Appliance Spares
Quick answer: Appliances in caravans and boats fail the way house appliances do — belts stretch, thermostats drift, fans stop — but the parts are compact, often 12-volt DC, and rarely written about. The usual fixes: a fan belt or filter grille outlet for the Camec Compact 3.2kg RV dryer, the SEA00092DA thermostat kit for Isotherm Cruise Elegance marine fridges (CR42EL through CR130EL), and 12V fridge fans. Most sit in the $15–100 band. What matters is matching the model number on the sticker before anything goes on a truck.
Last updated August 2026
Two appliances nobody writes about
It’s the last week of August. The van is parked up in a coastal caravan park for the pre-spring shakedown, the annexe is full of wet towels, and the wall-mounted dryer now screams like a cockatoo every time it spins up. Or you’re at the marina, the boat’s fridge has gone quiet and the milk is warm. Either way, you have an appliance problem a long way from a whitegoods aisle.
Caravan and boat appliances are real appliances. They wear the same parts — belts, thermostats, fans, valve coils — just in smaller, harder-to-identify packages. This guide covers the parts that keep the Camec Compact 3.2kg RV dryer and the Isotherm Cruise Elegance marine fridge alive, plus the 12-volt question that catches people out off-grid.
Match the fault to the part
Start with the symptom, confirm the model number on the sticker, then match the part:
| Symptom | What it means | The part |
|---|---|---|
 Camec Compact 3.2kg dryer squeals on start-up, then clothes stop drying | The fan belt has stretched, glazed or snapped — airflow dies and the heat has nowhere to go | Camec Compact 3.2kg RV dryer fan belt 0076 |
 Lint blowing around the van; the dryer’s filter won’t sit flush any more | The plastic filter grille outlet has gone brittle and cracked — heat and UV do that in a van | Camec Compact 3.2kg RV dryer filter grille outlet |
 Isotherm Cruise Elegance fridge won’t cool, won’t start, or freezes everything | The thermostat has drifted or died and the compressor is getting the wrong instructions | Isotherm thermostat kit SEA00092DA — fits CR42EL, CR49EL, CR65EL, CR85EL and CR130EL |
 Fisher & Paykel fridge runs uneven in the fresh-food section; no soft fan hum inside | The 12V DC interior circulation fan has stopped moving air around the cabinet | Fisher & Paykel 12V fridge fan 884518P |
Those four are the usual suspects for appliances that live on wheels and water. The fridge side goes much deeper — the full refrigerator and freezer parts range carries fans, thermostats, seals and shelving well beyond this table. If your symptom isn’t here, start from the model number on the sticker and search it.
The Camec Compact 3.2kg RV dryer: two wear parts
Walk down any row of on-site vans and you’ll spot the Camec Compact 3.2kg on its wall bracket. It earned its place — small, light, runs off a powered site — and in normal use it has exactly two parts that wear out.
The fan belt (part 0076)
The belt drives the fan that pulls air through the drum. When it stretches or glazes you get the squeal on start-up; when it lets go completely, the drum still tumbles and the element still heats, but with no airflow the towels just steam gently forever and the dryer runs hotter than it should. The part sits in the $10–25 band — the cheapest fix in this article — so change it at the first squeal rather than halfway through the holiday.
The filter grille outlet
The lint filter sits in a plastic grille outlet, and that plastic lives a hard life: heat from every load, UV through the van windows, and a firm hand jamming the filter back in after every clean. Once it cracks, the filter stops sealing, lint escapes into the van, and airflow drops. The grille sits in the $40–55 band. While it’s off, clear the whole outlet path — a compact dryer in a caravan blocks up faster than a full-size machine in a laundry.
The wall bracket changes nothing else: this is a 240-volt appliance. Unplug it before a single screw comes out.
The Isotherm Cruise Elegance: one thermostat kit, five cabinets
Isotherm’s Cruise Elegance fridges are built into boats and premium vans across Australia, and the CR42EL, CR49EL, CR65EL, CR85EL and CR130EL cabinets all take the same thermostat kit: SEA00092DA. When the thermostat goes, the symptoms scatter — a fridge that won’t cool at all, a compressor that never starts, or the opposite problem, a fridge that runs flat out and freezes the lettuce.
The kit sits in the $70–100 band. Fitting it means swapping the control and re-routing the sensor line to the evaporator — photograph the sensor’s position before you pull the old one out, because returning the new one to the factory position is half the job. Our Isotherm Cruise Elegance not-cooling guide walks the full diagnosis step by step, and if you’re not yet sure the thermostat is the culprit, the general guide to fridges running too warm or freezing food covers how thermostat faults behave in any fridge.
