Domestic fridge fuses

[wp1234]

First of all a Happy New Year to you all .
Maybe a problem but maybe not . I’m on a site in Spain at the moment and to be honest the mains voltage is a little flakey to say the least with power disruptions every now and then. My Dometic RMD 8555 AES is working fine on gas and 12 v but is now alarming on 230 v all the time now. I know where the fuse is in the habitation area and that’s ok but is there one I’m missing at the back of the fridge or elsewhere ?

TIA

 

[Rob Turner]

It might not be a fuse. It could be your PCB, I had that on a van that was 6 months old.

 

[SandraL]

Perhaps the site electrics are overloaded.
If the mains voltage drops too much the fridge will see that as no mains and switch to gas.
Do you have a meter and able to check mains voltage in the van?

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

It's probably a low site voltage,at less than 190 v our fridge switches off and the alarm goes.Other appliances seem to be ok except the fridge.
If you have a multimeter ,may be worthwhile to check your incoming voltage.

 

[wp1234]

It's probably a low site voltage,at less than 190 v our fridge switches off and the alarm goes.Other appliances seem to be ok except the fridge.
If you have a multimeter ,may be worthwhile to check your incoming voltage.

Thanks just checked and it’s 220v now and the fridge has come back to life. Your right the site power is flakey hence problems . Someone has mentioned an in line voltage regulator that you can buy , might look into that .
Thanks all.

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[autorouter]

If the mains voltage drops too much the fridge will see that as no mains and switch to gas.

If you're unlucky, it's worse than that. It will interpret the low voltage as a mains problem, so will switch off the mains element. But the switching circuit still sees the presence of mains so it fails to switch on the gas. You have to switch to gas manually.

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

Thanks just checked and it’s 220v now and the fridge has come back to life. Your right the site power is flakey hence problems . Someone has mentioned an in line voltage regulator that you can buy , might look into that .
Thanks all.

An inline voltage regulator may even out some spikes but it won't stop your fridge turning off when the voltage drops.

 

[SandraL]

Power conditioner,. These will maintain 240v with an input from approx 190 to 250 depending on manufacturer. Rather depends on how low site voltage drops.

An example

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[autorouter]

You can get a voltage transient protector, a voltage stabiliser or a power conditioner.

A transient protector stops voltage spikes and surges from damaging downstream appliances, but won't help with low voltage.
A voltage stabiliser will output 230V for any voltage input within its percentage range. Typically +/- 15% or 20%. More range is more expensive.
A power conditioner is a voltage stabiliser with extra protection like noise filtering and maybe earth isolation for a local earth point.