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Rexdinoventures
Hi. I solved my non-working fridge issue pretty easily. So thought I’d share
The fridge suddenly stopped working. The light would come on for 1 sec, then click off. This is pretty common and my van is a 2006 that’s very well used so I’m lucky it’s taken this long to arise!
(Important! I am not an electrician or mechanic. So I’m not advising you, just sharing what I did. I take no responsibility for any problems incurred.)
1. Tried on hook up and fridge still did not work. REMOVED HOOK UP.
Got everything out the boot, removed the ‘flexi’ bedboard and pushed the rear seats forward to Have lots of room to work.
2. Opened the access panel under the wardrobe. A 50p coin is handy!
3. I found the earth cable, which I suspected could be the cause, runs through into the space under the fridge.
4. I removed the access panel inside the kitchen cupboard (tiny Allen key needed) and discovered I could not see the earth cable because of all the fridge gubbins. I did NOT fancy getting the fridge out to access it! So, you don’t need this step for this fix.
5. I pulled the leisure battery out its cubby hole. This is tricky! The battery is heavy and there is a lip to get it over. A. Unscrew the securing nut and remove the bracket. B. Get a strong piece of metal under the battery and lay on cupboard lip. C. Lever/slide the battery out over the lip onto the van floor (cables intact)
6. Tested if the earth cable was the problem. Attached a jump lead from the neg battery terminal to the metal battery securing bracket on the far side of cubby hole. It’s bare metal so figured that would work.
7. Tried the fridge again. And voila - now staying on!
8. Purchased an earth lead from Amazon that’s plastic covered (for safety in my mind) and about 11” long. A bit longer might be helpful.
9. Purchased small nut tightening metal clamps from Amazon.
10. I attached the new earth cable to the far side battery securing bracket. This was tricky as the space is so tight. But managed in the end. It’s important to make sure it’s really tight, or it might vibrate off over time. A smaller clamp would have been better!
11. Attached other end of new cable to the neg terminal on battery. I left the old cable on too - I don’t know if that’s the best thing to do, it’s just what I did
12. Left the battery terminal a bit loose at this point - this allowed the new cable to move around as necessary as I got the battery back inside the cubby hole.
13. Battery now back in, so tested the fridge again and it worked. (I had to reset the clock before I could operate the fridge)
14. Now fully tightened the battery terminal.
15. Because of the clamp I used on the battery securing bracket getting in way, the battery would now not sit properly square in its space. So, I left off the near side battery securing bracket, and just screwed in the nut. This seemed to work fine - the battery is wedged between the bracket, the clamp I added, and the bolt. (The polystyrene pad no longer fits in yeh space and is not needed).
16. The bolt now got in the way of the cubby hole access panel. So, I filed off a little of the panel on its rear side where the bolt is (it’s aluminium, so it’s easy to file). This enabled me to get the panel back into place with
tight squeeze.
That’s it! Now seems to be working fine. Fridge on and ice forming as usual. Works on both battery and hook up. Fingers crossed!
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The fridge suddenly stopped working. The light would come on for 1 sec, then click off. This is pretty common and my van is a 2006 that’s very well used so I’m lucky it’s taken this long to arise!
(Important! I am not an electrician or mechanic. So I’m not advising you, just sharing what I did. I take no responsibility for any problems incurred.)
1. Tried on hook up and fridge still did not work. REMOVED HOOK UP.
Got everything out the boot, removed the ‘flexi’ bedboard and pushed the rear seats forward to Have lots of room to work.
2. Opened the access panel under the wardrobe. A 50p coin is handy!
3. I found the earth cable, which I suspected could be the cause, runs through into the space under the fridge.
4. I removed the access panel inside the kitchen cupboard (tiny Allen key needed) and discovered I could not see the earth cable because of all the fridge gubbins. I did NOT fancy getting the fridge out to access it! So, you don’t need this step for this fix.
5. I pulled the leisure battery out its cubby hole. This is tricky! The battery is heavy and there is a lip to get it over. A. Unscrew the securing nut and remove the bracket. B. Get a strong piece of metal under the battery and lay on cupboard lip. C. Lever/slide the battery out over the lip onto the van floor (cables intact)
6. Tested if the earth cable was the problem. Attached a jump lead from the neg battery terminal to the metal battery securing bracket on the far side of cubby hole. It’s bare metal so figured that would work.
7. Tried the fridge again. And voila - now staying on!
8. Purchased an earth lead from Amazon that’s plastic covered (for safety in my mind) and about 11” long. A bit longer might be helpful.
9. Purchased small nut tightening metal clamps from Amazon.
10. I attached the new earth cable to the far side battery securing bracket. This was tricky as the space is so tight. But managed in the end. It’s important to make sure it’s really tight, or it might vibrate off over time. A smaller clamp would have been better!
11. Attached other end of new cable to the neg terminal on battery. I left the old cable on too - I don’t know if that’s the best thing to do, it’s just what I did
12. Left the battery terminal a bit loose at this point - this allowed the new cable to move around as necessary as I got the battery back inside the cubby hole.
13. Battery now back in, so tested the fridge again and it worked. (I had to reset the clock before I could operate the fridge)
14. Now fully tightened the battery terminal.
15. Because of the clamp I used on the battery securing bracket getting in way, the battery would now not sit properly square in its space. So, I left off the near side battery securing bracket, and just screwed in the nut. This seemed to work fine - the battery is wedged between the bracket, the clamp I added, and the bolt. (The polystyrene pad no longer fits in yeh space and is not needed).
16. The bolt now got in the way of the cubby hole access panel. So, I filed off a little of the panel on its rear side where the bolt is (it’s aluminium, so it’s easy to file). This enabled me to get the panel back into place with
tight squeeze.
That’s it! Now seems to be working fine. Fridge on and ice forming as usual. Works on both battery and hook up. Fingers crossed!
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