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....
Forum Discussion
Thanks! I did figure the AC current would be way high, but it seemed crazy so I didn't post it!
12v element running was 13.6v and 9.7a = 132 watts.
R would be 13.6/9.7 = 1.4
120v element at 350w running would be 2.9 AC amps
R would be 120/2.9 = 41.4
If I used 120v and the 1.4, AC amps would be 120/1.4 = 86 amps
Is that how you guys figured it out?
What I was scared of so I didn't do it, is if that element got too hot it might damage the bottom cooling unit ? pipe that goes by there. The boot thing the two elements drop into is stuck on that pipe and that seems to be the pipe the gas burner also heats up when the fridge is on gas? Not sure. If that pipe got wrecked then no fridge on gas either.
So my operating plan is to do the cool down on gas, switch to 12v when on shore power to hold the temp down using converter, (be sort of like going on 120v was) and then back on gas for the off-grid trip.
Thanks guys--I knew I should ask first! :(
12v element running was 13.6v and 9.7a = 132 watts.
R would be 13.6/9.7 = 1.4
120v element at 350w running would be 2.9 AC amps
R would be 120/2.9 = 41.4
If I used 120v and the 1.4, AC amps would be 120/1.4 = 86 amps
Is that how you guys figured it out?
What I was scared of so I didn't do it, is if that element got too hot it might damage the bottom cooling unit ? pipe that goes by there. The boot thing the two elements drop into is stuck on that pipe and that seems to be the pipe the gas burner also heats up when the fridge is on gas? Not sure. If that pipe got wrecked then no fridge on gas either.
So my operating plan is to do the cool down on gas, switch to 12v when on shore power to hold the temp down using converter, (be sort of like going on 120v was) and then back on gas for the off-grid trip.
Thanks guys--I knew I should ask first! :(
