waeco 80litre constantly running

Waiting eagerly for replies here myself Patrolman. My CF80 is an older model with no built in AC. Mine cycles every couple of minutes also even when full and needs to be on five of seven lights to be cold enough in the fridge section and also to keep stuff frozen in the freezer section.
I get much better than 8 hours though. On 120ah I will go for about 36 hours or more in very favourable conditions.
My switch is on low and emergency is off. Only started getting poor results recently.

Maybe you could advise what you mean by flatten ie how many volts left in the battery. My Waeco will work well below 12V. Have you tried it on a different battery or connected very close to the battery.

The main issue though is why is it constantly cycling which I believe can happen if voltage drop is really bad. Why else it might happen if it stays closed and volts is not an issue? I don't know.

HI,

I had this problem once before - in my case it was the battery.

If the battery charge is to low - the compressor works but there is not enough power to cool the fridge, therefore, the compressor starts again etc.

It could be that your battery is not holding a charge - could need replacing.

Cheers Paul

Patrolman, you have a fridge and you have a battery. Why suspect the fridge and not the battery? Historically, which is shorter lived?

I suggest you get your battery tested, probably for free, before sending the fridge in for service.

Flatten the 110 ah battery in 8 hrs , !!!! is normal BUT , The 80 lt Waeco chews thru power at an average of 64amp hrs per 24hrs , ergo a 110 battery will be as good as flat , check you wireing for voltage drop and have the battery checked for a dead cell , give the compressor area and fan a good blow out with a low pressure compressor , dust and muck has a habit of building up stopping performance.

If your fridge is getting down to set point (-10) before it plays up it may well be the thermistat that is faulty & cutting the compressor back in to early. Most fridges have a preset differential of 2 deg. Eg compressor cuts out at -10 & cuts back in at -8.