Fridge won't stay burning in hot sun
Fridge works perfectly until the hot sun get on the outside grill, usually starts going out (F code) about 2 pm. It will lite back up no problem, but will burn only 10-15 minutes. At about 6 pm, it wo...
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That's what I have ,....a 12 yr old Norcold.
I am in pc fan heaven here in QZS,...hunerds of them,....think I'll pick up some. I see 2" up to 6", from 2 to 6 bucks each. Seems a couple 3".....maybe 4" ought to work.
Thanks.
I am in pc fan heaven here in QZS,...hunerds of them,....think I'll pick up some. I see 2" up to 6", from 2 to 6 bucks each. Seems a couple 3".....maybe 4" ought to work.
Thanks.
j-d wrote:
I know the sun beating on the fridge side of our coach interferes with its cooling. It's never cut off, though. I added a couple little computer fans to help the air flow over the coils and that's been enough to get satisfactory temps.
I don't believe our 12-year-old Norcold N811 has a thermal cutoff to shut down if the coils overheat. But I wonder if yours does. Maybe the additional heat load from the sun is enough to trip it if the coil temp was already toward max.
