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Kegerator... Disaster ! 15 years 2 months ago #1

Finished my Kegerator from a chest freezer. All was going well, got the collar on, moved hinges, drilled / chizelled the ATC800 in, fitted the taps and clipped in all the wires. I then hid all the cabling with insulation.

I then decided to power it up for 24 hours empty so not to strain the compresser.

Guess what - nothing - absolutely nothing - not a dicky bird from the compressor. Perhaps all the hammering / sawing / drilling damaged something. I have to take the whole thing apart tonight - the missus is starting to get well annoyed with me completely invading the kitchen with all sorts of bits.

Any advice - it there some magic fuse in there that needs changing... the freezer is 14 years old (but was working a week ago). One last thing - the socket had some sort of alarm on it - it was about twice the size of a normal socket. Could there be some sort of earth check ? The cable I ran from the ATC didnt have an earth and the ATC doesnt have one - but I can wire one in if required.

Anyone have any issue like this ??

Kegerator... Disaster ! 15 years 2 months ago #2

Socket as in plug?
Try bypassing it. Put on a normal plug.

Kegerator... Disaster ! 15 years 2 months ago #3

Suggestion:

Connect the freezer directly to the mains that way if the freezer works you know the problem is in the ATC wiring ( people have misread the diagram in the past!! ).

If freezer not working then freezer is the problem.

Did you over-ride the thermostat on the freezer?

Will

Kegerator... Disaster ! 15 years 2 months ago #4

"Saruman":6kl3xw7v wrote: Socket as in plug?
Try bypassing it. Put on a normal plug.[/quote:6kl3xw7v]

Sorry I meant plug,

yeap, I will bypass the ATC800 tonight and restore the original plug

Fingers crossed this is a ATC800 wiring issue.

Kegerator... Disaster ! 15 years 2 months ago #5

Kegerator... Disaster ! 15 years 2 months ago #6

The ATC has a built-in delay feature to stop it wearing out the compressor from stating and stopping it too quickly. It's 3 minutes by default (can be changed). So while the cooling LED is on it won't actually switch power on the cooling circuit for 3 minutes.
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