So here's the story,
I decided to invest in a mini fridge for my truck at work, I got one from a friend cheap. so i take it to work plug into the 12v Power supply (Not The 24 i promise) and the fans spin for a couple of seconds then cut out after about 30 seconds of me trying the switch to see if id knock it off its starts smoking and making spitting sounds so i unplugged it, after getting it home I take it apart and find no burns or blown components to the PCB but it doesn't work, so my plan is to buy some new components to replace the internals, stuff i seen on a few guides on people building there own mini fridges.
My question is, is there something different with a Trucks 12v supply and is there something i could do to protect the new components to stop it going up in smokes again maybe some sort of capacitor on the 12v line to smooth it out ? if so what kind? what capacitance would you suggest?
Also, I did try the mini fridge on my car 12v and it worked fine on the drive to work
Also, my electronics skill is limited to a hobbyist level I know enough to get me by but I won't be building the terminators to kill us all any time soon
Anyways Thanks in advance and any help would be much appreciated
I decided to invest in a mini fridge for my truck at work, I got one from a friend cheap. so i take it to work plug into the 12v Power supply (Not The 24 i promise) and the fans spin for a couple of seconds then cut out after about 30 seconds of me trying the switch to see if id knock it off its starts smoking and making spitting sounds so i unplugged it, after getting it home I take it apart and find no burns or blown components to the PCB but it doesn't work, so my plan is to buy some new components to replace the internals, stuff i seen on a few guides on people building there own mini fridges.
My question is, is there something different with a Trucks 12v supply and is there something i could do to protect the new components to stop it going up in smokes again maybe some sort of capacitor on the 12v line to smooth it out ? if so what kind? what capacitance would you suggest?
Also, I did try the mini fridge on my car 12v and it worked fine on the drive to work
Also, my electronics skill is limited to a hobbyist level I know enough to get me by but I won't be building the terminators to kill us all any time soon
Anyways Thanks in advance and any help would be much appreciated