Norcold frig

It takes a while to cool down but never timed it. I can unhook in 5 mins and hook up the coach in under 5 mins. Not in a hurry but I have my hose and electric on reels. I just pull out and plug in right after I test the outlet. Connect my hose to the city water and I am done. Use the sewer hose only when I need to dump. It stays away till then. It takes a few mins to dump and close up but it may add about five mins to the time to get ready to go. One of the reasons I love a class A.

John S. wrote:
It takes a while to cool down but never timed it. I can unhook in 5 mins and hook up the coach in under 5 mins. Not in a hurry but I have my hose and electric on reels. I just pull out and plug in right after I test the outlet. Connect my hose to the city water and I am done. Use the sewer hose only when I need to dump. It stays away till then. It takes a few mins to dump and close up but it may add about five mins to the time to get ready to go. One of the reasons I love a class A.

oooooh! Great idea on the sewer hose...it took us for-EVER to refill the gray tank, only to dump it once the black water was dumped. I just love tips like this, thanks!

5 mins? I tip my hat and bow to you! LOL Tell me more about the reels. I'm assuming a hand held reel?

Jean

I turn our 4 door Norcold refrigerator on at least 24 hours before we put stuff in it. That's normal.

Every RV we've owned took about 24 hours for the refrigerator to cool down and stabilize.

Things will speed up as time goes on. The night before we leave a campground I drain my tanks and put the sewer stuff away. Then I don't have to mess with it in the morning.

We never leave our awning deployed over night. Have had two blown off so we don't use it unless we need it for shade while we are in the campground.

I always have the frig on a day or two early. Then putting the frig food thats already cold in it helps too. If you put room temp stuff in it takes quite a while to cool everything down...

Congrads on the new coach and welcome to the forum.
Check and see if the Not-So-Cold has had the recall done, it may or may not help. I like to sleep at night so we installed the Samsung 197 RR, ice cream hard as a rock and the beer is ice cold.
JR

The hose reel is electric and the shore cord is spring operated. Takes seconds for the power cord to roll up even if it is cold out. The water hose is slightly slower but no more than 30 second to put all away. No use of the dump hose until you dump means that it is warm from the use in the cold and goes into its slot easily. This hose takes the longest to put away, about a min or so.

Cool down on a refer requires a MINIMUM of 24 hours. The Icemaker will NOT do anything until the freezer area is at or below 10 degrees. Once that happens the icemaker will cycle and allow water into the tray. The normal harvest time on a RV icemaker is 2 to 3 hours per dump. This is because the freezer temp does not get as cold as a residential freezer. Doug

Congrats on the new adventures in RV'ing. I agree with another post about only putting cold food in the fridge. We always turn our fridge on the day before we're leaving, and wait until it is cold (I have a thermometer in the freezer) before loading.

During our stay, the black tank dump valve remains closed, allowing the "contents" of the tank to more completely liquify before emptying. Depending our the length of our stay, may not need to dump it before breaking camp. Day before we're going to leave, I will go out and close the gray tank valve, to save water for dumping after the black tank.

Then I'll connect the dedicated water hose used only for tank flushing, to the black tank fill, while DW saves a kitchen sink full of hot soapy water. When I have finished dumping black, then gray, I'll tell her to go ahead with emptying the soapy water, which will drain thru the gray tank, and sewer hose. Follow with a rinse from that dedicated garden hose, and we're done.

Sounds like a lot, but doesn't take long al all. BTW, I suggest using a pair of disposable rubber gloves when handling the dumping chores.

If you're having trouble with the awning, the arms may not be lined up right, due to the fabric having shifted left or right on the roller tube. Have the dealer or someone else knowledgeable, go over the procedures with you. It souldn't take but about 2 minutes to open or retract the awning.

If in a rush, I can get my 4 door Norcold up to a usable temp in about 4 hours on the Propane gas setting. That setting seems to pre-cool much faster than 110v.

janstey58 wrote:
If in a rush, I can get my 4 door Norcold up to a usable temp in about 4 hours on the Propane gas setting. That setting seems to pre-cool much faster than 110v.

It only gives you about a 15 minute quicker time than 120. In 15 minutes the 120 element will have the required BTU's thru out the flue as an equal to the LP flame. Doug