I bought a generic thermostat to replace the faulty one in my Bosch Classixx fridge freezer. The thermostat looks almost the same as the old one, except that the stiff sensor wire is much longer. Can I shorten sensor wire with a wire-citter so that it is the same length as the old one?
Many thanks,
Al
No.
Phil wrote in news:jshjl1$v69$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:
OK - thanks. So is it OK to use it if the sensor wire is about a foot longer than the original one? How do I lose the excess - coil it up, near the thermostat and tuck the coil somewhere inside the thermostat cover?
Or do I keep pushing the extra long one into the sensor channel, and hope it doesn't meet with a dead-end before it is fully inserted? If so, I will buy another replacement stat - because I already clipped the wire to length, unfortunately.
Al
Absolutely not. It's a pipe containing liquid under pressure, not a wire.
Just coil up the excess out of the way.
Huge wrote in news:a535jmFmngU1 @mid.individual.net:
Ghaa! What a blunder! Anyway, thanks for the input; I've ordered a 2nd replacement...
Al
Its not exactly wire... erm, oh dear clipped it.... Brian
Plus, do not kink it.
"Mr Pounder" wrote in news:jsi9g0$fqv$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:
Thanks.. Al
Nobody has ever thanked me here before. I'm dead chuffed :-)
"Mr Pounder" wrote in news:jsn3et$spu$1 @dont-email.me:
Seems like normal courtesy to me. :) Unfortunately, I installed the new thermostat and it doesn't seem to work at all. I am sure I connected it up correctly. Maybe I got a duff one. Is that likely? Is it easy to test them using a multi-meter?
Al
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