bigfootford
Fair Oaks, California
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At a quick glance at the heating element for 120vac avail for the dometic fridges they are all the same from what I can tell.
When I replaced my cooling unit I replaced my element. Fresh metal is great for heat transfer!
On a rebuilt CU you do not know how much rust and roughness is inside the element tube so replacement is always a good thing!
Jim.
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rvman69
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I am pretty sure on this rebuild the tube the heating element goes into was replaced. It looks new inside that I can see. I am sure I could see some rust in It at bottom if not new. Maybe the tube is longer or welded on a little higher and that is why the heating element will not set in the exact place it did before.
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rvman69
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I went ahead and ordered a couple of the cheaper elements to get us started for the summer. If I can find one someone knows is a good quality element I will order it and change it out when I can. We will be taking our camper out to the camp ground at the end of the month. It will be out there for three months and we are not there through the week some. So I dont know if I trust the cheaper ones not going out on us when we are not there.
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rvman69
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I got the fridge back in its place this evening. I waited until someone could come over and help me. I will get it all hooked up and test for propane leaks in the morning. Then I will test it on propane since I am still waiting on the heating element. I called a local RV place and they gave me the dometic heating element model number that I need. So I went ahead and ordered one of them so I will have a good one to go ahead and install. I will keep the others as backups. The reason the heating element sets higher is because when they weld on the new element pipe it is higher. I will try to post pics of both tomorrow evening.
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rvman69
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Here are the two pics. One of the old unit and one of the new unit. Notice the difference in the heating element tube. On the original one the tube goes all the way down to the bottom of flue tube. On the remanufactured one they welded the tube about inch or more higher. So I have the fridge all hooked back up but do not have any power up to the control board over the freezer. Well when I try to turn the fridge on with the button I get no red LED light to come on. The fridge interior light does work. So I am going to start a new thread on that issue I think. Thanks
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