Norcold 1200 LRIM not cooling on gas
This is intended as information and possibly help others, as these are very common RV refridgerators. After returning to Arizona from a trip along the Oregon coast, the motorhome was parked in fron...
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AlanB wrote:
Doug, This is specific to Norcold 1200 series, may not apply to any others. I understand if you order a new burner, you get the 7 slot version.
I understand your skepticism, So was I, but, hard to argue with results.
The old burner looked perfect, no corrosion, it was clean with only a slight discoloration around the slots. I was very skeptical about the burner as the old burner had nice healthy blue flame. This was not a fluke, I was very careful to only change the burner, no other changes. The new burner seemed to have a taller, narrower flame. I was impressed at how quickly it brought the temps down. The fans came on in only 15 minutes. In 30 minutes the cooling fins were at 39 degrees. The old burner couldn't do that all day long.
alanb
I sent you a Pm. But there is NO WAY 7 versus 8 will cause that drastic a drop. Your link as I replied does NOT state such a drastic drop in temp. You stated you only replaced the burner, but the kit shows the ORIFICE is included. SO, just having a good open clean Orifice will have increased the BTU's of the flame. NOT just the slots in the burner. I believe you increased your performance, but NOT because of the slots but, because of the orifice. As I stated in my PM, I have worked on and fixed hundreds of 1200 model over the years and I have NEVER had a drastic difference in performance between LP and 120 that I have NOT been able to fix and changing the burner/orifice was not one of the fixes. Doug
