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ARP Fridge Defend General Install Manual

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v5.x ARP & ARP + Fan Control
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  • Page 1 Fridge Defend® by ARP v5.x ARP & ARP + Fan Control General Install Guide Installation/Operation Web Search Engine: Click here for Web Search before Contacting ARP Control...
  • Page 2 24 hour self-test. Power surges can turn off the ARP Control just the same as any equipment in an RV, thus it is the operators responsibility to insure that the control is functioning properly.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    20 © 2013 - 2020 ARPC L.L.C. All rights reserved. LIST of FIGURES Fig. 1a – ARP + Optional Fan Control Kit with General Wiring ..........6 Fig. 1b – Wiring Overview, Sequence & Amperage Specifications..........6 Fig. 2 – Insulate around RTD and Between Wire and Boiler Tube; Be Sure to Insulate between Flue Tube and Sensor.
  • Page 4 • Dometic → Norcold Cross Reference Fan Install Web Resources • Fan Set-Point Temperature Setting Video • ARP + Fan Control Sensor and Fan Installation Set-Point Function Web Resources • Change to PID Set-Point Function Video TABLE of CONTENTS SAFETY..............................4 1.1 Acronyms and Abbreviations ......................4...
  • Page 5 10.1 Mounting Fan Sensor ........................19 10.2 Mounting Ventilator Fans ........................20 10.3 Mounting Defrost/Circulation Fans....................20 BYPASS ARP CONTROL........................21 11.1 Why and How to Bypass ARP ......................22 POST INSTALL ............................22 12.1 Testing ARP Install .........................22 12.2 What Set-Point Function Should I Use? ..................22...

  • Page 6: Safety

    RV personnel to the recommended precautions refrigerator. Many of the manufactures over in the care, use and handling of the ARP. temperature devices have proven to turn off the refrigerator unnecessarily, rendering the 1.3 Work Safely refrigerator useless.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    1525; Radio Shack P/N: 640-3039). that can replace a refrigerator, or that is certified, • Optional clips for RTD attachment (ACE has the ability to install the ARP control due to Hardware -- Hilman Hardware 58410). the simplicity. • Metal Repair Tape (ACE Hardware P/N:...

  • Page 8: Fig. 1A - Arp + Optional Fan Control Kit With General Wiring

    Wiring Overview, Sequence & Amperage Specifications – Fig. 1a shows how the ARP is connected to the vehicle battery and shows the connections to the fridge and sensors. Fig. 1b shows the wiring sequence with proper type of supplied connectors and amperage cautions. Fig. 1b wiring install sequence numbers within circle matches Table 1 Install Sequence number, only wire in this order.

  • Page 9: Installation - Arp Boiler Sensor

    The ARP Control is tested with a 3 amp load before shipment. The ARP Control v5.x can handle up to 8 amps of load, thus a 5-8 amp fuse or circuit breaker is required on the ARP Control red wire. A short to ground is considered an infinite load, thus a short to ground exceeds the ARP current rating.

  • Page 10: Fig. 2 - Insulate Around Rtd And Between Wire And Boiler Tube; Be Sure To Insulate Between Flue Tube And Sensor

    The • The sensor is mounted away from the flue result is the ARP will detect an open or short tube. of the sensor and report an error. Where • The sensor is a least 1” above the electric...

  • Page 11: Fig. 3A - Temperature Sensor - Dometic Right-Hand Boiler

    ARP Control v5x General Installation Guide 04/20/20 20 © 2013 - 2020 ARPC L.L.C. All rights reserved. relative positions between the RTD sensor Please see Dometic Install on our Website and clip for the left or right-hand boilers. 4.3 Norcold Temperature Sensor...

  • Page 12: Fig. 5 - Arp Mount On Fridge Control Box

    RV unless one Fig. 5 shows a typical installation where the enjoys gadgets. ARP is installed on or near the manufactures' If you choose the custom order option at control box. Most of the manufactures ARPrv.com we can add extended wires for a...

  • Page 13: Fig. 7A - Wire Removal Symbol

    RVs. Once the ARP is installed the installer must In many of the ARP wiring diagrams a test the ARP to insure that the ARP and also number in a circle is used to identify the manufactures' control are operating components.

