timsrv wrote:
PS: on a side note, the original heating element was re-used each and every time cooling core was replaced. I had no knowledge of any potential problems here and didn't see a reason to replace it.
This is the "gotcha" in this whole fiasco- I have never seen a published heating element resistance figure other than the 44 ohms- which is supposed to be measured every year in the required maintenance.
The only 38 ohms units I have run across were in units which the maintenance had not been done, but were still in the 3 year window.
I went ahead and warrantied them but charged for a new element, but I don't know what Dometic would have said if I had done the maintenance and turned in a 38 ohm heater.
