Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

JG Shields wrote:Ek is nie die aardbol se grootste Aussie fan nie, maar hulle kan maar 'n kamp vrieskas bou.

JG, you can relax. Engel fridge/freezers are actually manufactured by SAWAFUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. in Japan .

Most other fridge/freezers use a rotary electric motor to drive the compressor, but Engel uses a non-rotating motor in which the armature oscillates under the influence of a varying magnetic field. Sawafuji call this the "swing motor". It has low start-up current under load compared to rotary motors, but seems to have a bit of a disadvantage in terms of steady-state power consumption. The bottom line is that the Engel fridges seem to be a little heavier on the electrical juice than (for instance) a comparable National Luna.

Daar het ek dit! Net toe ek dink ek's oulik toe wys Gerrit my 'n punt.

You are right Gerrit. I cannot recall that I heard of technical problems with the "swing" motor (not that I think there are not any...). A friend and myself compared the amp usage between my 40L engel and his 40L NL by testing the current at the same time in the same room with the exact load inside both starting from the same temperature. It was NOT SCIENTIFICALLY done but provided for lots of technical- and brand argument fun.

The NL indeed used less amps per running time (per minute) but the engel's effectivity seemed to be better than the NL. The engel tipped the NL with almost 1 hour less running time over a 10 hour testing period in an attempt to keep the fridge at the desired temp. Therefore, the total amp (cumilative) used by the engel during the 10 hours test were less than the NL.

Just spoke to the guys at National Luna and they say that the chances are small that the problem is the compressor - they believe it is the electronics and to replace that will cost about R2000-00.

OK, het die electronics laat toets en dit werk reg - so die kompressor is m%&r toe. Ek het besluit om 'n 220V kompressor te laat insit - National Luna het dit gedoen vir een van hul kliente wat baie offroad ry en die kompressor het 3 jaar gehou. Wag nou net vir die prys vir die kompressor en die insit.

Ek het reeds 'n 1000W inverter en sal moet kyk hoe die opset gaan werk en hoeveel amps getrek gaan word.

Solank jy nie vir lang periodes teen meer as 15 grade hoek ry nie behoort die kompressor te hou. In dien dit nodig is om teen sulke hellings te ry en baie rowwe paaie dan sal ek hom maar afskakel sodat die olie nie met die gas meng nie want dan verstop die pype.

Herrie jy moet RECO probeer. Hulle het takke landswyd. Hier in die Kaap is dit 021 511 9186. Ek het laas maand 20 BD35F 's gekoop vir R2300 met VAT. Sal more bietjie loer vir 'n prys.

Dankie Vaatjie, het hulle hier gebel en hulle vra R3200-00 vat uitgesluit!

Bleksam !!!