Norcold, Just got the bad news
Took rv in to have a non cooling Norcold 1200 checked out. Diagnosis comes back as the cooling unit is shot, so now I am checking my options as to just replacing the cooling unit only, est. $2100 or a...
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My Norcold bit the dust last Fall. Over the years I've replaced every component in the fridge including the cooling unit. When my ignitor went for the third and final time, I decided to go residential. I ripped out the Norcold, sold the good cooling unit and bought a fridge at Home Depot.
After getting the fridge, I bought a Xantrex XPower 1000-watt (2000 peak) inverter and wired via a short pair of 2-guage cables to my two existing batteries. I was cautioned that using the two existing batteries wouldn't cut it. They are 10-year-old Trojan T125 Deep Cells, but seem to do the job just fine. In addition to that, I installed an automatic transfer switch so that the fridge will run directly off the shore power when it is plugged in. A transfer switch isn't really necessary as you can run it off the inverter all the time.
My only mistake was not buying a name-brand fridge. My cheap Vissani fridge had an unusual problem: It won't run below 50 degrees or above 85. The compressor shuts off. The other brands don't do this. This is not a problem in a house, but is a problem in an RV or a garage.
After getting the fridge, I bought a Xantrex XPower 1000-watt (2000 peak) inverter and wired via a short pair of 2-guage cables to my two existing batteries. I was cautioned that using the two existing batteries wouldn't cut it. They are 10-year-old Trojan T125 Deep Cells, but seem to do the job just fine. In addition to that, I installed an automatic transfer switch so that the fridge will run directly off the shore power when it is plugged in. A transfer switch isn't really necessary as you can run it off the inverter all the time.
My only mistake was not buying a name-brand fridge. My cheap Vissani fridge had an unusual problem: It won't run below 50 degrees or above 85. The compressor shuts off. The other brands don't do this. This is not a problem in a house, but is a problem in an RV or a garage.
