Norcold compressor fridge troubles
Hello folks, this is my first post :). I'm converting a truck, and I lucked into (I thought) a Norcold 12/120 for $50. Like an idjit, I hooked it up to a 200ah AGM battery and left it overnight....
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He also ran down his battery very fast so something is drawing current big time.
My Engel chest freezer is now between 8 and 9 years old.. The only thing I have done to it is I took it outside last summer and blew much of the dust out of it (8 years of dust).. Oh, and the power lines that feed it have been serviced a couple times, but that is not it's fault.. My hookup.
Coming off the battery is a 40 amp fuse and some 40 amp wire to a power strip (West Mountain Radio Rig-Runner 4012) next to the Driver's seat.
Coming off that is a 12 volt accessory with pigtail (And Anderson power poles) I may some day delete that and put Andersons on the Engel's cord).
I've had two problems with that 40 amp line.. Found the first with a test lamp, and excised it.. (Corroded spot mid-run, sliced it out, soldered and sealed it) and the second I found by observation (The splice (Compression but splice thing) the dealer used when they put in the run for me.... Failed.
Sliced, soldered and sealed again.
I'm good at soldering and sealing.
The problem with those is when that wire fails it not only takes out the freezer, but 3 radios and a fan.
My Engel chest freezer is now between 8 and 9 years old.. The only thing I have done to it is I took it outside last summer and blew much of the dust out of it (8 years of dust).. Oh, and the power lines that feed it have been serviced a couple times, but that is not it's fault.. My hookup.
Coming off the battery is a 40 amp fuse and some 40 amp wire to a power strip (West Mountain Radio Rig-Runner 4012) next to the Driver's seat.
Coming off that is a 12 volt accessory with pigtail (And Anderson power poles) I may some day delete that and put Andersons on the Engel's cord).
I've had two problems with that 40 amp line.. Found the first with a test lamp, and excised it.. (Corroded spot mid-run, sliced it out, soldered and sealed it) and the second I found by observation (The splice (Compression but splice thing) the dealer used when they put in the run for me.... Failed.
Sliced, soldered and sealed again.
I'm good at soldering and sealing.
The problem with those is when that wire fails it not only takes out the freezer, but 3 radios and a fan.
