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Topic: Fridge not working on 240 volt….

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Jomelbo

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Quick question, we’re looking to buy an iveco motor home, it has been advertised as having a fridge that works on 12 volt and gas and not on 240. Would this be repairable? Expensive? Etc could it cause us problems if we didn’t repair it?

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Is the fridge meant to work on 240V? Worth checking. If it is a three way, check circuit breaker and fuse in plug and that it is selected to 240v.
A caravan engineer should be able to repair it if it is faulty.

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Thanks for the advice!

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Quote: Originally posted by Jomelbo on 23/2/2022
Quick question, we’re looking to buy an iveco motor home, it has been advertised as having a fridge that works on 12 volt and gas and not on 240. Would this be repairable? Expensive? Etc could it cause us problems if we didn’t repair it?

Is it a conversion by a well known manufacturer or is it a self conversion?

The reason I ask is our first MH was a 2004 model, it had a three way fridge and we got the impression when we bought it in 2006 that these were pretty common, prior to that in our tent we'd used a camping fridge that worked on gas and 12v only, if it's a self conversion have they used a camping fridge? Or is it that there's a fault with the three way fridge?

Dave's advice about getting a caravan/motorhome technician to look at it is sound.

billy

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Usually if a 3 way fridge is not working on 240v & provided voltage is supplied to fridge then cause will be a failed 240v element. About 40quid for element plus fitting which would be at least 2hr labour charge I guess as fridge would have to come out. Alternatively if know what you are doing it is a fairly easy diy fix.

How old is motorhome ? If fairly old it might be better to replace fridge with new. A 12v compressor fridge might suit you better.

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I have a 12v only fridge in my Bongo camper, it runs off the leisure battery. When parked up with EHU I just connect the leisure battery to a heavy duty battery charger, this keeps it charged enough to run all the 12v lights and fridge. It has worked well for the last 5 years.

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