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
Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
To correct what appears to be a mis-communication below, the fridge never
defrosts, it freezes right up tight. Takes 3-4 weeks.
The usual failure is the mechanical clock in the defrost timer, those have a
10-20 year lifespan. Do newer ones have a solid state
See the comment posted on this post:
http://hackaday.com/2014/08/03/the-fridge-hacking-guide-by-brewpi/
Karl [k-ww] says:
August 4, 2014 at 5:06 am
http://hackaday.com/2014/08/03/the-fridge-hacking-guide-by-brewpi/comment-page-1/#comment-1687025
A general note for anyone who goes dumpster
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
Before I could look at the Jetta tonight I had to deal with our fridge, its not
been defrosting right for awhile now and I noticed the fridge part was warm
this morning which makes my fresh farm milk turn into yogurt.
So I figured it was time for a new fridge but took the time to google 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,
