Norcold model 1200LRIM Friday ammonia smell
So from what I read I need to replace the cooling unit. Unit is still working ok. I would rather go with a residential unit. Is there a model out there that will fit the opening with little to no modi...
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Old-Biscuit wrote:Fleetwood Couple wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:
Sorry.........
But you can NOT have an ammonia smell coming from fridge and it still be working correctly.
Cooling unit is under 300 psi......crack in tube allowing ammonia to leak out also allows the hydrogen to leak out and the sodium chromate (yellowish residue)
Coolant solution leak and loss of PSI would cause fridge to QUIT cooling & overheat---high temp switch opens shutting down DC to fridge...no workie
Ammonia smell that then goes away.....that is because ammonia/hydrogen has leaked out and has dissipated (happens quickly)
As I type this fridge should have stopped cooling and shut down IF it had a leak
well I am not sure what to think then, I heard it making ice most of the night and its still cold, maybe the leak somehow plugged itself?
A leak under 300 psi does NOT self heal.
So maybe it was a smell from your batteries, or waste tanks or something else.
But if it was ammonia from that fridge..it would be suffering today of lack of cooling
Ok so the smell came and went until yesterday around 2 pm, then I noticed the freezer started to thaw. Basically it lasted 3 days from the time I first smelled the ammonia, must have been a very small leak and only happened at a certain point in the cycle? Not sure.
