Electrical assistance please. Control Panel died and in Spain

[daveclare]

Hi All,

I have the following set up Nordelettronica ne 196

NeE319 control panel

The problem is my panel has just died. It is connected to the main unit with a four core wire as circled in blue. I'm getting 13v+ at the brown wire on the main unit and also where the wire connects to the control panel. So I'm assuming there is a power supply going to it. But to turn on you're supposed to touch the panel for more than a second to switch it on. However it appears to be dead.

This means we have no 12v power to anywhere in the van. As is typical these things happen at the weekend, just, so nothing is now open until Monday.

Query is, is there a way I can con the main board that the control unit is on and working. My guess is that as only four wires go between the two. One of these must be a return signal from the control panel. At least then I could have everything.

I have wire and connectors but no resister etc. Obviously I don't want to blow anything or start a fire. But it would be nice to at least have the fridge and lights on.

Any advice much appreciated. If a can't con the main board can I at least run a wire to the fridge so it can work on gas until Monday?
Fridge is dometic 3 way....

 

[daveclare]

Forgot to add I'm competent enough to run a fused supply from my busbar to the fridge. I suppose I just need someone to confirm it's possible. You start to think differently when it's going dark and in a different country.

 

[GeoffnDee]

I cannot see why you could not run a fused 12v supply to the low current connection (electronic) on the fridge as it is only needed for the fridge controls and would normally arrive via the PSU fuse with the high current already at the fridge for the heater element

 

[daveclare]

Yes that's my thinking. I just need the control panel on the fridge powering up so I can run it on gas.

 

[GeoffnDee]

daveclare Have you confirmed that there is a constant supply at the fridge heater 12v supply and it is not through a relay ,junction JP4 on the PSU may be being used for this (hopefully not being used)

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[daveclare]

At the moment there's no 12v supply from the hab batteries in the van as the control panel switches everything on.

 

[daveclare]

I'll check the fridge tomorrow when there is light. Thanks for the reply.

 

[Lenny HB]

Have you tried disconnecting the hab battery and leaving a few minutes before reconnecting, it may force a software reset.