Engel Fridge not staying cold

I had a similar problem with my 57L Engel Combi. It would be fine when the engine is running, but as soon as the engine was turned off it would begin coming up in temperature. It turned out that the battery was on its way out - it performed okay on a load test, but I replaced it and the Engel has been fine since.
Yours might be different, but it might give you somewhere to start...
Drew

I had a similar problem which turned out to be a dicky thermostat.

Jack

What problem??? my Waeco has never missed a beat, ever LOL.

Sorry about that, the Devil made me say it!!!!

I agree with the statement about the battery however, worth checking out.

Good luck, as no one deserves warm beer, except Pommies, they deserve every thing they get. Fair Dinkum, I'm glad I'm not one any more, I hated warm lager & cold pork pies. A cold VB and a hot 4 & 20 is the way to go.
On Patrol.

Buy a rc1180 . No more Engel or Waeco problems . LOL you have to love the debate about fridges . Can certainly stir up the emotions amongst us campers.

How old is the Engel? If it is fairly modern, check if the little computer fan in the bottom is working. Even though the older models don't have the fan, the newer models seem to not work too well without it. My mate has one and it would work OK (but not brilliantly) on 240V but not on 12V. This turned out to be the problem with his.

Surely this is a Troll.

"Everyone" knows that Engels never give problems, that's why they cost so much. They are the perfect fridge. They use less power than any other brand, last for 50 years and actually keep your beer colder than all other fridges combined.

I've even heard a rumour that they self defrost, self clean and even have an in built yoghurt maker.

After all "you get what you pay for"

Hi Seto

Have a look at your wiring to the Engel. It needs to be quite heavy to reduce voltage drop. The fact that yours runs better when the engine is running seems to suggest wiring.

Cheers Peter

David, you post "I have a 60L Engel which is not staying cold on 12V - I have had it down at about -1 and within 8 hrs it is back up around 9. Even with no power to it I would have expected it to stay colder than that with about 3 openings during that period"

As I read it, the Engel takes 8 HOURS to go from MINUS -1 up to +9 degrees while still being connected to 12v power supply. ???

How do you get it to -1 in the first place??

Have you used a 12v gauge to check the battery voltage during the process of cooling the fridge??
The battery should be ~12.6 to ~12.8 before the fridge starts to run and about ~12.2v to ~12.4v when the fridge is running, unless its a small capacity battery or the battery is not capable of holding a charge for many & various reasons.