Norcold rv refrigerator propane will not light

Unplug 12V DC leads...clean contacts & reinstall
Check what the DC voltage is going to fridge

Pull high tension wire (circuit board to spark electrode) and make sure it has good, clean tight contacts

Check spark electrode 'gap' and position...S/B directly centered over burner slots with 1/8" gap


Norcold Service Manual....pg 13 Spark electrode tests/burner checks, pg. 30 burner service, pg. 45 lower circuit board info

Norcold N Series

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Unplug 12V DC leads...clean contacts & reinstall
Check what the DC voltage is going to fridge

Pull high tension wire (circuit board to spark electrode) and make sure it has good, clean tight contacts

Check spark electrode 'gap' and position...S/B directly centered over burner slots with 1/8" gap

12V must be fine as he clearly said it works on AC
could be the spark relay or as u said a adjustment or ?

usersmanual wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Unplug 12V DC leads...clean contacts & reinstall
Check what the DC voltage is going to fridge

Pull high tension wire (circuit board to spark electrode) and make sure it has good, clean tight contacts

Check spark electrode 'gap' and position...S/B directly centered over burner slots with 1/8" gap

12V must be fine as he clearly said it works on AC
could be the spark relay

Could be, could be, could be......lots of things

Not there so diagnosis from afar its best to cover the basics

When you look at the back of the refer from the outside, Is the red light on at the front of that little black box?

Fiverwheel wrote:
When you look at the back of the refer from the outside, Is the red light on at the front of that little black box?

if u read the op post he clearly says fridge works well on 120V just not on LPG

turn on your propane stove top and be sure it fires.
when my unit sits for a while, the frige will not start. It takes a while for the stove top to ignite also. After the stove top ignites, the frige kicks on.
my stove top and frige are near each other and water heater is far away.
worth a try!

oh, and be sure to open the valve at the propane tank all the way!

Had that issue on our first MH. If you lit it with a match it was fine for a while and then sometimes it would blow out going down the road. Took it to a dealer, never could find the problem. Spark worked, had gas etc. Never did figure it out before we sold it. New one works with no issues.

When mine did this, the problem ended up to be a mud dauber. Need to take the orifice out and clean it. After that put some mothballs in a small medicine bottle, with some small holes punched in the bottle, and your good to go. The mothballs keep the small insects out.

Took it to my rv repair place...will let you know the results.
Thank you all.

usersmanual wrote:

Fiverwheel wrote:
When you look at the back of the refer from the outside, Is the red light on at the front of that little black box?

if u read the op post he clearly says fridge works well on 120V just not on LPG

If you knew anything about the refer you would know the question is a valid one. It has nothing to do with lp or 120, it has to do with how the safety devices work.