Dometic NDA1402 Cooling Fin Heating Element
My rig has a Dometic NDA1402 refrigerator. When I turned the fridge on this afternoon I got error code 12. According to the service manual, error code 12 means there is a problem with the refrigerat...
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dgreen1069 wrote:dougrainer wrote:
Other than the Fail code, have you seen abnormal icing on the fins? I would not throw away a good functioning refer just because a defrost element has failed. Even with the Fail code, the refer should still be functioning. Doug
This is what I have replaced over the years as the most common defrost failure. It may be able to be used in place of the discontinued part. Just have to modify how it is installed.
https://rvpartsexpress.com/product/dometic-3851411011-heating-element-water-drain/
The crazy thing is that the refrigerator DOES NOT function with an error code....at least not error code 12. I have never seen icing on my cooling fins, so I am not even concerned about the absence of the heater.
I purchased a 12v 50w heating pad from Amazon that is designed as an oil pan warmer. That should give me the 3-4ohms of resistance the computer board is looking for at start up. I am hoping the heater pad tricks the computer board into thinking all the right parts are there so the fridge turns on. I am not a full timer, so frozen coils aren't an issue for us. We rarely camp for more than two weeks at a time.
If the resistance pad does not work, then plugging in the Part I listed, may "fool" the system with its resistance. Doug
