Swap 12v for 120v Fridge Element? UPDATE 2
EDIT--it turned out you can't swap them--they are not the same and it would fry things if you applied 120v to the 12v element ---------------------- UPDATE 25 Jan--12v is cooling down the freezer....
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I think it's one of the safer assumptions that the elements are different. Just to double check that, I looked in the service manual for Dometic Americana friges. For the 120 volt element, the cold resistance is either 44 or 80 ohms (depending on fridge model), and the 12 volt element cold resistance is between 0.67 and 0.96 ohms, depending on model. Applying 120 volts to the 12 volt element would pull an initial 125 (or more) amps until something melted.
