Norcold N400 performance
2001 Lance 915 with a Norcold N400 fridge in it. No slide. So we camp a lot, but hardly ever in July/Aug. The last trip we did was 95 and my wife saud the fridge had trouble recovering after using...
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QFamCA wrote:
I have a Norcold 300 and have similar issues. i have a side vent only and have installed two fans. We recently left on a trip where it was 101 with nearly 60% humidity for multiple days at home. With how my house faces sun was beating on fridge side. Temps were in high 50's after nearly 36 hours. It cooled to high 40s the first evening after leaving town. The following day I was able to bring temps down to 30's or colder but temps in 60s and not running fans.
There is no top baffle so I may try that to help direct heat. However my little fans pump a good volume of hot air out. I don't have space to add any insulation without removing fridge.
If it's a side vent, even if the upper vent is louvered metal, you can remove it and the lower access vent panel and access the insulation.
The upper side vent on my TC is louvered metal, attached with 12 screws (square drive typical RV screws) and sealed with Butyl tabe. I removed it and the lower plastic access panel and that allowed me to stuff a bunch of extra insulation into the space between the fridge body and the outer cabinet and install a curved aluminum (I used a piece of aluminum flashing from Lowes) to fabricate a curver upper baffle to channel the air out the upper vent...smoothly. When I replaced the upper metal vent, I removed the old Butyl tape and applied new tape and screwed it back on.
Stuffing in the extra insulation (unfaced R12 glass wool), I used a wooden yardstick to jam in the insulation. I managed to get in about 1/2 roll, the more, the better. RV builders really skimp on insulation around the fridge. Never could figure than, insulation is dirt cheap.
