Norcold fridge won't cool

Matt_Colie wrote:
Well Drill,

I hate to confirm this, but the half-life of absorption refrigerators is about 7 years. (fme) The unit only cools the freezer and uses the drift from that for the higher temperature side of the box. The reason you had a big block of ice was that it was trying to keep the warm side cool and having to work too hard to do it.

You can try taking it out and standing it upside down for a day, then right way up for another day and finally power it up and test it. Sometimes, things get confused inside and this is suppose to get them back where they belong. It does work some times (~50%).

Installing one of Leon's rebuilds is not all that tough, and in our tribe they seem to last longer than the OE. But they are half the cost of new.

If you don't dry camp or boondock much, an appartment or dorm reefer is a much less expensive and more reliable solution if you can make it fit. Those units need side clearance for cooling.

Matt