sallylillian
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In May I had an issue with a failed 230vac element in Spain. The failure of the element was masked by the solar connection switching it to 12 volt when there was excess solar going to the batteries. So element was replaced under warranty. May and June fine on EHU. Worked in July when I switched the fridge on for our trip to the Lakes. I keep a small temp gauge in the fridge which I look at most times I open the door. Tuesday morning it was reading 15 degrees instead of usual 6ish. So switched to gas and it started dropping back to normal temperatures. Once it reached a much cooler 8 I switched fridge off and after 20 mins switched back on with electric. Element heated, so did shroud and cooling pipe work. But fridge after 2 hours was back to 11 degrees!
So left on gas for 36 hours and yesterday afternoon with temp at 7 degrees I switched to electric just to see. It maintained 6-7 all evening, I went to bed with it on EHU and at 6 degrees. This morning its 11 degrees, switched to gas and in 30 mins down to 8 already.
Dometic engineer whose knowledge of events does not include yesterdays experience says cooling unit failure and looking at warranty replacement.
Its just so weird why work on EHU and then not. Does the fact that the temperature overnight goes down to 10-12 degrees outside have some effect?
I would be interested in any thoughts?
So left on gas for 36 hours and yesterday afternoon with temp at 7 degrees I switched to electric just to see. It maintained 6-7 all evening, I went to bed with it on EHU and at 6 degrees. This morning its 11 degrees, switched to gas and in 30 mins down to 8 already.
Dometic engineer whose knowledge of events does not include yesterdays experience says cooling unit failure and looking at warranty replacement.
Its just so weird why work on EHU and then not. Does the fact that the temperature overnight goes down to 10-12 degrees outside have some effect?
I would be interested in any thoughts?