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?
A 120W heater would measure 1 ohm, at operating temperature. Cold, probably a fair bit less than that.
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.
Too bad you didn't take _all_ of them!
To correct what appears to be a mis-communication below, the fridge never defrosts, it freezes right up tight. Takes 3-4 weeks.
That's very different. Still, unless your heating element measures open-circuit it's unlikely to be bad. -- 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.
