Norcold 1200
Has anyone heard anymore about the Norcold recall court case??
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Ivylog wrote:
Congratulations on buying a great coach... Monaco Exe.
Yes you need to have the recall black box installed immediately. If overheating and catching on fire is not a problem then why did Norcold come out with the heat sensing shut off black box? Unfortunately this Band-Aid has shut off more refrigerators when they have not overheated than when they do and they are on Rev E of it...maybe F.
I lived with my 1200 for 10 years by installing a auto fire system in the roof vent, a smoke detector behind it and shutting it off whenever it was not needed. During that time I spent way too much money on it and in hindsight should've gone residential instead of replacing the cooling unit.
If you do the above safety precautions I would continue to use it until you are faced with spending serious money on it. At that point I would go residential.
*PS: until you go through a summer you will not know if it is working great. Good Luck.
1. Overheating will not cause a fire. Overheating will DESTROY a good cooling unit.
2. Overheating CAN cause a rupture in the cooling unit, so this Recall box stops the refer before that critical heat is reached.
3. Norcold came out with this particular Recall Box(standard on all new 1200/1210), because of liability concerns. They already had the Hi Limit switch, but opted to go with a better system.
4. The recall box is NOT a part that helps if there is a Ammonia leak. IF you have an Ammonia leak and the Ammonia is gone or still leaking, then the recall box will trip the refer off once it reaches 700 degrees at the burner flue. Doug
