Electrolux RM123 Fridge

spaceHopper · 05-10-2009 10:14pm #1

I have a 3 way electrolux fridge and it works fine on gas and 230 but I can't get it to work off the engine battery when I'm driving. Just checked a copy of the manual I down loaded and it says I should run the fridge off gas or mains first and then it will say cold off the engine when driving, didn't work on holidays so I don't think it's working.

The 12V is conneced by a socket and plug. I've checked as best I can appears to be getting power and the element reads low about 2 ohms which is right for 75W. Any ideas?

Aidan_M_M · 06-10-2009 12:54pm

Has it a Red switch for the 12v? They burn out a lot .

spaceHopper · 06-10-2009 2:12pm

No there is a red switch for the gas ignition, its working fine. The 12 V is connected by a plug / socket looks like a cigarette lighter only smaller.

On a long drive (two hours) is it reasonable to expect the fridge to cool down from off or do I need to run the gas first to get it cold? It's not at all?

Aidan_M_M · 06-10-2009 2:50pm

It should certainly get some bit cold . But I've never seen a fridge connected via a plug for the 12v , I'd chop that off firstly and make a proper connection , with insulated crimp connectors .

pandos · 06-10-2009 8:53pm

on 12v those fridges take a fairly heavy load. I would have thought that a plug and lead was not man enough for it. In any case you will get a lower amount of voltage( current) loss if you upgrade to heavier cable.

I think they are meant only to hold temperature on 12 v but I suppose that does involve a certain amount of freezing. Certainly we used ours in Spain and no bother on 12v.

We also had a pc fan running to cool the cavity behind the fridge, which made an amazing difference to the overall effectiveness whilst running on gas/230v or 12v.

spaceHopper · 07-10-2009 12:24pm

Aidan_M_M wrote: »

It should certainly get some bit cold . But I've never seen a fridge connected via a plug for the 12v , I'd chop that off firstly and make a proper connection , with insulated crimp connectors .

I imported the van from Japan and that's how it came, I have to assuem that it once worked so I don't want to cut anything but I'm starting to woinder if the GND connection is gone. I get +12V with a uper phase testor I got that works on low voltages as well, but the GND could be gone.

I'll take it apart at the weekend.

Aidan_M_M · 07-10-2009 2:03pm

the RM123..they have the controls at the bottom IIRC? The 12v Switch , is it Orange so , if not Red? You won't be taking the fridge out regularly , so I'd still chop off the plug , and also earth the Fridge body to the chassis . The Gas pipe should be earthed anyways .

Aidan_M_M · 07-10-2009 2:08pm

pandos wrote: »

We also had a pc fan running to cool the cavity behind the fridge, which made an amazing difference to the overall effectiveness whilst running on gas/230v or 12v.

For that very reason the Fridge vents on the newer Adrias and similar were doubled in size . The PC fan works perfectly too .

spaceHopper · 07-10-2009 5:28pm

I know all about the fan in france it was practically non stop had to switch to gas at night.

By the way I've a zig CF8 it gets dam hot running off mains, is that normal.

Aidan_M_M · 07-10-2009 7:39pm

The front of it? Is the back of it in free air? It shouldn't get that hot tbh .

spaceHopper · 07-10-2009 9:25pm

Aidan_M_M wrote: »

The front of it? Is the back of it in free air? It shouldn't get that hot tbh .

The front panel was say 45 deg at 50 you will move your hand. It's from Japan so it's 100 V operated, to get around that I installed a 230 to 115 V transformer, so it's getting 115 not 100V. I contacted zig about what the secondary of the transformer should be but they never got back to me, might take a measurement (I'll add that to the list of jobs). Or I can install a small fan at the back but there is air vents.

A friends van does the same the thermal trip goes sometimes

Electrolux RM123 Fridge

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