Norcold Refrigerator Problems

[dshinnick]

Hey All-

Ok, here's my situation. We have a Norcold Refrigerator model 1200LRIM in a 2005 Holiday Rambler Ambassador, and here's our recent history:

1. We've been parked and on 50AMP service for the last month. All was fine.

2. About an hour before we left that park yesterday, the reefer started beeping and displayed a "no co" ( no cooling) message. I turned it off, back on, and it settled on LP, though we were still hooked up to 50AMP. I tried forcing it to AC, and it said "NO AC", so I put it back to AUTO, and it landed on LP again. I thought, fine, we can run on LP til we can get it fixed. We left that park and headed north.

3. After about 2 hours I stopped for lunch, heard the beeping again, saw "no co", and this time it would not work even on LP. So, I turned it off.

4. On the phone with a Norcold tech, he walked me through the process of resetting the circuit board. I noticed that the fuse on the board had blown, so I replaced that as well. After doing these two things, the reefer went to LP and seemed happy. After about 3 hours, more beeps, back to "no co", and the fuse on the circuit board is blown again.

5. The tech I had been talking to seems to think that the heating elements have gone bad. Another tech said no, that fuse is a 12-volt fuse, and bad heating elements would not cause it to blow.

So, here I am, stuck in the middle, with melting ice cream. If you're knowledgable about such things, would you share an opinion and suggestion?

Thanks Much-

Dave

[prism]

dshinnick wrote:
Hey All-

Ok, here's my situation. We have a Norcold Refrigerator model 1200LRIM in a 2005 Holiday Rambler Ambassador, and here's our recent history:

1. We've been parked and on 50AMP service for the last month. All was fine.

2. About an hour before we left that park yesterday, the reefer started beeping and displayed a "no co" ( no cooling) message. I turned it off, back on, and it settled on LP, though we were still hooked up to 50AMP. I tried forcing it to AC, and it said "NO AC", so I put it back to AUTO, and it landed on LP again. I thought, fine, we can run on LP til we can get it fixed. We left that park and headed north.

3. After about 2 hours I stopped for lunch, heard the beeping again, saw "no co", and this time it would not work even on LP. So, I turned it off.

4. On the phone with a Norcold tech, he walked me through the process of resetting the circuit board. I noticed that the fuse on the board had blown, so I replaced that as well. After doing these two things, the reefer went to LP and seemed happy. After about 3 hours, more beeps, back to "no co", and the fuse on the circuit board is blown again.

5. The tech I had been talking to seems to think that the heating elements have gone bad. Another tech said no, that fuse is a 12-volt fuse, and bad heating elements would not cause it to blow.

So, here I am, stuck in the middle, with melting ice cream. If you're knowledgable about such things, would you share an opinion and suggestion?

Thanks Much-

Dave

Need new circut board.Fairly commen problem.Average about $200 and easy to change.Jusat draw a diagram of which wires go where unless u have a picture of the board which u look up online

[Heisenberg]

Try tightening all of your 12V connections especially grounds. Look for corrosion.

[allbrandauto]

your problem is in the 12 volt system may be circut bored inside fridge light anything fed by 12 volts put fused amp meter between fuse see how many amps its drawing if its more than the fuse rating unplug things to amps go down that's were problem will be