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smsinville
Explorer
Oct 08, 2016

Refrigerator bypass electronics for direct AC power

I have a dometic RML8555 refrig. It worked on AC and DC, but not propane. Took into a shop and they said it needed to electronics panel at $600+, but the panel was on nationwide backorder ... would ...
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MrWizard
Moderator
Oct 08, 2016
The heating elements in the boiler tube are AC
Disconnect and connect to pigtail with a male plug
Then plug into an extension cord, or the 120v duplex out let behind fridge

One problem... No control..it will be on full-time 24/7 , you might turn the while fridge into a freezer

People do this for testing
I would recommend doing this, and then leaving the RV
No temp control no safeties except the circuit breaker for the outlet

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