Refrigerator/freezer issues

dougrainer wrote:

prstlk wrote:
I have checked those and will work on them tomorrow.

We have checked the fuses in the front of the coach and the recalled switch to see if it is operating correctly and it is. Will check for the fuses in the board as well.

The weird thing is that we are not getting any fault codes or sounds from the control panel.

The other weird thing is that we are still getting frozen ice through the ice maker, yet not as much as we used to get in a day. We might get 3 or 4 harvests a day instead of being able to fill the bucket full in a day.

There are NO fuses that will cause this type problem. The recall will not cause this type problem. The recall will shut down the entire refer if it trips or malfunctions. The actual icemaker temps is BELOW 10 degrees for correct ICE production. If NOT below 10 degrees you will get slow harvest of ice as the cooling of the freezer is NOT to spec. The ONLY way at this point to test the system is to wire the 120 elements direct for 24 hours and then measure the temps in the refer. If NOT below 36 degrees, you have either a bad cooling unit or it is not sealed correctly. You have NOT answered my one question---Is this a Norcold cooling unit? Doug

It was a brand new Norcold cooling unit that was put in in February of this year. The extended warranty company wanted to put in a rebuilt one and make us wait a week to get it. As we were in Yuma Arizona at the time for the winter that would not work for us. We actually paid nearly $500 more to get a new one out of Phoenix the next day.

As far as it's installation - I find it odd that we have not had any issues with this unit until the 6th of this month.

Since February we have put on about 10,000 miles (6250 of them in Canada and Alaska) on the coach and not a problem at all. Also, we are full timers so this fridge is used every day.

How do we wire the 120 elements direct?