Wine Fridge Not Cooling? Troubleshoot VinoTemp Wine Enthusiast Eurocave FX-101 10.5 12.5V

This post is for people trying to diagnose a thermo-electric wine fridge. These appliances work by applying a DC voltage to the Peltier/TEC cooler. Also know as a cooling node, there are two things critical for these chillers to work properly.. power and airflow. This post applies to by not limted to the parts/models listed at the bottom of the post which can be serviced by ApplianceBoardRepair.com

Air Flow

The TEC’s have a hot side and a cool side. In order to make the cool side as cold as possible, heat must be removed from the hot side. That is why air flow on the hot side is so important.

Peltier/TEC Usually have a Heat and Cooling Fan – Make all fans spin
Cooling Node and Control Board – Fan

To be absolutely sure the fan is getting enough power, it should be measured at the power board. Below picture shows the measurement points on a common board. This board should be delivering 8V on

Power Board sends DC voltage to fan to cool the cooling node.
Back of VinoTemp and screws to remove cooling node if needed.

Power to Cooling Node

Once you confirmed that the airflow and fans are working ok, you should check the power to the cooling node is acceptable. In this case the nominal voltage to the TEC should be 12.5V. If the voltage is significantly lower than this, it is very likely a problem with the power board or temperature control board. The measurement point is shown below

Measurement Point For TEC

The basics of this fan and TEC troubleshooting can be summarized in the following flowchart.

Basic troubleshooting for ThermoElectric Wine fridge.

An example of parts applies that this applies to are listed below. ApplianceBoardRepair.com can service all of these:

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