Well crud. This is the last thing I wanted to hear.
Our "new to us" Class-A has a Norcold refrigerator. This is our first Norcold as our past RV's, a travel trailer and a Class-C, both had Dometic fridges. While investigating whether our unit was subject to a recall (it isn't) I stumble upon the Norcold FAQ that said their units may not work properly on gas above 5,500 feet in elevation. That led me to the same statement in our owner's manual.
This is not good as two of our favorite dark sky sites for astronomy, the Mt.Pinos Nordic Base parking lot (above Frazier Park, CA) and Grandview Campground in the White Mountains are at 8,400 feet and 8,600 feet in elevation respectively. We also go up to Big Bear. We have enough solar power to facilitate running the fridge off 110v with an inverter in the daytime, but not enough installed battery capacity to do the same overnight (especially while also running my wife's BiPAP). I've considered adding two more T-105's, but I really don't want to give up the outside storage space.
I guess I'm going to have to call around and see if any of our independent RV repairs shops have an orifice they might suggest for high altitude use. I can't see the nearest Camping World store being willing to "step outside the box" or stick their neck out on this one.
We haven't been to any of our high altitude sites since getting this rig, maybe there won't be a problem, but I sure would like to be prepared if there is.
