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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Mine did not maintain the temperature at all, even though it was "on". Within an hour after leaving it on 12v, the freezer temp had climbed back up to about -10C from the -20C it started at, and the 12v element had not come on yet. I don't know when the 12v came on later, but it was too little, too late to do anything to stop it getting right back up to ambient.
There was no frozen food in there to help keep it cold, as there would be while travelling.
There is a tiny bit of pink insulation for it inside the flue but I suspect most of the heat goes elsewhere instead of heating that cooling pipe beside it. The 120v heater right next to the 12v worked though, last year when it was still working. Beats me.
Also my wattages are low it seems, so that might be it.
There was no frozen food in there to help keep it cold, as there would be while travelling.
There is a tiny bit of pink insulation for it inside the flue but I suspect most of the heat goes elsewhere instead of heating that cooling pipe beside it. The 120v heater right next to the 12v worked though, last year when it was still working. Beats me.
Also my wattages are low it seems, so that might be it.
