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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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.
The Thermal cutoff is NOT if the coils overheat. It is for the FLUE column. If IT overheats, the Thermal switch trips. So, as I stated, the sun is a minor heat source compared to the LP flame on the burner flue. The Normal operating temp of the flue column is about 350 degrees, so I doubt a 100 degree in the sun day would have any affect on it. Doug
