dcarpenter252 wrote:
Tim
Another thing, Even if the cooling unit has been replaced the kit needs to be installed.
Hope this answers A few questions.
Dennis
Dennis
First off, thank you for sharing. The pieces are now starting to fit on the disk T stat and thermal link.
The disk T stat will trip upon surface temp and is wired in the 12 VDC power line to the circuit board. When it trips it takes out the propane circuit and the 120 element.
The thermal fusible link, h'mm where have they wired this into?
If they are the automotive type, they will melt upon an overcurrent draw as they use them all over now under your hood. But are they putting it in series with the 120 V element feed or in series with the 12 VDC power feed to the circuit board? They may be using it as a fire fuse more than a overcurrent fuse which would change where you wire it into.
Another question:
You made this one statement that has me wondering.
If the cooling unit has been replaced, where there any dates given as to the age of the cooling unit? If someone has a newer cooling unit installed on an older model that is in the recall list, well the newer cooling unit seemed to be listed with the Thermal disk kit and should (I hope) have a correct wattage 120 element. However the 120 element is a separate part and may not come with the cooling unit unless someone knew to check and ordered it special.
The fusible link, we have not been able to track down yet. As we cannot find that Dometic will sell the disk T stat or the fusible link separate from an entire cooling unit.
Why would they be putting the recall kit on recalled fridges with newer upgraded cooling units? It then sort of begs the questions about all the other fridges not on the recall list....
Or are they doing a major clean sweep on serial numbers due to the recall and all get it regardless that way they have a trail that all units where corrected regardless of the cooling unit? This may be a legal thing here.
I find it sort of odd that they would not tell you to even check the ohms on the elements you where doing the recall on. Then give the owner an option to at least upgrade it and charge for it. If they did this they could weed out the population of out of spec 120 elements and really know the percentage of the problem. What better data then having the field tech's measure what is being upgraded and send it back to them.
I'm sure once you put that shield on, getting to change out the element just become more complex.:R
For the normal RV owner without precision VOM meters if they would ask the service tech to check and replace their element if it was out of spec, and buy it, Well at least the normal RV owner has a little better piece of mind they have made an attempt to have their fridge live longer.
However, doing that good deed probably opens up a major can of worms on why they are not replacing it in the first place for free.
Again, thanks for sharing.
John
