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    Posted: 10 Apr 2018 at 8:37am
We bought a used 179 late last fall and I am just now starting to dewinterize and work on it.  I remember that some  owners have written about a condensation heater of some kind included with the refrigerator.  since we mostly boondock, I am interested in knowing more and possibly disabling this battery dependent switch.

Can someone give me the real information about this switch-
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I need to go out and look in my Pod. If you have a "climate control" switch it is usually visible somewhere around the freezer door when open. Maybe the underside. When "ON" it energizes a 12V heat strip that can drain your battery when dry camping. I don't recall if I have one or not. Also I have been told some just have a 0 or 1 and O is off. Basically it applies heat that is supposed to reduce condensation, and thus not help produce mold.
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BTW - I looked at my frig, in 2015 178, it does not have a climate control switch.
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Apr 2018 at 4:16pm
I have never seen, nor heard of it, until your post.
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Nor have I, checked on our 177, there is no climate control switch on ours.
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Thank you for the replies.  I read other forums and I guess I also dream up things.
I can always count on this forum for quick, honest and sincere answers.
Travel safe 
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You didn't dream it up there are Dometic models with the switch and circuit.
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The condensation control is a heater strip built into the frame around the freezer door of larger two door refrigerators. It must be disconnected for boondocking to save battery life. The small fridges in RPODs do not have these heaters. 
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Thank you- I thought I had read about condensation switches and "assumed" that I had one.  so much for assuming!

Thanks again for all of the replys.
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