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KJINTF
Jan 26, 2014Explorer
rossi6998
I was not aware the Norcold had a defrost cycle. I have the 2009 Itasca Sunstar 26P on the Workhorse chassis w/8.1L engine. It also has the Norcold 611 which has never gone into a defrost cycle maybe Norcold made some changes over the years. Since it's in the slider I installed the ARP unit and a small blower fan powered from the 12Volt gas solenoid. We never use electric operation. Might be something for you to think about it gets darn hot inside that closed rear frig area and the stock top side thermostat controlled 4" muffin fan is almost useless.
How do you like you rig?
I see they made several changes over the years, guess to save weight they eliminated the bedroom slide. The lack of kitchen counter space was easily overcome with a flip up table top on the stair side and a cover for the stove. Be careful with the stove top washers that hold the grill in place they self destruct. Four small flat washers fixed that up.
I was not aware the Norcold had a defrost cycle. I have the 2009 Itasca Sunstar 26P on the Workhorse chassis w/8.1L engine. It also has the Norcold 611 which has never gone into a defrost cycle maybe Norcold made some changes over the years. Since it's in the slider I installed the ARP unit and a small blower fan powered from the 12Volt gas solenoid. We never use electric operation. Might be something for you to think about it gets darn hot inside that closed rear frig area and the stock top side thermostat controlled 4" muffin fan is almost useless.
How do you like you rig?
I see they made several changes over the years, guess to save weight they eliminated the bedroom slide. The lack of kitchen counter space was easily overcome with a flip up table top on the stair side and a cover for the stove. Be careful with the stove top washers that hold the grill in place they self destruct. Four small flat washers fixed that up.
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