[C320-list] Refrigeration Diagnostics Assistance

Ken McCrimmon kenmccrimmon at hotmail.com
Fri Jun 25 15:32:11 PDT 2021


I switched the positive leads for the fridge and the vhf radio.  The radio work but the fridge still does not. I think we have elminated the rocker switch.

Thanks for that suggestion

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> On Jun 25, 2021, at 6:23 PM, Christian <ccaper at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure about the negative lead, on my console panel (1994, #138), I
> only have positive leads running to each rocker switch, but my fridge
> rocker switch had gone bad, which is why I'd suggest temp moving it to
> another rocker switch of similar amp capacity, or checking if you are
> getting current at your compressor, whichever is easier for you.
> 
>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 5:14 PM Ken McCrimmon <kenmccrimmon at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Where would I check the negative lead going back to the panel
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>>> On Jun 25, 2021, at 6:09 PM, Christian <ccaper at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> For sanity, you might try opening your control panel, and temp moving
>> the
>>> positive wire on your fridge rocker switch to a different rocker switch
>>> that handles similar amp load.  Only reason I mention this is when I
>>> acquired my 320 5 years ago, the previous owner had moved the fridge wire
>>> to a different rocker switch, and I was always curious why he did that.
>>> When I recently tried to repurpose the original fridge rocker switch for
>> a
>>> usb port I mounted, I found out why.  The rocker switch had gone dead,
>> and
>>> was able to easily replace.  So something you might want to consider
>>> trying, just incase its your console rocker switch.
>>> Christian Caperton #138
>> 


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