal · Post by **teenmal** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 8:38 pm

bongofever wrote:Hello,

Just been away to a beautiful campsite in Eye called Honeypot, all was perfect except for one thing....my fridge does not work, although I only bought my van in June I have only got the fridge working once, and I didn't do anything different to normal.

I have ready the f.a.q with interest but still have no idea, all I know is that it was working and now it isn't - I can hear a whirring sound when I switch it on but definitely no chill. The fridge is made by Indel B of whom I cannot find anything about on the internet.

Any suggestions welcome

Thanks

Tina

Hi Tina,do you recognise it from these...

http://www.bukh.co.uk/marinefridge.htm

nigelgibson · Post by **nigelgibson** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 8:58 pm

Teenmal is spot on. The website link is the one you need.
I have one of these and called the number on website for advice on how to wire it. They could not have been more helpful , and talked my sparky through the installation [ in the abscence of instructions as it was second hand].

Elite camper conversions in worksop are one of a few that fit them in their conversions. A quality fridge which you cannot hear running unless you pull it out of the unit and it uses very little power. Give them a ring i'm sure they'll sort it out.

bongofever · Post by **bongofever** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:44 pm

Thank you very much, will call them tomorrow

dreamwarrioruk · Post by **dreamwarrioruk** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:17 pm

im not sure but it may be one with a detachable compressor. The vitrigo fridge we have in ours had the option so that it makes it easier to install, on ours there were a total of two wires red and black or pos and neg so not exactly hard to wire. may be a possibility that one of the connections have come apart or maybe its degassed itself. Im only guessing here tho with that model.

nigelgibson · Post by **nigelgibson** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:31 pm

dreamwarrioruk wrote:im not sure but it may be one with a detachable compressor. The vitrigo fridge we have in ours had the option so that it makes it easier to install, on ours there were a total of two wires red and black or pos and neg so not exactly hard to wire. may be a possibility that one of the connections have come apart or maybe its degassed itself. Im only guessing here tho with that model.

There are more connectors on the IndelB - seem to recall there are at least 6 on a connector board to choose from so without instructions - not easy.

If distributors cant help an option is call a refrigeration engineer to look at it , i'm lucky i know one and he carries a lot of bits as they are common to many fridges.

dreamwarrioruk · Post by **dreamwarrioruk** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:36 pm

Ok ill get me coat. Why it needs six connections for a fridge is beyond me. Guess 12v 24v but others?

nigelgibson · Post by **nigelgibson** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:40 pm

dreamwarrioruk wrote:Ok ill get me coat. Why it needs six connections for a fridge is beyond me. Guess 12v 24v but others?

we didn't get it either !! After half an hour of head scratching we rung the dealer teenmal gave the link to. Cant for life of me remember how to do it cus my sparky wired it !

nigelgibson · Post by **nigelgibson** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:45 pm

Hi Tina - just to clarify [ as my earlier post is a little unclear ] - i meant for you to call the distributor [ bukh ] that teenmal mentioned not Elite that i also referred to.

bongofever · Post by **bongofever** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:29 pm

Understood, but why don't I feel very hopeful!? I have a feeling this is not going to be cheap

nigelgibson · Post by **nigelgibson** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:04 am

You might be surprised - it may not be too bad !

IndelB is an expensive fridge but it doesn't mean it will be an expensive fix.

Just a thought [ sorry if it's an obvious one ] but you have turned the stat up to max haven't you ?

good luck !

missfixit70 · Post by **missfixit70** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:06 am

& Battery is chucking out enough voltage to power it? some have a low voltage cut out, fans will start, but when the compressor kicks in it drags the voltage below the cut out so it trips out & then cycles the same again.

bongofever · Post by **bongofever** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:23 pm

Thought I would update you all - I now have a working fridge

My very busy brother (an electrician) kindly spared me a few of his minutes today, although I was looking after his children all day so it was the least he could do really......anyway, he thinks it was just a loose connection, all he did was check the connections and hey presto, it came straight on, but how long we will see.

I did call bukh and he was helpful so thanks again for that link too

Tina

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