HAS ANY ONE PUT MECHANICAL THERMOSTAT ON A WAECO 35L/40LT FRIDGE, THOUGHTS
possumyvonne said
09:41 PM Apr 16, 2014
Hi Every one
Just thinking of taking out the electronic thermistor and changing the fridge to a manual knob thermostat
Whats involved and has any one done it before
Some one has said that an endel one works but wouldnt have a clue whats involved or what to do
ive look on the web but cant find any info on how it was done
Regards Peter
KFT said
10:34 PM Apr 16, 2014
I think some models of Evakool have a knob type thermostat which might give you some info on whether you can do it on your fridge. they use a similar type of compressor so should be possible
frank
DeBe said
11:13 PM Apr 16, 2014
I gues it could be done. heres a circuit of an Evakool & a Ranco VC-1 thermostat & pics of an Evakool 60L I had to repair. The thermostat capillary tube is fed into a small aluminium tube fixed to the evaporator on one side. You would need to be careful as to where you clamped the thermostat capillary to the evaporator (this is how its done to domestic fridges that use a mechanical thermostat.) These are a tough fridge this one was used on the deck of a fishing boat & suffered a lot of corrosion in the electrical wiring.
-- Edited by DeBe on Wednesday 16th of April 2014 11:17:13 PM
Hi Daryl, Your scaring the hell out of me there with all that stuff. haha
Do you recon i would be able to do it
Regards Peter
Is that all i would need, what your showing there
DeBe said
11:29 PM Apr 16, 2014
Give me a few days to look into it. The thermostats are available on Ebay for around $25. This pic is in a domestic fridge & the tube for the thermostat is pop riveted to the Evaporator.
yeah ok daryl, would that be a better option than the thermistor and more reliable
Im Thinking of doing both my fridges that way
Regards Peter
DeBe said
11:47 PM Apr 16, 2014
I wouldn't rush in to it as you may find it will be a freezer & not a fridge. As the Evakool 60 is a freezer inside the Evaporator & the other end is used as a fridge with a divider betwean the 2. Its probably safer to use a thermistor. Fairly ambitious project to attempt.
possumyvonne said
11:50 PM Apr 16, 2014
would it be better then for the 35lt as i use that one as a freezer
Regards Peter
possumyvonne said
06:38 PM May 17, 2015
going to put one of those on my waeco cf 50 lt fridge/freezer so will put pics up when its done
Regards Peter
Hi Every one
Just thinking of taking out the electronic thermistor and changing the fridge to a manual knob thermostat
Whats involved and has any one done it before
Some one has said that an endel one works but wouldnt have a clue whats involved or what to do
ive look on the web but cant find any info on how it was done
Regards Peter
frank
I gues it could be done. heres a circuit of an Evakool & a Ranco VC-1 thermostat & pics of an Evakool 60L I had to repair. The thermostat capillary tube is fed into a small aluminium tube fixed to the evaporator on one side. You would need to be careful as to where you clamped the thermostat capillary to the evaporator (this is how its done to domestic fridges that use a mechanical thermostat.) These are a tough fridge this one was used on the deck of a fishing boat & suffered a lot of corrosion in the electrical wiring.
-- Edited by DeBe on Wednesday 16th of April 2014 11:17:13 PM
Do you recon i would be able to do it
Regards Peter
Is that all i would need, what your showing there
Give me a few days to look into it. The thermostats are available on Ebay for around $25. This pic is in a domestic fridge & the tube for the thermostat is pop riveted to the Evaporator.
Im Thinking of doing both my fridges that way
Regards Peter
I wouldn't rush in to it as you may find it will be a freezer & not a fridge. As the Evakool 60 is a freezer inside the Evaporator & the other end is used as a fridge with a divider betwean the 2. Its probably safer to use a thermistor. Fairly ambitious project to attempt.
Regards Peter
Regards Peter