Norcold 1200 Preventative Maintenance
I am installing a cooling unit today in my Norcold 1200. I started wondering if any parts should be replaced while I have access to the back. I plan to add a third fan which will be connected to the...
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dougrainer wrote:YC 1 wrote:
Doug, it was a dinosaur board and not an original. We are not positive it was going into the defrost mode. That was suggested by the factory person but did not attempt to prove it ourselves. Resetting the board seemed to cure the problem temporarily. My friend is in their rv on my property visiting and would find the temperatures raising what appeared to be ever day at about the same time. Could have been coincidence but without a real schematic for the thing I had little information to work with.
Seems that having the fans and cooling system shut off when the doors are opened is really adding another failure point in the system as in this case due to an intermittent relay.
The purpose of shutting down the cooling system when doors are open is IF you are not there and the doors are open and it would be futile to have the refer continue cooling when it CANNOT due to the doors open. Logical to me. Doug
Doug, I'm totally with you on the why they designed it that way. It just seems a bit silly. I'm an ET with 40 yrs experience working on many things that have/had interlocks. You can't get two technicians to agree on how to install a connector let alone argue with an engineer that has never been in the field. :@