  • Page 14: Fig. 7B - Boiler Sensor Wire Routing

    N410, N510, N611 and N811 with the boiler electric heaters are not powered through the housing thermal switch. ARP Control. If in doubt, be sure to put a 3A inline fuse on the ARP red wire for testing. 7.3 Late Housing Switch Recall Please see 6.2 RV Wire Color-Code...

  • Page 15: Fig. 8 - Early Style Norcold Control Wiring

    ARP Control v5x General Installation Guide 04/20/20 20 © 2013 - 2020 ARPC L.L.C. All rights reserved. Fig. 8 Early Style Norcold Control Wiring – Fig. 9 Typical 2 Door Norcold Install with Boiler Thermal Switch – Fig. 10 Late Style Norcold with Boiler Thermal Switch...

  • Page 16: Fig. 11 - Early Style Norcold Recall Wiring

    ARP Control v5x General Installation Guide 04/20/20 20 © 2013 - 2020 ARPC L.L.C. All rights reserved. Fig. 11 Early Style Norcold Recall Wiring – Fig. 12 Late Style Norcold Recall Wiring – Fig. 13 Late Style 3-Way Wiring –...

  • Page 17: Fig. 14 - Polar Series 3-Way

    12VDC power supply to the housing thermal switch is directly to the fridge which is replaced by the ARP wiring. Dometic control board. The ARP is wired 8.1 Typical Dometic without Recall inline with the RV power supply to the fridge control in this case.

  • Page 18: Fig. 16 - Dometic Without Thermal Switch Wiring

    ARP Control v5x General Installation Guide 04/20/20 20 © 2013 - 2020 ARPC L.L.C. All rights reserved. for wiring the ARP Control. Note that the ARP 8.4 Late Model 3-Way is wired between the RV power supply and Fig. 19 shows Dometic 3-Way wiring of the the terminal block (+).

  • Page 19: Fig. 18 - Late Dometic With Thermal Switch Wiring

    ARP Control v5x General Installation Guide 04/20/20 20 © 2013 - 2020 ARPC L.L.C. All rights reserved. Fig. 18 Late Dometic with Thermal Switch Wiring – Heavy Sensor Gauge Boiler Wire Tube 12VDC Heater Relay ~12.5 Electric Heater Flue Tube...

  • Page 20: Fig. 21 - Dometic Rm8555 Without Thermal Switch

    P/N 0-1432793-1. This relay is the only type configuration for the control of the manual of relay to use with the ARP Control up to type refrigerator safety thermocouple (TC) in v4.x. The v5.x relay just needs to be a combination with a TC Interrupter.

  • Page 21: Fig. 23 - Typical Wiring For Manual Control Fridge

    10.1 Mounting Fan Sensor energy. Fig. 25 shows the location on the The ARP + Fan Control will help increase the cooling unit to install the fan sensor. The fan efficiency of your fridge by forcing air into the sensor is installed on the bottom absorber cooling unit compartment with fans.

  • Page 22: Fig. 26A & 26B - Lower Ventilator Fan Mounts To Door - Suck Cool Air In & Blow Up

    ARP Control v5x General Installation Guide 04/20/20 20 © 2013 - 2020 ARPC L.L.C. All rights reserved. absorber with a typical hose clamp as seen in Click here for web search for fan install. Fig. 25. Or, aluminum HVAC tape can be used to secure the fan sensor.

  • Page 23: Fig. 28C & 28D - Drip Tube Wiring For Internal Fans

    The defrost power wire is connected to the blue Fridge Defend fan control wire. The fan setting can be lowered so that the fans run more often in cold weather if needed.

  • Page 24: Why And How To Bypass Arp

    2013 will require the PID mode. C-L: If you have a small fridge, such as a 3 cubic foot fridge, the ARP Control should be set to the C-L set-point function. The C-L set-point function has a lower set-point value for smaller fridges.
  • Page 25 04/20/20 20 © 2013 - 2020 ARPC L.L.C. All rights reserved. representatives cannot refuse a warranty nor refuse to work on your fridge if the ARP has been bypassed as shown above. WARNING Before putting the ARP Control into service, the installer must insure that the ARP Control functions properly and does not display any error messages on the LED display (see Troubleshooting Guide for error messages).
  • Page 26 This manual has been provided courtesy of My RV Works, Inc. www.myrvworks.com You can find more RV service manuals here: www.myrvworks.com/manuals Over the years of running a mobile RV repair service, having a dedicated place to access service manuals for all the different appliances and components found on RVs was something that I always had a desire to create.

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