On Jul 26, 2008, at 4:25 PM, Mike S wrote:

> You said "I'm bypassing the heater rod altogether." when measuring
> voltage between those two wires, to which I replied: "test the ohms
> through the heater rod." Same wires, same heater rod.

Okay, I disconnected the wires from the terminal posts and used the
probes to measure each wire's end. This means the only thing being
read by the multimeter is the wires going into and out of the rod, and
the rod itself.

No ohms registered at all. Nada. not at 200, 2000, 20K. Blank display.

Double-checked the multimeter by touching the probes. The multimeter
is fine.

Is it now definitive to conclude there is no circuit within this part
of the 120v system, hence no resistance in the rod, hence no
refrigeration?

In other words, should the heater rod (and wires) be replaced?

regards,

Thomas