Norcold Fridge Problem

You should NOT cut plywood without reading the installation manual. Certain baffles are required.

The blocking may be there intentionally. Take a picture and post it here.

NO!!!!!

That plywood is a BAFFLE to help direct the airflow up thru absorber tubes then up and acroos condenser fins then out the upper vent

Baffle is a good thing.

Fans NOT running is major problem of NO Cooling

As suggested JUMPER the 2 wires togther on t-stat and see if fans come on.
If they do REPLACE the t-stat

Did you open the link and look at the pgs ????
Look at pg 34


Better yet...read the whole Service Manual

We had a blockage in our 8 month old Norcold Fridge. We had to cancel our month vacation. We had Norcold tech come out on vacation and nothing was accomplished. So we headed home and took the RV to our local our RV shop. It took 6 weeks for Norcold to do anything. After testing,etc. Norcold decided to install a new cooling system. We ended buying a 4 year warranty on the unit.

Ok...I located the fans behind the upper panel. Two fans and neither was turning. There is a 1/8"plywood coming up from below that completely blocks the view of the fans. The fins are out in the open but the fans are down behind the plywood. Should I cut that plywood out of there? Cant imagine what purpose it serves. Seems like it is just blocking air flow.

That has to be the longest URL I have ever seen! WOW!!

There WILL be fans. To see them you'll have to be on a ladder looking down into the upper vent. The thermostat for them is a small disk-like thing screwed to one of the upper fins with two wires. Putting a jumper across the two wires should make the fans run. Thoses sensors are VERY prone to failing.
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A Norcold 1210 IN a SLIDE should have external fans otherwise draft (airflow) is minimized.

Remove Upper Vent and look DOWN you will see the fans
Thermostat to controls fans is attached to the condenser Fin


DC+ comes from the 10 pin connector ion circuit board (Pin 5/Red wire)
Goes to thermostat on condenser fin and then to the dual fans

See pgs 48,49 & 70

1210 Service Manual

I neglected to mention there should be a couple of muffin fans (like in computers) in back of the refrigerator that cycle on when the refrigerator is hot and trying to cool down. You should hear them running most of the day especially when the sun's shining on that side. You might need a mirror to look up behind the refrigerator to see them. If they're not running when they should, the refrigerator can't reject the heat and its ability to cool down inside is curtailed.

pianotuna wrote:

... I'd immediately invest in the ARP unit to prevent further overheating.

X2 and the ARP can control fans to improve performance.
You may have fan(s) but the thermostat to turn them on has quit.
Mine lasted one weekend when new. Now I use the ARP to control them.