Chris Bryant wrote:
This is the "gotcha" in this whole fiasco- I have never seen a published heating element resistance figure other than the 44 ohms- which is supposed to be measured every year in the required maintenance.
The only 38 ohms units I have run across were in units which the maintenance had not been done, but were still in the 3 year window.
I went ahead and warrantied them but charged for a new element, but I don't know what Dometic would have said if I had done the maintenance and turned in a 38 ohm heater.
Chris
I made some measurements on my seven year old Dometic RM3862 by taking the AC current and volts to get the resistance. I get between 41 and 43 ohms on the original heater. What would you say would be the threshold to get a new heater? Also, do you think that a high temperature cut off will be part of the recall kit? Thanks.
