RichK wrote:
"Stormin Mormon"


Of course, the defrost lead will only be drawing amperage if the bimetal

is

cold enough. But, that confuses things.


I have thought about the clamp on meter, after I posted it. Tried to feel
the plastic cover in the freezer, but it's not good enough indication. It
seems that the bottom of the back panel is a bit warmer, which is where the
heater is.

Why do you say that it confues things? It seems like the only good test, I
can think of.

Rich



It *should* work, particularly if you have one of the motor driven
defrost timers which has a manual knob on it which allows you to advance
the timer by hand so that you don't have to stay there for a day
watching the meter waiting for the defrost time to come up. G.

I suppose if you were anal enough about it you could use a slow speed
chart recorder to plot the output from a current transformer placed on
that lead to see that current comes on periodically and stays on until
the thermostat ("bimetal") senses that the evaporator area isn't ice
cold anymore and opens the circuit.

Jeff (Don't take me seriously please.)

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