Norcold 1200 Boiler Temperature Sensor
I just had my first experience with my refrigerator shutting down and the dreaded red light coming on for the overheat sensor. I had been boondocking for several weeks running on propane and had just connected to electric when the problem occurred. The red light came on about four hours after connecting to electric.
About 12 hours later I successfully reset the sensor with a magnet and the refrigerator started up again. It's been running on propane without problem for about a month now. I have not switch back to electric out of concern that my problem could be connected on electricity. I'm writing to see if anyone with technical expertise knows if the temperature sensor trips differently for propane vs electric. For example, I assume when running on electric there's a thermostat that controls when the electric heating element turns off. Is this thermostat different than the one that monitors temperature when running on propane. I'm basically trying to decided if I need to get the unit checked out by a technician. I realize I can just try running it on electric again and see what happens, but I don't want to overheat the boiler needlessly.
About 12 hours later I successfully reset the sensor with a magnet and the refrigerator started up again. It's been running on propane without problem for about a month now. I have not switch back to electric out of concern that my problem could be connected on electricity. I'm writing to see if anyone with technical expertise knows if the temperature sensor trips differently for propane vs electric. For example, I assume when running on electric there's a thermostat that controls when the electric heating element turns off. Is this thermostat different than the one that monitors temperature when running on propane. I'm basically trying to decided if I need to get the unit checked out by a technician. I realize I can just try running it on electric again and see what happens, but I don't want to overheat the boiler needlessly.
