Spent some time thinking about this. The heater in question is about 6 feet long, it goes under the evaporator, the whole width of the fridge. Would you still expect it to have very low resistance? When I measured it it'd have been around room temp, I'd completely defrosted the fridge with warm water.
I will admit I was using the cheapest of Harbor Freight cheapie meters. Years ago an employer threw out a bunch over very nice Fluke meters, I wish I'd taken one. To correct what appears to be a mis-communication below, the fridge never defrosts, it freezes right up tight. Takes 3-4 weeks. -Curt ________________________________ From: Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, August 4, 2014 11:56 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: While I was at it. > thermostat which will react to an ice cube, and the heating coil which > reads zero resistance. I'd say thats a bad heater. I wouldn't. Zero ohm heaters blow fuses and circuit breakers, or else start fires. No _continuity_ sounds like a bad heating element. Heaters have low resistance, especially cold. One must be sure that your cheapie (?) meter is capable of making a good reading. I really like Fluke's 80 series meters. Besides, a bad heating element won't make the thing stay on continuous defrost. That's a control problem, or else your heat pump system is NFG. -- Jim _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
