Refrigerator Problems, Norcold 1. LRIM - Systems and appliances. UPDATE TO ALLWe had a new cooling unit and high temp module installed in February 2. Norcold recall. No charge to us. Our Norcold 1. 20.
Author Topic: Norcold 1200LRIM Refridgerator not getting cold enough (Read 16327 times). Page 1 of 2 - Refrigerator Problems, Norcold 1200 LRIM - posted in Systems and appliances: I have a 2006 Safari Simba with a Norcold 1200LRim Refrigerator. On my last. Download 395 Norcold Refrigerator PDF manuals. User manuals, Norcold Refrigerator Operating guides and Service manuals. How to Reset a Norcold 1200LRIM. The Norcold 1200LRIM is a 12 cubic foot in size gas-absorption refrigerator designed for use in a recreational vehicle. The unit. Re: norcold refrigerator: Adam: 12-25-09 : Model 1200 refrigerator keep blowing 5 amp fuse on mother board. Have had mother board, optical board and both elements.
LR ran in the mid 3. F in the refer. Not cold enough. The weather cooled off and the unit began to run again in the 3. While following this thread about two weeks ago in 2.
F to 5. 0F in two days. The back of the cooling unit was cold. I thought it went out.
So this time around I got out my CD of Norcold and Dometic manuals, and put the Norcold into the diagnostic mode. What a wealth of information it gives you including past events.
It showed my thermistor had failed in the past, then apparently recovered. I tested the thermistor and it indicated OK, but I had read a post on another forum that these thermistors can test good, but actually still be bad. The documentation showed the problem had to be either the thermistor or the power board. I learned my model has a backup operating system (BOS) and placed the unit in this mode which bypasses the thermistor and controls the cooling unit by electronically controlled duty cycle instead of voltage from the thermistor. Within 2. 4 hours the refer interior was back down to the mid 3. The temp setting was at mid range.
This clearly indicated the cooling unit was OK. It had shut down because the electronics told it to do so.
I purchased a new thermistor for $2. I've been logging the refer interior temp, and outside temp every few (waking) hours for 6 days. The outside temps have varied from 1. F to 5. 5F, and the refer stays at 3. F all the time at the lowest (warmest) setting on the temperature selector.
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Even when we leave the refer doors open longer than we should at 7. F inside the coach, I notice the interior cools back down at least three times faster than before. My point here that the basic information about ventilation and fans (only for very hot weather) from Brett and others is valid and good advice. But it can be very costly to assume the cooling unit is defunct every time one has a cooling issue with an absorption type refrigerator.
If you want to save time and aggravation running the RV back and forth to a dealer, and save money on parts and labor - - the latter not necessarily skilled - - get a CD of manuals that has just about every absorption model listed. I got my CD from an e. Bay seller for five to ten dollars. It has saved me more than a magnitude of bucks over what it cost me.
Author Topic: Help me figure out this Norcold fault code!!! (Read 9561 times). Norcold has voluntarily extended a prior recall to include refrigerator models 1200LR, 1200LRIM and 1201LRIM manufactured from March 1, 2001 to December 31, 2002. Posted By: E-Bird on 05/20/06 11:54am I have a 2001 motorhome with a Norcold Refrig. (model # 1200LRIM). The AC mode is working fine, but I am having. How to Troubleshoot a Norcold RV Refrigerator. One of the most popular RV refrigerators is the Norcold model, made by the Thetford Corp. This refrigerator uses either.