Date:         Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:30:03 -0700
Reply-To:     Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM>
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From:         Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dometic Thermistor Function?
Comments: To: Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2008071411540364@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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Perhaps I used the wrong term?  I'm talking about the electrical
gizmo, about the size of a 4 quarters stacked together, that the
yellow wire connects to (the yellow wire powers the rear fan on/off).
It's mounted on my dometic to the top set of fins on the back of the
unit. It's a bit loose, and I'm wondering if it's important that it
have a thermal contact with the fin, or if it just measures ambient
air temp?

On Jul 14, 2008, at 8:49 AM, Roger Sisler wrote:

> That probe needs to be tight against the rear of the aluminum
> evaporator.
> Metal to metal contact. There is a channel along the entire length
> of the
> evaporator's rear that the probe sticks into. A plastic cord about
> 1/8 inch
> in diameter and 4 inches long presses in on top of it to keep it in
> place.
> That white cord should still be around. It is probably still in the
> groove
> and the probe just slipped out.
>
> It measures the temp of the aluminum plate.