Ivylog wrote:
For those reading this with a NorCold 12xx: As DSDP Don said, there are two different thermistors and yes I bought the correct one as a spare several years ago for $15. It's easy enough to check your thermistor by holding the Temp and Mode buttons down until you get 1 and then using the Mode go to #3 where it will show the temp of your fins.
I found a NorCold PN 628661 control board on Ebay for $100. Should be here this week.
My inverter/Charger is a Xantrex Trace RV2012 2000W and there really is a 33% reduction in charger output using the generator and I'm not the only one with this problem. If my charger would put out 70 amps for more than 15 minutes that would be fine but at 40 amps it takes three hours to get to float charging on a 800AH battery bank from more than 50%. Another 04 Dynasty owner's numbers were even worse and installing a PSW I/C solved the problem. Granted I can buy a lot of diesel instead of an new bigger I/C but in most of the places I stay, I already stick out.
Put a pencil to it, $2000 at $3.65/gal. for diesel is 548 gallons. Would it be worth it? Not when you figure while you are running the generator the refrigerator and all other appliances are running off of it too and not the inverter. Three hours to charge your batteries from 50% doesn't seem out of line to me. Don't get what you mean by "sticking out". Here's hoping a new board will take care of your problem, cause if it doesn't I think a Samsung is in the offing.
