Date:         Mon, 7 Aug 2006 22:23:41 -0700
Reply-To:     nick greenaway <ngreenaway@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         nick greenaway <ngreenaway@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      wow,
              the heater element heats up fast!Re: refrigerator
              non-refrigerating blues
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so i pulled my heater element from the fridge, and although i got a
big fat zero ohms resistance on the 12 volt side(i couldve tested it
wrong), i hooked the element up directly to my battery, and within
maybe a minute, it was REALLY hot.really really hot.  havent hooked
up the 120v side yet.
i hope someone out there has experience fixin these, cuz i cant leave
this project alone, cant sleep, till i have closure on this one. im
hoping its just the previously mentioned blown fan motor is all thats
wrong.

also, before i start playing with the gas side, i saw someone
used(was it a current email? something in the archives? i cant
remember, ive really been rackin my brains on this fridge deal) WD-40
to fix the seals on their air pump. as i dont have any water to
displace, i have long since eliminated Water Displacement formula 40
from my tool kit- is there something more appropriate to use?

there seems to be all kinds of info available on gas
troubleshooting,but not much on electrical;do most people run it on
gas? or do most people have no trouble doing the electrical
troubleshooting? i fix radars by day, but this fridge is giving me
fits by night!

nick

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