OK, I'm fairly competent technically, but cannot find the controls on the Norcold N611v refrigerator to set the temperature on our new North Trail 33BKSS. There is a power switch on the front to turn it off and on, and an LED that is green, yellow, or red depending on the operating status. But that's it. What am I missing?
Where are the refrigerator controls?
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Ray LeTourneau
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Ron, the only thing I can think of is to move the thermister up or down on the fin. Hopefully someone will remember and report which direction to slide it. Have you checked Norcold's website for any info?
danemayer
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Hi rodebiker,
Looking at the N611V manual, it appears there is no temperature control. Gas absorption refrigerators aren't as efficient as home units, so make sure you allow for plenty of airflow inside, don't keep the doors open for very long, and make sure you have a good seal on the doors. As Ray suggested, you might try moving the thermistor position relative to the cooling fins.
Looking at the N611V manual, it appears there is no temperature control. Gas absorption refrigerators aren't as efficient as home units, so make sure you allow for plenty of airflow inside, don't keep the doors open for very long, and make sure you have a good seal on the doors. As Ray suggested, you might try moving the thermistor position relative to the cooling fins.
olcoon
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rodebiker,
The thermister i what you control the temperature with. It should be mounted on the fin all the way, you move it up for colder temperature, and down for warmer temperatures. For the most part, once you find the sweet spot you can leave it in one position. Like Dan said, with an RV fridge you've got to allow air to move around in there. Some people get the little battery operated fan to circulate the air. If I remember right, it should go in the bottom of the fridge, as the air is colder there. Also, again if I remember correctly, for every minute the door is open, according to a seminar I went to, it'll take 1 hour for the fridge to get back to the temperature it was at before the door was opened.
The thermister i what you control the temperature with. It should be mounted on the fin all the way, you move it up for colder temperature, and down for warmer temperatures. For the most part, once you find the sweet spot you can leave it in one position. Like Dan said, with an RV fridge you've got to allow air to move around in there. Some people get the little battery operated fan to circulate the air. If I remember right, it should go in the bottom of the fridge, as the air is colder there. Also, again if I remember correctly, for every minute the door is open, according to a seminar I went to, it'll take 1 hour for the fridge to get back to the temperature it was at before the door was opened.
Thanks all. I guess the "temperature control" on this model is to move the thermister up and down the fins to set the temperature. Seems Norcold could have spent $1.00 and put a potentiometer on the front of the fridge. I don't appear to be having any temperature control issues right now, it really just a curiosity. I'll file this one under "if it works, don't fix it".
I also have a Norcold N611v and there doesn't appear to be any way to control the temp. It works well anyway, however, on our shakedown run last week of our 22RBK, when we plugged into 30 amp power, the fridge didn't turn over to electric power. The button light stayed orange indicating that the fridge was still running on LP. The only difference I noticed was that the interior light worked with electric connection.
boatto5er
Founding VA Chap Ldr (Ret)
Check to make sure it is plugged in and also physically flip the circuit breaker off, then back on. BTW, I think the interior light is 12v powered.
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I will check the breaker and will have to open the panel below to make sure it is plugged in. The reason I mentioned the interior light is because I have the RV plugged into my home on a 20 amp circuit so I can run some lights and other items. The interior fridge light does not come on then. When I plug into a 30 amp service it does come on.
Well, had the unit to the dealer and they claim it worked OK for them. I wonder if it did change over to power but the switch remained on orange instead of turning green. They also claimed that the GFCI in the bathroom was tripped and that the fridge was on that circuit. Only problem with that was that we had a night-lite plugged into the bathroom all weekend and it worked fine. Will have to keep an eye on it.
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