Need help troubleshooting my Dometic 2652 fridge

Mandalay Parr wrote:
Maybe the two leads you pulled wern't making a good connection and now they are.

I thought about that too, but they were on there very securely and the connections were clean with no corrosion. I really think by the process of elimination that either the heating element itself has an intermittent failure or the control board has a sticking relay.

I think that since it is easy to remove, my next step will be to remove the board and examine it very closely on the bench.