I bought this fridge in 2022 and used it in a Transit campervan I built with an Ecoflow Delta Pro power system. The fridge worked flawlessly for this whole time, but at the end of the last trip I made last summer, it started showing E1 errors and then E3 an E5.
It had done this occasionally when i would first plug it in for a new trip, but it usually resolved itself after a restart. So I did not worry too much about it.
When I drove to Florida for a 10 days vacation this winter, I expected the fridge to work as it always did. Well, it did not really work out that way. I contacted ICECO Customer Support, and after a couple of rounds of back and forth, they agreed to replace the fridge. There were another few communications so we all understood exactly what fridge I would get and so on, but once we agreed, it took only a few days to get the replacement in hand and for me to return mine.
I think that my fridge was probably fine all along, and that most of the issues that those types of fridge run into can be traced back to the input power. My electric system was plenty big for feeding the fridge. But to make sure the voltage would not drop too low, I had added a boost converter inline, just before the fridge. That guaranteed the fridge would see 12.6 volts. However, I think the converter may not have supplied enough amps.
ICECO has a step up converter that outputs 13.8 volts and can deliver 110 watts for $39. I think that this should almost always be included with the fridge. Just throw it in and add $30 to the price of the fridge. I think that would save ICECO and its customers a lot of grief.
All in all, I am still very happy with my fridge. I have run the replacement for the last week non-stop and it is performing flawlessly.
If a good friend asked me if I would recommend an ICECO fridge, I would say absolutely. I am very glad that is the brand I tried out first and it is the brand I will stay with.
