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A/C guy stepping up here! First let me clarify something. The little round doohickey on top of the compressor is called a Klixon overload. It is a simple bimetallic switch that will open on too high a temperature and ALSO too high a current load such as you get when a compressor fails to...

Ed, For persuading hoses I have found that vice grips work best because the rounded jaws allow more contact with the hose without flattening it like a channel lock does. If the hose is too hard or too stuck it will rip the outer layer and you will have to cut it off and replace it. Once you...

The condensing/cooling coils are indeed cupronickle and it lasts for many years. The manifold you have is bronze with cupronickle hose barbs not copper. You get a problem if you join brass and bronze together as electrolosis eats the zinc out of the brass and the brass falls apart. You see...

The Cruisair PMA1000c (March AC-5C-MD)is an air cooled pump with an open motor and as such has two oil ports for the bearings, one at each end. Squirt some machine oil in there it may help. The other thing is the pump head is easy to rebuild if you can get the parts. A GOOD marine store will...

Thanks for the welcome! South Florida is Miami/Ft Lauderdale and the weather is perfect right now. It must be good to know it all, of course then you may as well shoot yourself as there is nothing left to learn.

There should be a circuit breaker or fuse in the DC power supply either at the electrical panel or inline between the battery and the fridge, it could be that or the inverter module.

Hello from Sunny South Florida! I am a former Marine Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration business owner (now retired) and can offer free advice in that area (and some others). For more info about me go to boatacguy.com If life came from the sea isn’t it natural for it to want to return...