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Subject Topic: Camping Gaz Fridge ,help!!urgent !Panic Post Reply Post New Topic
20/7/2009 at 7:09pm
 Location: Grimsby N.E.Lincolnshire
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I have an 15 year old Groenland CTL 175 Fridge and have used it on Gas and 240 but never on 12v it has a Black and a blue wire. Anyone an idea on which is the positive and the negative, I have contacted Camping Gaz ad athough helpfull couldnt  be sure!!!!!!!  Please help anyone as i need it for France in three days. Nothing like cutting it fine.
Sorry about the double post.

 



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20/7/2009 at 9:58pm
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Now if i were a betting man  and i owned it....i would say black is the positive ...blue being the neg...but i know this is very unhelpful to you but i may be wrong....but thats what i would go for......good luck with it M8...i hope very much that someone else will post to this soon and put us straight

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20/7/2009 at 10:47pm
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Thanks Kev & Lady Jane, thats what I was going with if no one else came up with anything

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21/7/2009 at 11:15am
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hi ,why bother with 12v. against most advice i just used gas when i had a 3 way fridge went all over europe n maroc never turned it off .just relit it if it went out . you will probably have no cold fridge if the sun is shining and the temp gets up . compressor fridge is the only way in hot weather. have fun ,cheers alan

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21/7/2009 at 12:29pm
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Just asked a sparky at work and he says he would go with Black -pos and Blue - neg

hope this helps

regards

nannycatch aka Kev

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21/7/2009 at 5:34pm
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Walan,

I believe its an offence to use a fridge on gas whilst on the road in France ( and probably other countries as well)



21/7/2009 at 8:45pm
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might be but it worked for me. make your own decision.i did.problem is when it gets hot due to the sun 3way fridges stop working. i went away one year and apart from changing gas bottles dont think it was put out for 6 months. use it on 12v only if driving or battery will be flat in no time.

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21/7/2009 at 8:58pm
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Well folks opend up the back and using what Knoledge gained from you all traced the black cable to the switch. This i concluded must be the positive, wired up the plug that way, pluged in stayed on for two seconds and blew a fuse in the plug. This after much head scratching i fitted a uprated fuse  from 5 to 10 amp this worked but the plug gets a bit hot after a short while. This will have to be monitored on route, when on site i can revert back to 240v

Thanks to all who gave advice i am endeted to you all 



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21/7/2009 at 10:47pm
 Location: central scotland
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The plug will get hot as it draws a lot of power. Be careful with the wire size to the plug as a thin wire may overheat and even melt.

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22/7/2009 at 6:07pm
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Good Point John, i will direct solder the wire in the plug tonight

Thanks again

Graham 



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Better late than never: for what it is worth, I tracked down the original manual as I have the same dilemma re blue, black. I had worked out the blue wire goes to the switch on top (black return from this switch) .... manual says connection can be either way for dc. Note it draws 10a so you need a sturdy cable, cigarette lighter plug (fused at 15a) and decent connectors etc. I tested it against a 1 year old Dometic - almost identical cooling times etc..... so a well engineered bit of kit, albeit gas and current usage reduced 20-30% on newer model.

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09/9/2020 at 12:20pm
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Very helpful info, and findable via search.


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Would rewire the fridge via a relay and in-line fuse to the battery. The relay coil is fed from an ignition live circuit so that it runs when the engine is running with the alternator charging the vehicle battery. If some distance in the wiring is required go with 3mm2 cross section wire as voltage drop will impair performance. Load will be akin to 2 headlights as a minimum.

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