Norcold Refrigerator Fire
We have two N841R refrigerators on our houseboat at Lake Powell. Yesterday while running the generator with the refrigerators in AC mode, one of the refrigerator powerboards caught fire where the AC ...
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SidecarFlip wrote:
Looking at the picture the OP linked to. I'd agree with Mr. Biscuit, corroded connections and high resistance creating heat and fire...
Don't Lake Powell have a fairly high percentage of salinity? (maybe it don't but I recollect reading that somewhere), maybe in the book 'Cadillac Desert'.
No, Lake Powell is very much fresh water, it's one of the main reservoirs on the Colorado river ( I think you are thinking of the Salton Sea in California.)
As I also have a sail boat in a slip in the Pacific, to me, there is very little corrosion on the houseboat. The mercruisers, refirs, and other all looks in great shape with little to no corrosion compared to systems on the sail boat.
Time to check every connection on the houseboat, sail boat, RV, home, I thought a fuse would protect against this...
