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Default Electrical Problem (Kinda OT, maybe)

On 2013-11-30, gregz > wrote:
> be 2 amps, startup, less than 10 amps. The trick part is defrost. Older
> fridges might be about 12-13 amps. Newer ones seem to be using less heater
> power, some about 1000 watts.


????

I've resurrected a couple older fridges. No heater. Defrost was
little fan motor not much bigger than a computer muffin fan, which
turned on fer 1/2 hr every day while refrigeration system was
completely shut off. Certainly nothing the took even .5A. What are
you talking about? Commercial walk-ins?

nb