Hi i have a swift challenger 540 and it has a connection near the battery for linking up your solar panel but as i dont have a wiring diagrame im not sure which wires from the solar panel you connect to the exsisting wires inh the caravan , I always though red was live and black was negative but the caravn wires are couloured brown with a blue streak and white with and red with a red streak any ideas please .?
I think you'll find the white with a red streak is actually white with an orange streak ? If so white /orange is earth (-) and brown/blue is the positive (+) . At least it is on my 2009 swift !
Thanks chad for your reply,dont suspose you have the fridge with the digatal readout on the front ,mine keeps going into lock out on gas with the number 8 and a spanner showing when I contacted the dealer who sold me the caravan he says its because its defrosting but twice in a weekend surley this is not so and as we are still under 3 months warranty we would like to get it sorted .
CDG - Yes i do have the thetford fridge with the readout . Can't remember the error codes but doubt its anything to do with defrosting . My manual is in the van which isn't stored at home so cant tell you for sure . Does anyone else know what code 8 indicates ? I will have a look at thetfords website perhaps they'll be a guide on there ?
AC mains supply is 20% below nominal power .
Sounds like your not getting full 240v through to the fridge . Or may be your catching the left hand button that cycles through the 3 power modes accidently - easily done when washing pots over the sink . According to the info code 9 is for gas lock out not code 8 ? Gas lockout occurs if the flame fails to ignite after 30 seconds . The only time i have experienced code 9 is when my leisure battery didn't have enough voltage to fire the igniter ? Hope you get it sorted . I'm not impressed with these new fridges far too complicated !
Sorry it must have been code 9 as the gas locked out twice in 48 hrs could have been a drop in batterty volts as we did have the tv and other things going and i didnt have my solar panel connected the right way round as Chads reply enlightened me so now i have corrected that we will see what happens over this weekend ,hopefully it might be down to me ,fingers crossed . I didnt think it was down to the fridge defrosting but couldnt argue till I got some feed back , the thing is it was working ok for about 8 to 10 hrs during the day it happened at nite ,well it was in the morning when we noticed .Anyway thanks will see what happens .
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