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pcm1959
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Aug 15, 2013

Norcold 1095 LP cooling performance - Lack of!

The refrig performance on LP is for******at this point and I do not know else to do. Last week, I cleaned the burner. It looked a little bit dirty but not bad at all. I also removed the flue baffle to check for dirt or obstructions. I also cleaned the orifice. All the other LP appliacnes perform fine on LP. OK, so I'm all set!
Wrong. I turned on the refrig on Monday 7pm Monday evening and at 12 noon on Tue it was at just 50 degrees. The freezer was at 20. I noticed the coil cooling fan running when I walked by the refrig vent. So that is functioning.
On my 90 minute to the campground, the unit did not get any colder. I'm currently camping and it has been in the mid 90's. Like usual, the unit is cooling flawlessly in this heat since plugging into shore power and running on electric. It is set on "7" and the freezer is 5degrees and the refrig is 34 degrees.
I can hear the cooing fan cycle on and off. I know the venting is still not really adequate even with the fan, I can toake off the upper cover and the fan stops running within 15 seconds.
The unit used to cool just fine on LP. I don't know what else to check. The unit will not have been in use 2 years until September. Any suggestions.....I do not want to ditch it yet for a residential fridge. Thanks, Phillip
  • midnightsadie wrote:
    you do have a good 12v battery in the system? most frigs need a 12v source and when your going down the road it gets it from a good battery.


    The battery is good. The battery showed 2/3 when I hitched up and that was after running the Big Foot jack system. Plus, the trailer battery is being charged while towing by the truck. Phillip
  • dougrainer wrote:
    The only thing left is to verify the LP pressure at 11.5 inches. Doug
    Your thought process is flawed. You state it works on 120 Shore. This is liking replacing your car because the radio does not work. There is NOTHING magic about LP versus 120. If it works on 1 source then find and fix the problem on the other source. Doug


    Thanks for you input, however, my making the point of its perfect operation on shore power was simply to verify the fact that the cooling unit is functioning properly. They work the same way on both power sources - just 2 different ways of heating. Phillip
  • you do have a good 12v battery in the system? most frigs need a 12v source and when your going down the road it gets it from a good battery.
  • The only thing left is to verify the LP pressure at 11.5 inches. Doug
    Your thought process is flawed. You state it works on 120 Shore. This is liking replacing your car because the radio does not work. There is NOTHING magic about LP versus 120. If it works on 1 source then find and fix the problem on the other source. Doug