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Norcold fridge not cooling on LP
Good evening, We are looking for help troubleshooting a fridge issue. we have a Norcold gas/electric 4 door fridge in our 5th wheel. The camper is 1 year old. This season we have had an issue where the fridge will not cool down when running on LP. It actually gets hot in the fridge…over 80 degrees. The camper is level. No fuses appear to be blown. we have checked both exterior access panels and see no leaks or blockages. We used an air compressor to blow everything clear in there, just in case. While running on LP, we can hear the LP working and the fridge running but it doesn’t appear that the fans in the top access panel are working. The fridge does cool while running on LP if we are driving, so with the travel air movement, it cools. The fridge works just fine when plugged into shore power. Any thoughts?2.4KViews0likes6CommentsRe: Norcold 12cu Drains Battery on LP
Well, we have found a solution. We tried two things as we prepared for this weekends camping trip. 1) we turned off every circuit breaker except the converter and the fridge 2) we swapped out our 12v battery for two 6v batteries. Started the fridge on LP at 10:30pm. At the time batteries were reading 2/3. Left for camping at 3:30pm the next day and the fridge was cold and the batteries were still reading 2/3. Not sure if one of those two solutions was the trick or if it was the combo. Frankly, I don’t care. It works and it’s an easy solution. This will be our game plan going forward, as well as disconnecting the battery at the battery, not with the factory switch off. Thanks everyone.532Views0likes0CommentsRe: Norcold 12cu Drains Battery on LP
Thanks for the thoughts. We have a factory battery disconnect that we switch off the battery with as soon as we park it. I have found other websites that say this fridge can drain a battery in 4-6 hours. We upgraded our battery from the crappy factory one as soon as we got the rig.391Views0likes0CommentsNorcold 12cu Drains Battery on LP
Good day all, Looking for some advice. We just upgraded to a 2022 Crusader 305rlp fifth wheel. We park our rig in storage with no access to shore power. We have always gone to storage and turned our fridge on (LP) the day before we are to leave for a trip. The fridge cools overnight and is ready to go the next day. With the new fridge, every time we do this, it drains the battery in just a few hours and we arrive at storage to a hot fridge. We have a pre-installed port for a Furrion solar panel that is located near the storage compartment at the front near the pin. We wouldn't want to leave a solar panel unsecured at storage as batteries have been known to 'disappear' and we are sure a solar panel might too. Considering getting a solar panel with a long cable, setting the panel on the roof and using a bike style cable to lock it to the ladder. Husband is worried that that would work for daylight hours but that the fridge would drain the battery overnight and turn off. Looking for any ideas, thoughts, anyone else have this experience? Without a solution, we would have to take all of our food in coolers for the first 24 hours of any trip....that's way to much like our old days of tent camping!!!! Thanks.8.4KViews0likes41Comments
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