Norcold 1200 not cold enough

Hedgehog wrote:
I had the cooling unit replaced on my Norcold 1200 last fall due to constant failures with the bypass module that was put in under recall a few years ago. The RV shop replaced the cooling unit with another Norcold unit and not a Amish one. Since this unit was Norcold, it came with one of those stupid bypass boxes that I was trying to get away from in the first place. Anyway, last week the stupid box tripped again so I swapped it out. Since then, the fridge is running but I am now camping and I noticed the ice cream in the freezer is very soft. The control on the front is set to the max (9) so last night I put a thermometer in the freezer and found it to be 4 degrees. The fridge part is running around 36 degrees. What should I do now or is this normal?

That sounds about right actually. Yep, Ice cream doesn't get hard but frozen food is frozen so I have no complaints. I suspect that absorption refrigeration is limited as to how cold it can get but for most purposes this is more than adequate.

Personally, I've always like the RV refrigeration and my 1200 RIM even at 15 years old works just fine. If it craps out I might go with a commercial or might not, just depends. I would never hesitate to buy a coach with one and don't buy into the mass hysteria regarding fire hazard if the proper recall has been performed.

But than again, I always liked the Corvair.