Norcold ran on gas, now does not

[brianokeefe]

Hello all,

I have a ToyWarrior, 1990, that I recently purchased. It's in really great shape, low miles, etc. I'm having fridge trouble though. When I first got it I tried to light the fridge w/ no luck. I read a few forums and YouTube and learned that I probably needed to clean the burner out. I opened it up and there was rust and an old rodent nest in the box! I disassembled as much as I could and blew the whole thing out. After many tries the burner lit and I was ecstatic. It ran continuously for 30 hours and really cooled the fridge. Here, 3 weeks later and having the RV parked as before, undriven or used as we were on a different vacation, the fridge won't ignite. I read that there might be air in the gas line and that burning the stove would help purge the lines. the stove fired right up, no air burps of any kind. I opened the burner box and blew it out again tho there was nothing in it. the igniter sparks fine and I even tried a match while my wife held the gas knob in. No luck.
Any ideas of how to proceed here? We would like to take Winnie out this coming weekend and the fridge would be nice to have.

Thanks!

[Gale_Hawkins]

It sounds like you are closing in on finding your issue. Since it worked fine for 30 hours I expect your issue is not major. On our 1993 I finally broke and reconnected every electrical connection which did help.

[j-d]

brianokeefe wrote:
Would plugging into a shoreline prove it one way or another?

YES, IF IF IF the logic board saw low battery and wouldn't try to run the fridge. The converter/charger would shortly raise voltage enough to satisfy the board.

I'd feel much better about the low battery idea if you hadn't seen it sparking. Spark on reduced battery power but NOT open the Gas Valve? I don't have any knowledge to support that idea...

[brianokeefe]

I hadn't run it for 3 weeks but drove today to take it to a service center. It would be ironic if the battery was the case. Would plugging into a shoreline prove it one way or another?

[j-d]

I couldn't find a manual at the go-to site BryantRV.com, Chris has posted service manuals up to 86x but no 87's.

I can offer that fridges (water heaters, furnaces too) with a Logic Board want a certain minimum DC voltage to operate. You said your fridge IS sparking, but I still wonder if your battery, since your RV isn't plugged in, is up to a charge level that's considered adequate by the fridge's board.

[brianokeefe]

I misunderstood. I'm not plugged in to shore power but run off 12V.

[brianokeefe]

Sorry. It's a norcold 875 EG. I haven't checked for power as it had worked fine before. The igniter sparks fine also.
Thanks!

[darsben1]

Do you have 12 volt power to the rig or are you plugged in?
Most fridges need 12 volt even on gas.
Does yours? UNknown since you gave no model number