Heat tape for water line going to fridge.

[The Okie]

Heat tape not working. Guys at Newmar not much help in finding fuse. It runs toward front of coach. It has to be attached to a thermostatic switch. Anybody have any experience with it. It on our 2012 dutchstar 4346. To cold today to do a lot of looking will be much better tomorrow.

[joelyn5]

Ours wasn't working either----how do I know? Line froze during col weather and couldn't get water in the reefer dispenser. Anyway, mine had a recall and Newmar fixed it at the factory. Mine had a thermostat built into the heat tape itself. The recall was to inspect/replace the resettable fuse in the electrical bay behind the plastic panel. By the way if you're worried about it freezing, there's a valve in the bay up near the floor in the line that runs out along the arm going to the reefer. You can close that valve and unscrew the connection and drain the line going to the reefer. Be careful. There is a rubber gasket that tends to fall out when you unscrew the fitting. You'll need it to keep the fitting from leaking whe3n you reassemble it. Hope this helps.

[The Okie]

Will do some looking tomorrow supposed to be warmer. It has to be fused somewhere will chase wires till I find out where. Newmar couldn't tell me today. Maybe someone else there will be more help tomorrow

[Mr JP]

Attached is a recall on the water line heater for the fridge.

Good Luck
JP

[siggyd]

Like JOELYN5 said, the fuse/breaker is in the electrical bay where the power cord comes in , behind the " Velcro panel". It is labeled.
Siggy

[The Okie]

Originally Posted by Mr JP

Attached is a recall on the water line heater for the fridge.

Good Luck
JP

Thanks that is exactly what I needed. Didn't receive that recall notice. Will check things out to see where problem is.