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RE: Norcold N611 acting odd, affected by interior coach lights
Thanks JBarca and enblethen for your thoughts. JBarca, I didn't make a typo, but I wasn't very clear. Yes, no matter if the coach interior lights are on or not, the fault codes are the same. But only when I turn the dome light on does the clicking go away. So I like your idea that maybe the dome light drawing some power means that the 12V system isn't quite right..a short or something. But it does seem odd to me that when the sink light is drawing power is when the fridge stops it' cycling. And yes, you understood correctly that the interior fridge light blinks off with each clicking of the fridge. I'm not sure if I can post videos to this forum, but I'll try. Okay, this is going to make me sound like I've got no business trying to self-diagnose this, but I'm not 100% clear where to put the leads on my multi-meter to test the voltage coming into the refrigerator terminal block, but I'm going to do some googling and see if I can figure it out. (I did check the 5amp fuse for the reefer in the main fuse box.) I believe that where I need to test is outside the coach in the reefer panel where the power comes into the control board. And to your point that the clicking might in fact be the gas igniter, I am just not clear what that sounds like. The gas has been filled and the lines have been bled, (including running the gas stove-top for a few minutes.) The clicking definitely is still happening when in Gas Mode also, but again, it seems electrical in nature, because the interior reefer light is also going on and off with each click.) Thanks again for all of your help everyone, I'm still investigating!
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seattler
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01/28/23 06:52pm |
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RE: Norcold N611 acting odd, affected by interior coach lights
Thanks jkwilson! Hmm...I think the 12V power is definitely on, since all of the lights in the coach are working, and the refrigerator has 12V power to the control panel, although it is cycling on and off it seems like, which may mean a faulty relay?
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seattler
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01/28/23 03:36pm |
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Norcold N611 acting odd, affected by interior coach lights
Hi All! We are at home and plugged into house power. After a few months of normal use, the Norcold N611 refrigerator has started acting weird. It is not cooling. Additionally, no matter whether the fridge is set to Auto or Gas, the fridge is affected by whether or not any of the coaches overhead light fixtures are turned on!!! If the light fixture over the sink is turned on, then the refrigerator panel shows the amber GAS light stays on, and the green ON light blinks 3 times every 3-4 seconds. According to the manual, this is the fault code that indicates that the heating unit is faulty, and will need to be serviced/replaced. However, if I turn off all coach interior lights, the refrigerator behaves differently...the lights behave the same (same fault code), but in addition the unit makes a persistent clicking noise that I believe is the opening and closing of an electrical relay switch. (And not to be confused with the overhead lights in the coach, but the interior light in the refrigerator blinks on an off with each click of the relay). Again, if I just turn on the light over the sink, that noise from the fridge goes away. I already replaced the thermistor. I'm happy to also replace the control board for about $175, but I don't understand why the other lights in the coach would be affecting the refrigerator. Is there something weird with my 120V power supply? I have also heard that there might be a fuse on the circuit board that I could check.
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seattler
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01/28/23 12:27pm |
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