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I have lithium batteries in mine without issue. It is a pain having to take off the lid and disconnect the battery connector every time I'm done using it.
I'm having a weird issue. The exposed line coming out of the compressor is very cold and builds up frost. The picture attached is after running it overnight.
Does anyone else's do this? With my other acutemp fridge, both lines coming out of the compressor are hot to the touch, unlike this...
While I personally don't know the answer, I was diagnosing a problem with my unit with acutemp they said that in order to run on 24v your batteries have to be decently charged before. Maybe that is something similar to your problem.
I followed your method and I think it was successful. I'm currently running/testing it to see if it-22 C, it's currently at -5.5 C after 1.5 hours in freeze mode. I've read elsewhere that it can take 4-8 hours to get to temp. Thanks for posting this method Suprman, it's a lot easier than having...
Is your compressor really "on" or does the screen just say "COMP ON"? Mine says "COMP ON" all the time even though I've only heard it kick on once. I'll try your method, easier than removing the whole unit from the box to tap the other side.
I guess suprman got lucky, I vacuumed it down and added freon but the compressor wont kick on. It came on for about 10 seconds then stopped. Next I'll put another piercing valve on the other side and vacuum again.
I just picked one of these coolers up from the recent auction of these on govplanet. Wasn't in the picture but the refrigerant was drained and labeled on the side with a little sticker. Now I get to refill it. I have experience so I'm not super stressed about it. I contacted the manufacturer...
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