snowie Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Any experience , anyone? Looks like a good range of shapes and sizes, and alternative to Dometic/Waeco But out on a limb? Distributors, service, spares etc? Regards, Snowie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanb Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Hi Snowie, The name Vitrifrigio struck a chord in my memory. On checking my notes I found that I was correct in that they are fitted to rental vehicles in NZ, and possibly in Australia as well. We are serial visitors to NZ, and have a total of about a years experience of using hired vehicles with what were probably Vitrifrigio fridges, or at least the one that I took notes was Vitrifrigio. The hire vehicles used in the last ten years were over three years old and intensively used. We did not have any problems with fridges on our travels. So that points to reasonable reliability. Consumption when running is quoted as 42W, or 3.6A at 12V, for a 60 litre model. The fridge compressor was of Danfoss manufacture, and is powered via an electronic PSU, which allows operation on either 12V or 24V. We did have one problem with a faulty habitation battery, which had severely reduced capacity. The fridge kept cutting out when not on EHU. Beeping alarm woke us up, so had to switch off. Hope that the above helps in a small way. Alan I am surprised that these fridges are mounted in a cabinet behind the sliding door of a PVC, with little apparent ventilation to the interior of the van. Seemed to cope OK, and the climate north of Auckland tends towards Mediteranean, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowie Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 Thanks Alan, that sounds promising, they seem to market to the boating community in uk. We have a Waeco compressor fridge at the moment, and very happy with performance and venting arrangements Cheers, Snowie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanb Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Snowie, My good wife Joyce has reminded me that we did have problems particularly on one vehicle, with the fridge door coming open while on the move. This happened despite the fact that simple lower and raise locking device had been correctly engaged. As Joyce is the fridge re-packer, I had overlooked this problem. On our most recent trip earlier this year, we were pleased to note that a modified sliding catch had been fitted by the renter. I do not know wether this was a Vitrifrigio item, or was sourced from elsewhere. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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