Where DIY stops: the sealed system. If the thermostat checks out and the compressor still won’t run — or it runs and nothing gets cold — the fault is in the refrigerant circuit, and that is licensed work in Australia, on a boat just as much as in a kitchen.
12 volts or 240: read the label before you order
Here’s the trap for off-grid setups. Plenty of modern appliance parts are low-voltage DC, switched by the appliance’s control board rather than fed straight off the mains. The Fisher & Paykel interior fridge fan 884518P is a 12-volt DC motor. LG’s two-way inlet valve for its WV5 top loaders runs a 12-volt DC coil. Samsung fit a 12-volt coil to the hot inlet valve on many of their washers. None of that means the appliance runs from your battery bank — the machine still wants its full supply — but it decides which replacement part works at all.
A 12V DC part and a 240V AC part can look identical on the bench. Fit a 240-volt coil where the board expects 12 volts and the valve never opens; do it the other way around and the coil cooks. The old part has its voltage printed on the label — match it exactly, along with the part number. The same discipline applies to fridge fans in the van: our fridge fan motor guide explains how to tell which fan you’re looking at and why the voltages differ between generations.
Finding the model sticker when the appliance is built in
On a house appliance the model sticker is easy to find. In a van or a boat the appliance is usually boxed into cabinetry, so the sticker hides — inside the door frame on most RV dryers and fridges, or behind the kick panel below a built-in fridge. Bring a torch, and photograph the sticker rather than copying it down: one wrong character matches the wrong part.
Then measure. Before anything goes on a truck, photograph the old part and measure it — belt length, grille width, sensor line length, plug type. Freight to a caravan park is slower than getting it right once, and a park two days’ drive from Sydney is a bad place to discover you guessed.
If you’d rather hand the job over, a repairer’s call-out and diagnosis typically runs $100–165 before parts — and getting a mobile repairer out to a caravan park in season is its own project, so knowing the exact part first puts you in front either way. Two lines that don’t move: hard-wired 240-volt connections are licensed work in most Australian states, and the gas side of a gas-electric three-way fridge belongs to a licensed gasfitter, full stop.
Frequently asked questions
What parts wear out on the Camec Compact 3.2kg RV dryer?
Two in normal use: the fan belt (part 0076) and the filter grille outlet. A squeal on start-up, or clothes that tumble warm but never dry, points to the belt; escaping lint and a filter that won’t sit flush point to a cracked grille. Both are unplug-first, screwdriver-level fixes.
Which fridges does the Isotherm SEA00092DA thermostat kit fit?
The Cruise Elegance family — CR42EL, CR49EL, CR65EL, CR85EL and CR130EL cabinets. Check the model number on the sticker inside the fridge compartment against the listing before you buy — other Isotherm ranges use different controls.
Why are some appliance parts 12-volt when the appliance plugs into 240?
Modern appliances step voltage down internally and let the control board switch small DC loads — interior fans, inlet valve coils, sensors. The appliance still needs its normal supply; the 12-volt rating just tells you which replacement part matches. Match the voltage printed on the old part’s label.
Where is the model sticker on a caravan or boat appliance?
Usually inside the door frame, or behind the kick panel on a built-in fridge. Photograph it rather than writing it down, and photograph the old part too — with freight involved you want to match once, not twice.
Can I fit these parts myself?
Belts, grilles, plug-in fans and thermostat kits are within reach of a careful owner with the power isolated first — unplug at the powered site, or isolate at the battery switch on a boat. Hard-wired 240-volt connections are licensed work in most Australian states, anything inside a fridge’s sealed refrigerant circuit is licensed work everywhere, and the gas side of a three-way fridge is a licensed gasfitter’s job.
The model number on the sticker does the matching. Find it, then search the part number in our store — or send the model number and a photo of the old part through our contact page and we’ll match it before you buy. In-stock parts are dispatched from Sydney’s Northern Beaches the day you order when you get it to us by 12pm Sydney time — and yes, we freight to caravan parks and marinas all over Australia.
Disclaimer: this article is general information only and is provided without warranty of any kind. Appliance designs vary between models and production runs — always follow the manufacturer’s instructions, switch off and unplug the appliance before starting any work, and confirm parts against the model number on your appliance’s model sticker. Any repair is undertaken at your own risk and Oz Appliance Spares accepts no liability for injury, loss or damage arising from work performed after reading this guide, to the maximum extent permitted by law. If in doubt, use a qualified technician.
