The fridge inside the caravan is currently working fine, but I had one small issue with it.  It was loose inside the caravan cabinet. I could stand in front of it and pushed it back about 10mm at the top end of it.  I saw at the back through the vent that there was some kind of steel bracket properly bolted to the cabinet but the fridge was held in place with tech screws you use to screw down the IBR on the beams of a carport.  I replaced the tech screws and I installed the roof washers.  This held the fridge in position but it was clear that during towing these tech screw will come loose over time.

So I did what was done by Jurgens in the Jurgens Classique we had before the Sensation Maia.  I drilled holes on either side, through the side of the Fridge into the wooden Cabinet and installed long S/steel Allen Cap Screws. Bolted the fridge down properly.  Now it will not move out of place at all.

Photo one shows the allen cap screw on the cabinet side.

Photo 2 shows the nut on the inside of the fridge.

There was someone on facebook that had the same issue with their fridge in the caravan and I suggested the solution there as well.

Baie slim idee wat eintlik dan 'n permanente oplossing sal wees.

Skerp Leon

Leon, I also noticed that my fridge was loose and could be pushed back at the top. What had happened was that the self tap screws holding the fridge to the top rear steel cupboard brackets had pulled out of the fridge. The main reason they did this was that the fridge was not supported underneath in the front. Just the self tap screws prevented the fridge from tipping forward for about 10mm.

I cut a plank that filled the gap between the fridge and the steel floor mounting stand on which the fridge stands. I increased the self tap screw size from 5 to 6mm and re-attached it to the cupboard steel brackets. I then hammered the plank I had cut into the gap between the front bottom of the fridge and the floor mounting stand. Now it does not move at all.

I did this about 6 months ago and the fridge has not moved at all.

Good there we have another option to fix a loose fridge.

I will have a look to see if I need to fit a piece of wood, Paul.  The better the support the less any movement can take place.

I have been searching for a replacement fridge for the caravan.  Because the current one is doing the job but it never switches off.  So its working very hard to just keep the fridge at correct temp.  Fridge guy came and check the gas and the thermostat but its still doing what it must but at a cost.

So its time for a replacement before going on pension.

The initial idea was to install the Defy Solar options but as Paul here on the forum provided valuable info and pointed out they are actualy just a normal fridge with a control box to allow for the connection of solar and battery.

Then the search was on again and I saw the fridge that is generally installed inside the Gypsey Lite and the Gypsey Lite Impi.  It is a Defy Solar Hybrid that can run of solar panels when the 220V of Eishcom is off.  You just need to connect the solar panels the rest of the smart boxes and wiring is part of the fridge.  Only available stock of a fridge like this in Polekwane.  

Then the search was on again and I found a inverter compresor fridge that would fit inside the fridge cavity but it would mean that the small cabinette above the fridge is lost.  The power usage of the fridge is classed as A++ so we bought this one.  The low consumption will allow for a Inverter and solar a bit later in the year.

So this Coetzee is spannering again........... apart from fixing the klonking floor I have loosened the old fridge last night and I have removed part of the cabinette above the fridge area.  It is actually very easy to remove cabinette.

Will take pics and post them if anyone is interrested.

Sterkte Leon.

What is the consumption of this new A++ fridge you bought. And the make and size please.

mulderpm wrote:

Sterkte Leon.

What is the consumption of this new A++ fridge you bought. And the make and size please.

Hi Paul. Sorry there is a typing error it is a A+ rated fridge, not A++.

Samsung Fridge Freezer

59cm(w) x 158cm (h) x 60cm(d) the depth measured with out the doors as the doors would actualy be outside the fridge area in the corridor.

Ideaal vir 'n karavaan Leon.  Ons inverter yskas in die kombuis is so stil dat jy eintlik net weet hy loop as die kante waar die verkoelingspype is, effens warm is want hoor kan jy nie.  Hoop joue is ook so.

Ek het hom aan gesit om seker te maak als werk reg.  Kon glad nie hoor dat hy aan is nie.

Hoeveel watts trek hy Leon?

Still is baia belangrik vir ń woonwa aangesien jy langs die yskas slaap. No pun intended. Dit was altyd een van CI se vereistes. Still!

In my huis maak dit nie veel saak nie. Ek slaap nie (gewoonlik) in my kombuus nie.

Hi Paul.  Ek sal die presiese model no deur gee. Dink net nie daaraan as ek by die huis is nie.

