Hi, I have borrowed a Waeco CF50 for the weekend and the emergency button seems to be locked on and no power showing on display. Would the emergency button contribute to power issue?

Waeco CF-50 with an error 2 message - not working at all and

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Hi,

Have you tried getting in touch with an authorized service center?

Or Waeco Pacific Pty Ltd, 1 John Duncan Court Varsity Lakes QLD 4227 Australia Phone: (07) 5507 6000 Fax: (07) 5507 6001.

Hope this be of initial help/idea. Pls post back how things turned up or should you need additional information.

Good luck and kind regards.

Thank you for using FixYa.

30-32 degrees IS freezing temperature. Try raising it up some. If it won't do that, then the circuit board is toast.

keeps poping fuses

then the 240 part in that waeco unit is faulty or wet

could be faulty thermostat

JUST REMOVE THE THERMISTOR AND IF IT HAS A PLASTIC COVERING REMOVE IT, THEN PULL OFF OR OUT THERMISTOR, U WILL HAVE TO CUT IT BUT BE SURE TO LEAVE AS MUCH WIRE AS POSSIBLE LEFT TO SPLICE ONTO AND ATTACHE NEW THERMISTOR TO MOST TECHS WILL ADVISE TO USE HI TEMP SEALANT TO COAT THE CONNECTION AFTERWARDS.

This company website is: www.waecousa.com

SPECIFIC product information including "for service" suggestions, is here:

http://www.dometic.com/enus/Americas/USA/RV-Products/Portable-Refrigerators/products/?productdataid=81811

You can download the product manual at the (elsewhere) link below - however it does not include the error codes:

Download Manual - DreamMaker Hot Dog Carts: www.dreammakerhotdogcarts.com/manuals/cf-series.pdf

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Lastly, while not what you specifically asked for, here is their (lengthy!) 'Plan B' contact information. Hope this helps!


For RV products:

Customer Support Center
2320 Industrial Parkway
Elkhart, IN 46516
Phone: 1-800-544-4881
[email protected]

Sales and Marketing
2320 Industrial Parkway
Elkhart, IN 46516
Phone: 574-294-2511
Fax: 574-293-9686

Recall Department
Dometic Corporation
Recall Phone Numbers:
Servicers: 888-803-0013, press 3 and enter your account number Consumers: 888-446-5157
Recall Fax Number: 574-389-3955

For Marine products:

SeaLand and VacuFlush toilet systems and products -

Dometic Corporation
Sanitation Division
P.O. Box 38
Big Prairie, OH 44611

Sales and Customer Service
13128 State Rt 226
Big Prairie, OH 44611
Phone: 1-800-321-9886
Phone: 330-439-5550
Fax: 330-496-3097
[email protected]

For Dometic's air conditioning systems
including Cruisair and Marine Air Systems,
and other Adler/Barbour, Grunert, Eskimo Ice
and Sentry products -

Dometic Marine Division
2000 N. Andrews Ave.
Pompano Beach, FL 33069
Phone: 954-973-2477
Fax: 954-979-4414
Tech Support 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET: 800-542-2477
Tech Support After Hours & Weekends: 888-440-4494
[email protected]

Marketing Division
2000 N. Andrews Ave.
Pompano Beach, FL 33069
Phone: 954-973-2477
Fax: 954-970-8703
[email protected]


For Truck products:

Dometic Corporation, Environmental Division
P.O. Box 15299
Richmond, VA 23227
Phone: 804-746-1313
Fax: 804-746-7248
[email protected]

For Hotel products:
Toll Free: 800-301-8118
[email protected]
Dometic USA
2320 Industrial Parkway
PO Box 490
Elkhart, IN 46515
Phone: 574-294-8665
Fax: 574-294-3369

Recently purchased a second hand Waeco chest fridge/freezer CF50 as a second/backup fridge on the boat. All was working fine until the fridge refused to start and showed "Err2".

According to the user manual (page 23) "Err2" (or any other error message e.g.: "Err1" means that "The device has switched off due to an internal fault." Suggested remedy "This can only be repaired by an authorised repair centre." To be honest that's about as useful as a bicycle to a fish, in the middle of nowhere.

So, with the beer getting warmer, the circumstances required a set of screwdrivers, a multimeter and band-aids. I have heard that the thermistor on older units can often be the point of failure. In this case, it also turns out to be the situation.

The Thermistor is connected to the upper circuit board located under the buttons to operate the fridge. Not hard to access, 2 Philips heads under the fridge lid, either side of the internal light, then 3 Phillips heads to remove the circuit board from the buttons. The thermistor (only 2 wires) is connected to the circuit board by a small white connected (in my case) to the right of the multi-wire connector.

I disconnect the thermistor from the board, hoping an open circuit would at least get the fridge to start without the thermistor (ie 100% resistance), but no. What it did was change the error code from "Err2" to "Err1" (might be useful for anyone tracking down an Err1 problem). So, take the reverse, I shorted the 2 thermistor wires at the circuit board (i.e. no resistance) to see if that would get the fridge to start, but also no, just "Err2" message.

Finally, I connected a 10k ohm carbon resistor (cost about $0.85 for a pack of 10) to the thermistor wires and the error code was removed and the fridge started working. The display read 22c, being the perceived temperature at that resistance. Turns out the lower the resistance the higher the perceived temperature.

This was not a final solution, because the fridge would run all the time freezing everything. But, by turning the fridge on manually, a couple of hours at a time got us out of a warm beer situation.

Hope this helps someone else.

Change the temperature control.