Fridge issues - California SE 2011

[chez786]

Hi all we have ongoing fridge issues with our 2011 se . Currently not charging or working when driving . This weekend we had the added delight of it not working on hook up . With a multimeter and this forum in hand we set too - hoping to diagnose the problem . Heads up to all of you who have posted solutions you have helped us problem solve this afternoon . We think it may be a square fuse like item ( in the photos ) or the Danfoss component i( again in the photos ) The Danfoss component looks just over £100 . So we don’t want to waste the money if we haven’t checked everything else . We have
checked the fuses under the passenger seat and had a check of what we can in the compartment in the kitchen .

Is there anything else we may of missed that we can check . Any relays ? Fuses / switches for the batteries we may of missed .
Thanks in advance
Cheryl

 

[sidepod]

That’s a relay in your hand. Your post is confusing. The fridge doesn’t charge. Do you mean the batteries are not charging or the fridge isn’t fridging?

 

[chez786]

That’s a relay in your hand. Your post is confusing. The fridge doesn’t charge. Do you mean the batteries are not charging or the fridge isn’t fridging?

Apologies fridge isn’t staying on - not at any time. Neither on hook up or not .

 

[sidepod]

I’m my experience, it’s the Danfos box.

 

[chez786]

I’m my experience, it’s the Danfos box.

Great your experience is appreciated

 

[KGCali]

Worth sending the controller to the manufacturer for repair once you rule out the relay and have turned the controller on and off after checking the fault codes and clearing them. Also have a read on this forum thread onwards from this post...
Post in thread 'Faulty Fridge - Do Not Worry' https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/threads/faulty-fridge-do-not-worry.4611/post-692128

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[Resophonick2022]

I would check the charge of the leisure battery. From memory, if it drops below 11.5v the fridge won’t operate. The engine doesn’t give it a full charge but an overnight plug-in at home tops it up. It could be as simple as that.