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MEXICOWANDERER
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Mar 18, 2014

Mechanical Refrigerator Thermostat? Simple? Cheap?

I just Inherited a Peltier refrigerator. OEM control is bad, and I just spent 2 hours in frustration looking for a remote probe totally mechanical thermostat on the web. The gizmo IMO would be useless as a battery powered cooler but with a power supply it might work OK. Clad with 6" of insulation it might do OK with battery.

But a thermostat eludes me except on marine sites where a doorstop costs $199.95 on sale.

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    MrWizard
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    Mar 18, 2014
    mexi
    did you check RV parts
    the old Norcold and Dometic fridges used mechanical thermostats
    would something like that work

    what about a cheap digital A/C thermostat, like you mount on the wall, uses 12v ? or maybe a 9v battery

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