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Tdnsfo, As daz said there is no motor. Electric current is sent through heat sink which creates heat transfer from inside to outside. Fans cool down heat sink allowing it to extract more heat from inside of fridge. When fans stop, heat transfer (from inside to outside) is slowed or stopped. Does you...

Andrew, yes I attached it to the same wiring as the middle fan. Friend told me today that power was off at my place, one of the fuses had tripped off. Could have been the wine fridge struggling with the heat with the house closed up. May have some modifications to do when I get home from holiday on ...

The internal fan came from jaycar. Here is the link. m. They also have a bigger one. Not sure at the moment which one I have. It runs off the main fridge power. Needed to take one of the heat sinks out for a bit to get the wiring in place. Tdnsfo, It isn't hard to replace the fans. Just need to unsc...

Don't think the fridge has the circuitry for controlling the speed of the fan. It is either on or off. But I did add an internal fan to circulate the air in the fridge. It used to be significantly hotter at the top but now the wile fridge is an even temp. m Better internal lighting - a project for w...

Scott, I also have the prima fridge. It sounds like one or more of the fans in the fridge have stopped working. They are necessary to extract the hot air from the heat sinks. I have had them sieze up in my fridge. You can easily replace them. You could try to get the fan/(s) working again with a bit...

Took a very nice trip up to my favourite winery in Nagambie on Sunday; Tahbilk. Stumbled on a CRACKING wine called the 1997 'Old Block' Cab Sav....WOW this wine was tops. From the first sniff this impressed me. Lashings of earth, oak, tannins and tobacco. Real Nagambie flavours & great colour f...

Daz, My Prima died last year as well but I managed to fix it by removing a part that had blown. I also replaced some fans and it is now working better than ever. If you haven't sent it off to the tip or insurance won't cover it, send me a pm if you need some details on a possible fix. Cheers Scott

Update - don't think the component that blew was a transformer. Bypassed it and the fridge runs. Will put a fuse in place of the burnt out component and see how it goes.

No power at all. Transformer completely burnt out. My D-I-L is an electrician and my wife's cousin is a fridge mechanic and between them they haven't got a conclusive answer yet.

Might try a spare 12v external transformer I have lying around to see if that can power it.

My Prima 72 bottle wine fridge blew the transformer during a recent storm and no longer operates. Any suggestions on a cheap way to repair it.

Scott