Klomp dinge om te doen en die aande is net te kort om by dit uit te kom.  Ek weet dat die rekenaar waaier wat ek aan die yskas vent van die karavaan aangebring het gaan meer lawaai maak as die yskas as hy aan is.

Sorry Paul. Ek is omtrent elke aan besig met die yskas stories en ek het nou nog nie gekyk wat is die Samsung model no nie.

Maar ja.  Ek het laasweek die ou yskas uit die gat gehaal waar hy vir baie lank gestaan het.  Hom tot op die bed geskuif en gewag vir die naweek dat my Seun en sy vriend my kom help om die yskas deur die venster uit te haal en die nuwe in die wa te kry.  Ek het ook die kassie bokant die yskas posisie verwyder dit was seker 5 min se werk. Toe als mooi skoon gemaak.

Met voorbereiding op die nuwe yskas het ek die yskas deure afgehaal net om seker te maak ons krap nie die deure met die gesukkel om die yskas in die gat te kry nie.

Sondag middag neem dit ons letterlik 4 min om die ou yskas deur die venster uit die wa te haal hom Garage toe te dra en die nuwe een wa toe te dra en op sy plek in die gat te sit.

Nou gedurende die week is ek besig om hom netjies te posisioneer en vasmaak planne uit te sort.

Klink na n' maklike process.... so ver.

Loop hierdie een minder Leon?

Wel ek kan nie juis sê of hy aan of af is nie so stil werk die motor. 

Dan gaan ek ook 'n stukkie hout aan die voorkant van die yskas onder moet sit.  Dit sal help om die yskas binne die gat te hou.

Fotos?

My yskas sal my volgende projek wees... het nog 'n stok horing ou KIC in... dink hy gaan my mal lawaai veral is dit stil raak en ek wil gaan rus

Karin sal my vrek maak as ek dit ook nog verander... ek was  klaar in die moeilikheid omdat ek ander mirogolf gekoop het... Vra my nog gister... Daar is mos een in ?... Nee ek het hom oor die naweek klaar verkoop... en toe beginne die vrae... Hoekom, wanneer ? Hoveel het jy gekry vir hom ?

Se net moenie worry... nuwe een reeds agter op my bakkie

So hopelik groet die KIC.. dan weer die ou wit leun... kan nie reggemaak word nie... Koop nuwe stiller een

Selfs gewone kompressor yskaste kan heel stil wees. Ons Oyster het n Defy in. Hy is nie so stil as n inverter tipe nie maar ons hoor hom bykans nie. Wat ons wel hoor is die klik as hy aan of af skakel. En hy is baie naby, teenaan die voetekant van ons bed. Met n inverter sal jy ook nie n klik hoor nie want hy skakel nie af nie, loop net vinniger of stadiger om n konstantante temperatuur te behou.

Theo ek is nou weer anders. As hy reg werk loss ek hom. As my omstandigheede verander en dus my behoeftes dan vervang ek hom. Die Fridge Star in my woonwa trek net 100W en maak die vries gedeelte -20C as die termostaat op sy hoogste (koudste) is. Dan loop die kompressor omtrent permanent maar hy is baia sag.

Die een in ons kombuis is n' Samsung 501L dubbel deur side by side met n' ys en water cooler. Jy hoor hom nie.

As ek my aantal yskaste tell pas dit nie in met wat ek hier bo gese het nie. Ons het n' 52L Weekender (23 jaar oud), 72L dubbel deur Legacy Smart en n' 90L legacy Smart. Dan in die woonwa die Fridge Star, dan in die garage n' 410L Bosch double deur en dan die Samsung in die kombuis. Dit is seeker obvious ek verkoop nie sommer n' yskas nie. My vrou se 52L weekender het laas jaar na ons oudste dogter toe gegaan.

My woonwa yskas en plank voor onder.

Kan iemand vir my sê hoeveel sterre in dien enjge my Samsung het?

https://eng-shady-mohsen.blogspot.com/2014/03/refrigerator-star-rating.html?m=1

Hope this helps

AnonymousAugust 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM For the 4-Star (snowflake) symbol - the reason 1 is black and 3 are white - is because 3-star freezers are only meant to be used for 'bought-as-frozen' food storage. Introducing fresh food 'to-be-frozen' into them causes unacceptable temperature rises which is not good for the coolant in those units with that 3-star rating. Therefore the 4-Star symbol (1 black, 3 white) means the unit functions in exactly the same temperature range as a 3-Star, but the extra black-star denotes the further function - in that it is specifically designed to be able to freeze fresh produce safely and rapidly, preserving the food's nutrients and without damaging the unit. Reply