The oil conditioner aka “heater”
In my reading I learned about the importance of the heater.
It’s easy to check.
With the control in the “off” position, measure the resistance across the end of the plug in cord. The heater is on and heating whenever the unit is plugged in regardless of the control position. You should get a reading of around 1000 ohms.
I had an open circuit which told me my heater was not functional.
I got in this forum and did a lot of research on where to get a new heater. Seems like a lot of people had trouble and delays finding a heater. I found one thread that had a reply from an actual vendor offering their services in supplying heaters. I figured if they cared enough to post I’d give them a try.
Ben at Phoenix Thermal Supply was very helpful. Their info is in the General-Suppliers section. After a brief conversation he said “oh, your a refrigerator guy.” We figured out what I wanted,12 watt, etc. They had 7 on the shelf!!! Down to 5 now as I ordered two at $33 each plus shipping. I know some have paid more and waited longer. I received them two days later.
I dug the plug out of the top to access the heater. Upon fishing the heater out of the housing I realized this wiring was also bad as the insulation cracked and flew off the conductors. I didn’t really want to rewire the whole thing, but after checking the compressor wiring at the relay I deemed it was necessary.
In fact. I would call it foolish to NOT rewire one of these machines.
Here’s a couple pics of what I believe is an original heater.
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