[C320-list] Refrigeration Diagnostics Assistance (Ken McCrimmon)

[ART HARDEN]

This thread has been perfect for me to check some things on my refrigerator. I may have over charged it. I did vacuumed it out and seemed to have no leaks. So now to research the fuses and module. Where is the module located and is there a way to test it? 

Sent from my iPhone
Art Harden
Catalina 320  # 243 
"Tortuga" E-62
937.885.9380 (o)
937.477.5544 (m)

> On Jul 6, 2021, at 7:37 PM, Cliff Lee <rcliffordlee at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Our neighbor was troubleshooting their Catalina last year and ended up
> concluding their module was shot after trying to recharge refrigerant,
> etc..  They replaced the module and it worked perfectly.
> 
> On a side note, I replaced our Domenic (Adler Barbour) refrigeration system
> (compressor, condenser, evaporator, etc) "in kind" this spring based on the
> excellent advice from this group.  The project went very well and rather
> easily.  I had ordered the exact replacement evaporator box because I did
> not want to drill any new holes in the box.  That was fine - the only issue
> was that the screws they provided had heads that were smaller than the
> holes in the evaporator!  No problem, just be prepared to buy 4 washers to
> make them fit.
> 
> Cliff Lee
> Comfort Zone - 1995 - Hull 268
> 
>> On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 4:03 PM <c320-list-request at lists.catalina320.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Send C320-list mailing list submissions to
>>        c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
>> 
>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the Web browser, visit
>> 
>> http://lists.catalina320.com/listinfo.cgi/c320-list-catalina320.com
>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
>>        c320-list-request at lists.catalina320.com
>> 
>> You can reach the person managing the list at
>>        c320-list-owner at lists.catalina320.com
>> 
>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
>> than "Re: Contents of C320-list digest..."
>> 
>> 
>> Today's Topics:
>> 
>>   1. Re: Refrigeration Diagnostics Assistance (Ken McCrimmon)
>>   2. Engine anti siphon (Jerry's Iphone)
>>   3. Re: C320-list Digest, Vol 4049, Issue 1 (Jack Brennan)
>>   4. Re: Engine anti siphon (RONALD HODEL)
>>   5. Re: Engine anti siphon (John Morrison)
>>   6. Elsa (Jack Brennan)
>>   7. Re: Elsa (RONALD HODEL)
>>   8. Re: Engine anti siphon (Christian)
>>   9. Re: Engine anti siphon (John Morrison)
>>  10. Re: Elsa (thruston18)
>>  11. Re: Engine anti siphon (Jerry's Iphone)
>>  12. Re: Engine anti siphon (Dave Hupe)
>> 
>> 
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 11:07:28 +0000
>> From: Ken McCrimmon <kenmccrimmon at hotmail.com>
>> To: "C320-List at Catalina320.com" <C320-List at Catalina320.com>, KEN
>>        GEIGER <kendgb at aol.com>
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Refrigeration Diagnostics Assistance
>> Message-ID:
>>        <
>> YTXPR0101MB09590B98ADEF0460D5890F5AD81B9 at YTXPR0101MB0959.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM
>>> 
>> 
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>> 
>> Hi
>> The saga continues.  I was at the boat this weekend with my head and upper
>> body (sometime all of me) in the rear port compartment where the fridge
>> compressor is.
>> I was trying to test to make sure there is power to machine.  When I asked
>> my wife to flip the switch, I could hear the fan come on.  I also checked
>> the voltage going into the machine and it looked right.
>> 
>> Then i noticed that the light was blinking on the front of the panel.  I
>> could not see it before because it was facing the stern and i could not see
>> it from my previous position in the hatch from the rear berth.
>> 
>> The light is blinking three times, which based on the diagnostic run down
>> shared earlier buy Jack means
>> 
>>  1.   Pressure have not equalized yet
>>  2.  Unit has been overcharged
>>  3.  Danfoss module is defective
>> 
>> I tried the remedy for #1, no luck
>> Unit has not been charged recently, so i do not think it is number 2
>> I guess i am left with number 3 - replacing the Danfoss Module
>> 
>> Unless anybody has other suggestions to try for something I might have
>> missed
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Ken
>> 
>> 
>>