Norcold 8310 Not Working
Ready to buy a rebuilt cooling unit for it. But before I do - I want to make sure that the cooling unit really is the issue. Yes, it's 30 years old so it's a pretty good bet. But.... On propane and...
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Chris Bryant wrote:
A very common thing that happened to that era Norcold is that the foam insulation breaks down. The door will swell a bit, and the sides and top will show obvious moisture problems. I have worked on one that was recently rebuilt, yet not working. It was brought to me to troubleshoot. The problem was the box had near zero insulation left.
I'll inspect it when I remove it. Door looks good, but there is a suspicious bubble in the back of the unit. It looks odd, but the shelf is actually constructed in a manner such that it goes around the bubble. It wasn't a previous-owner modification.
I did the dollar-bill test of the door seals and it's good despite the hinge-edge seals having been crushed and deformed over time.
EDIT: Looking at the "bubble" again, it can't be factory. Not sure what happened, but it clearly melted. The shelf was cut to accommodate the bulge. I'll take a closer look at it when I remove it. Otherwise, I don't see any swelling or other issues.
I found a cooling unit for $245 shipped from a "picker" company. They snagged two of them from a failed retail store. They're rebuilt units from Nordic and for my 8310.
