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dreamer
Explorer
May 12, 2016

Has anyone put a switch on a refrigerator defrost heater?

I have a residential refrigerator in the motorhome. I was thinking of putting a switch on the defrost heater so it could be turned off for the times we are overnight parking while traveling to save s...
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Gdetrailer
Explorer III
May 15, 2016
MrWizard wrote:
look close
the jumper he put on the switch, keeps power to the compressor available


Correct.

Made the drawing and forgot to annotate and highlight the needed jumper.

Thanks MrWizard for clarifying it!

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