Dometic Fridge Thermistor?
I feel pretty silly because I just started figuring out what this thing is. Apparently mine wasn't even attached to the clip, but was actually hanging down in the drain pan. Soooo, 1) do these thi...
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dougrainer wrote:acritzer wrote:dougrainer wrote:
NOT attached to the fins and just hanging will have the refer operate continuously. That may allow the lower section to get below freezing and freeze items in the lower section. Doug
Hmm. Ours certainly never got that cold. I moved it into correct position a while ago and feel like it's actually gotten colder? I'll just keep playing around with it.
The Evap fins will be 10 degrees COLDER than the items if the refer. So, If your refer is 36 degrees, then the fins are 26 degrees. The Thermister senses the Evap temp and NOT the temp of the refer. So, if NOT connected to the fins, the Thermister will NOT see that fin lower temp and continue to operate. As I stated, it MAY get to freezing or below, but it will allow the refer to run colder than the Auto preset of the Thermister. The ONLY way to test the temp in the refer is to put a cup of water in the shelf and test the temp of the water after 24 hours. Testing the air temp is no good. Doug
Is "tricking" the fridge in this way inherently bad for it? Without knowing it I've been using ours this way for the past year. Say 10 different trips? It's never frozen up and it's sometimes struggled on hot days (to stay quite cold)
