Norcold Fridge - Freezer cold, fridge not

[VetPartTimer]

2.5 year old Norcold N611FLT in a 2016 Class A

Was dry camping all week at the beach, running the fridge on propane, on the last morning I noticed the milk was not as cold as usual.

Drove home, fridge still seemed a little warmer than it should be. Freezer seemed good and cold as usual.

Plugged into electric, checked the next day both fridge and freezer are good and cold.

Switched it back to propane, checked after another day and freezer was good and cold but fridge is not.

I'm level. Was level all week dry camping.

Any ideas on what to check?

[Big_Katuna]

Would it work on electric but not gas if that happened?

[ScottG]

garyemunson wrote:
The snap disk thermostat on the top coil in back is known to fail and the cooling fans won't come on. Check that.

No kidding - mine lasted one weekend when it was new.

[garyemunson]

The snap disk thermostat on the top coil in back is known to fail and the cooling fans won't come on. Check that.

[Old-Biscuit]

Cooling unit is functioning hence the cold freezer/food compartment using electric

Freezer only cold/food compartment not using propane.....that is because the propane is not transferring enough heat to boiler to change liquid ammonia into ENOUGH vapor that can be condensed into cold liquid to absorb heat from freezer AND food compartment

Propane system pressure...first thing to MEASURE
Hard to visually check if it is sufficient or not
11"WC is 0.4psi
9"WC is 0.32psi
0.08 psi difference...can't visually see that


2nd check.....burner flame
Strong steady and reaching up into open bottom of flue
(burner slots fully open)

Then you pull flue baffle/clean it up (soot/rust) and clean flue walls

[Big_Katuna]

Shouldn’t be rusty yet but clean/ check flame height, clean flue.
Get infrared thermometer and establish actual temps on elec vs gas.

[Lwiddis]

Try a battery operated fan in the fridge section. Worked for me since 1978.