Not sure what to do next - turned on propane Sunday to begin chilling the fridge. Confirmed the propane was running by igniting burner on stove. Arrived at RV storage on Tuesday to discover that refrigerator not chilled. Went ahead and loaded food, went to RV park and ran refrigerator off of electricity. Never chilled so we came home. Have an appt. on 10/28 to take RV in. Anything we can check in the meantime? Refergerator is only two years old - a Norcold - and RV is one month out of warranty. Took panel off back and removed a few cobwebs.

A two year old Norcold should display an error if it's not cooling. Does it?

Is the 12V system turned on and working properly? Is the fuse for the 12V circuit the fridge is on not blown? Both gas and 120V operation on typical RV fridges require 12V power for the control board. Since you were trying to pre-cool the fridge on propane power, I assume that you don't have electric power at your storage place and hence the 12V battery might not be being recharged there (and so is presumably disconnected to avoid being run down completely).

Chris Bryant, don't see anywhere to look for an error message.

DrewE, we will go back to storage in the morning and check for a fuse issue. You are correct, we don't have shore power at storage. When we are getting ready for a trip, we turn on the battery and propane, confirm the propane is coming through the line by turning on a burner on stove, and then leave. In 9 years of RV ownership with 2 RVs, this is the first time we have experienced this.

outdoorlovers wrote:Chris Bryant, don't see anywhere to look for an error message.We really need the model number. IF it is a 2 door refer, then the LED lights on the front will flash a code which is the error message. Other Norcold models have an LCD display that will show an error code. Did you have ANY indicator lights on at all? As another poster stated, you MUST have 12 volt power in the RV for the refer to operate, even on LP. Doug

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outdoorlovers
Explorer
Oct 07, 2015
DrewE, we will go back to storage in the morning and check for a fuse issue. You are correct, we don't have shore power at storage. When we are getting ready for a trip, we turn on the battery and propane, confirm the propane is coming through the line by turning on a burner on stove, and then leave. In 9 years of RV ownership with 2 RVs, this is the first time we have experienced this.
outdoorlovers
Explorer
Oct 07, 2015
Chris Bryant, don't see anywhere to look for an error message.
DrewE
Explorer III
Oct 07, 2015
Is the 12V system turned on and working properly? Is the fuse for the 12V circuit the fridge is on not blown? Both gas and 120V operation on typical RV fridges require 12V power for the control board. Since you were trying to pre-cool the fridge on propane power, I assume that you don't have electric power at your storage place and hence the 12V battery might not be being recharged there (and so is presumably disconnected to avoid being run down completely).
Chris_Bryant
Explorer II
Oct 07, 2015
A two year old Norcold should display an error if it's not cooling. Does it?

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