Compressor fridge

[PeterE1947]

We recently bought a compressor fridge after the nightmare 3 way Domestic 8505.
We decided on a VitriFigo C115 fridge without the freezer box.
Getting the old fridge out was the easy bit.We have a "slam dunk" door,so plenty of room. I removed some of the gas pipe then had the end capped under the van. Fitting the new fridge was err! not so easy as the fitting frame is a teeny bit big and will need some fettling later.Howevet,it looks good and works well ish!
Currently it runs for 1 minute then stops for 2 minutes. I have contacted Penguin who are the main dealers in the UK and they have said that as it is stopping the thermostat is working.We also turned the thermostat knob to 1/2 way.
Has anyone bought one of these fridges and can they confirm that their VitrFigo fridge do the same on/off routine as ours does?

 

[Richard n Ann]

We recently bought a compressor fridge after the nightmare 3 way Domestic 8505.
We decided on a VitriFigo C115 fridge without the freezer box.
Getting the old fridge out was the easy bit.We have a "slam dunk" door,so plenty of room. I removed some of the gas pipe then had the end capped under the van. Fitting the new fridge was err! not so easy as the fitting frame is a teeny bit big and will need some fettling later.Howevet,it looks good and works well ish!
Currently it runs for 1 minute then stops for 2 minutes. I have contacted Penguin who are the main dealers in the UK and they have said that as it is stopping the thermostat is working.We also turned the thermostat knob to 1/2 way.
Has anyone bought one of these fridges and can they confirm that their VitrFigo fridge do the same on/off routine as ours does?

Mine is a kit I bought but with the original thermostat it did similar to what yours is doing. Is the thermostat phial fastened to the evaporator? I swapped mine for a vt9 auto defrost stat and it works now as expected.

 

[Richard n Ann]

I put an electronic controller on it too and the VT9 stat is just a back up now.
Much better, lots of settings to faff with

 

[Mikeco]

I fitted the C85 one and it works very well just turned on to halfway, it’s very quiet and cannot tell when it’s working or not.

 

[Richard n Ann]

Bear in mind they can ice up if they don't switch off for very long

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[Richard n Ann]

The VT9 thermostat has a fixed cut in temperature of 3.5°c no matter what it's set on, so the evaporator is always defrosted by the time the compressor restarts

 

[PeterE1947]

Many thanks Richard n Ann. I noticed yours is a Dometic fridge,I have no idea where to fit it to our VtriFigo fridge. Thank you any way for the heads up.

 

[PeterE1947]

I fitted the C85 one and it works very well just turned on to halfway, it’s very quiet and cannot tell when it’s working or not.

I also looked at the C85 fridge but my wife wanted more room!!