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joebedford
Nomad III
Dec 13, 2025

Norcold 1210 with replacement cooling unit propane blows out on the road

 Fridge stopped working last year. Replaced the cooling unit with the unit from JC Refrigeration. It works fine on both electricity and propane but on propane for rolling down the road it stops worki...
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stevenal
Nomad II
Dec 16, 2025

I always need to question the flame blowout theory. If I test the idea on my Dometic, it simply reignites. It will take many re-ignition failures before it goes to lockout. It would take a very long sustained gust to cause a problem. When I had a unit going to lockout, a new Dinasaur board was the cure. 

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    StirCrazy
    Moderator
    Dec 16, 2025

    depends on the fridge, most of the old ones didn't re-ignight, like mine, or they tried three times and saftey out.  

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