Norcold refrigerator
I purchased a used 2010 Montana Mountaineer last fall and have camped with it once last year and once so far this year. While preparing to leave later this week for another trip I turned the Refrigera...
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Wishbone51 wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:
Might be just a difference in 'wording'
Doug-----"24 hours to reach operating temp" (Freezer 0*F/Food Section 38*F)
Soundguy----"have it sufficiently cool within 4 hours" (Freezer cold/Food Section cool)
I don't buy the fridge at full operating temps within 4-6 hrs. but can feel cooling difference in freezer/food section within that time
Until recently, I had been going off the sensor temp that Norcolds will give when you're in the 'secret menu' .. Sometimes it will show 17* in 4 hours or 17* in 16 hours, not even in hotter weather sometimes.
I recently installed thermometers and found out that when the sensor is at 17*, the freezer is sufficiently cold, but the fridge is not... Conversely, after driving for two hours, the sensor might say 31* while the food is only a degree or two warmer. Now I just ignore my sensors, don't worry about them and enjoy camping.
I still fuss over my black tank sensors though :) Someday I'll learn to ignore those too.
I assume you have the 1200 series. That is no secret. It is the diagnostics mode. The sensor is ONLY for the lower section and gives the Evaporator fin temp, NOT the refer temp. The evap fin temp will be 10 degrees colder than the refer temp. There is NO sensor for the freezer. Doug
