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podwerkz
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Topic: 10 year old R-Pod Maintenance Posted: 07 Jun 2020 at 6:45pm |
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Grant177
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Posted: 07 Jun 2020 at 1:55pm |
Great! Thanks for the clarification. I can do that!!
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Grant
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jato
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Posted: 07 Jun 2020 at 1:38pm |
Yes, you got it Grant. Mine is to the right of the 6 fins your green arrow is pointing toward. As I last posted the switch is 1.5" from the top of the exhaust stack.
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Grant177
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Posted: 06 Jun 2020 at 8:53pm |
Thanks for the replies everyone. Hope you know how much your comments and suggestions helps us inexperienced folks....
So, just to be clear, you are saying move the clip more in this direction...even to the outside edge of ALL the fins?
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Grant
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Pod People
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Posted: 06 Jun 2020 at 8:17pm |
Grant177- I think your sensor is on the left side of the cooling fins--it needs to be on the right side to make the fans come on sooner.
Marwayne's picture is showing it located about 5-6 fins into the fin structure at the small break in the upper fins --which obviously works for him. My sensor is also on the far right, but is just before the very first fin band before the tube begins it's vertical drop. I have it as close to the first fin as possible. My fans stay on longer since this is the hottest area.
Try it and see which way works for the way you use the refrigerator /freezer.
The whole idea is to turn the fans on in order to evacuate as much generated heat as possible in order for the fins to be more efficient and make the refrigerator more responsive and efficient. Vann
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Vann & Laura 2015 RPod 179
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jato
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Posted: 06 Jun 2020 at 7:53pm |
Looking at Marwayne's excellent shot you will see 6 or 7 fins to the right of the bi-metal switch. Move the switch to the right of those 6-7 fins closer to the cooling/heat stack. Mine was originally placed lower down but in this case, as marwayne's picture shows, just move yours closer to the stack. Mine is 1.5" away from the top of the stack.
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God's pod
'11 model 177
'17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost
Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake
"...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free."
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Grant177
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Posted: 06 Jun 2020 at 5:25pm |
OK....so that looks exactly the same as mine....I think....so I am not sure what you mean by "moving it up"....
This is mine...
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Grant
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marwayne
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Posted: 04 Jun 2020 at 10:35am |
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Grant177
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Posted: 04 Jun 2020 at 9:54am |
Originally posted by jato
One thing I found out about the fridge on our 2011 177 after 3 years of ownership was that the bi-metal switch on the rear of the fridge was located too low/far away from the cooling stack. By moving it up and closer to the cooling stack, the 2 muffin fans come on much sooner and run longer resulting in a fridge that will be much colder inside. To locate the bi-metal switch on the rear of the fridge look for the 2 red wires that come together at the switch, it is held in place by a clip, easy to move.
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Is this easily accessible from outside the trailer? I am not familiar with accessing that area.
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Grant
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jato
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Posted: 03 Jun 2020 at 2:09pm |
One thing I found out about the fridge on our 2011 177 after 3 years of ownership was that the bi-metal switch on the rear of the fridge was located too low/far away from the cooling stack. By moving it up and closer to the cooling stack, the 2 muffin fans come on much sooner and run longer resulting in a fridge that will be much colder inside. To locate the bi-metal switch on the rear of the fridge look for the 2 red wires that come together at the switch, it is held in place by a clip, easy to move.
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God's pod
'11 model 177
'17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost
Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake
"...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free."
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