How important is a refer thermistor?
I have read on this forum that the thermistor is critical to proper refer temps because it controls the cooling cycle. Our refer starting running about 10 degrees warmer than usual(44 degrees) in 80 d...
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Scottiemom wrote:
I believe the thermistor is important to defrosting the fridge. When ours was not working, the fridge was still cold, but the fins would build up with ice and couldn't melt. It also caused water droplets to build up on the roof of the case and things would be wet when we were in/out of it while fixing a meal. It was a quick easy fix to install a new one that DH did himself.
Dale
RV refers have NO defrost cycle at all. All RV refers do is cool the items. Frost/ice build up you must manually defrost them. IF you have excessive ICE on the evap fins, that will degrade the cooling capacity as ICE is a great insulator for cooling capacity. A thin film of ice is normal and will not degrade cooling. Doug
