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Page 1 of 2Posted: 4:45 PM – Jan 08, 2017So our refrigerator has been replaced but now seems to love to build up ice on teh inside of the freezer. I have to scrape it out once or twice a month depending on how thick. Has anyone got this issue?Posted: 10:03 PM – Jan 08, 2017Sounds like the freezer door is not closing properly or the freezer door seal is not sealing properly.Posted: 11:21 AM – Jan 09, 2017What was the replacement. Standard RV or residential? I agree with JohnD222. Where are you located. Here in AZ we don’t have much humidity so don’t have to deal with a lot of build-up. As JohnD222 said, check the seals.
RayPosted: 7:51 PM – Jan 09, 2017Ok I had our refrigerator replaced but it seems to havea lot of freezing inside ont eh walls just build up and up. Does any one else have this issue?Posted: 9:19 AM – Jan 10, 2017I have a four door Norcold, where the freezer is separated into two compartments. The side of the freezer that has the ice maker builds up ice like you describe, and eventually has to be defrosted. But this is something that is required every 3-4 months, certainly not a couple times a month as you describe in your other post. I typically defrost it when the ice gets thick enough to interfere with the operation of the ice maker. The refrigerator compartment has the cooling fins that ice up and then automatically defrost into the collection tray below them. You may have your refrigerator turned up too high if it is icing up that bad. Are you having trouble with things freezing that are in the refrigerator portion?BTW, I have found that the side that ices up can be defrosted while leaving the refrigerator on. I just remove the contents of that compartment and leave that door open for several hours and place a large towel in the bottom to absorb the melt water as it defrosts, checking it often and wringing out the towel to manage the melt water.
Posted: 1:18 PM – Jan 10, 2017On the Norcold subject, has anyone sign up for the class action law suite and has anyone heard anything in that regard?……..RichPosted: 3:09 PM – Jan 10, 2017I did and no, haven’t heard anything.Posted: 5:22 PM – Jan 10, 2017Glad I ordered the residential fridge. RV fridges are crap.Posted: 7:30 PM – Jan 10, 2017remoandiris wrote:Glad I ordered the residential fridge. RV fridges are crap.They are pretty darned nice when the power in the park goes out for 2 or 3 days in the middle of July.
Posted: 10:10 PM – Jan 10, 2017We love our Norcold. Cannot imagine having a fridge that cannot run on LP. From boondocking to trips to the shop, lp capable fridge rocks. I understand this may be a minority view, but we would never choose a residential fridge even if buying a new 5w tomorrow. We seem to have gotten one of the good ones, some say they cannot keep ice cream frozen in them. Ours will freeze everything in the refrigerator if we turn it up above 7.Posted: 7:56 AM – Jan 11, 2017rajones19 wrote:remoandiris wrote:Glad I ordered the residential fridge. RV fridges are crap.They are pretty darned nice when the power in the park goes out for 2 or 3 days in the middle of July.
I wouldn’t stay at a park with no power for 2 or 3 days in the middle of July.
Posted: 8:01 AM – Jan 11, 2017Stax wrote:We love our Norcold. Cannot imagine having a fridge that cannot run on LP. From boondocking to trips to the shop, lp capable fridge rocks. I understand this may be a minority view, but we would never choose a residential fridge even if buying a new 5w tomorrow. We seem to have gotten one of the good ones, some say they cannot keep ice cream frozen in them. Ours will freeze everything in the refrigerator if we turn it up above 7.Ditto
Posted: 7:02 PM – Jan 11, 2017Stax wrote:I have a four door Norcold, where the freezer is separated into two compartments. The side of the freezer that has the ice maker builds up ice like you describe, and eventually has to be defrosted. But this is something that is required every 3-4 months, certainly not a couple times a month as you describe in your other post. I typically defrost it when the ice gets thick enough to interfere with the operation of the ice maker. The refrigerator compartment has the cooling fins that ice up and then automatically defrost into the collection tray below them. You may have your refrigerator turned up too high if it is icing up that bad. Are you having trouble with things freezing that are in the refrigerator portion?BTW, I have found that the side that ices up can be defrosted while leaving the refrigerator on. I just remove the contents of that compartment and leave that door open for several hours and place a large towel in the bottom to absorb the melt water as it defrosts, checking it often and wringing out the towel to manage the melt water.
Thank you I will try this
Posted: 7:03 PM – Jan 11, 2017JohnD222 wrote:Sounds like the freezer door is not closing properly or the freezer door seal is not sealing properly.Thank you
Posted: 7:05 PM – Jan 11, 2017remoandiris wrote:Glad I ordered the residential fridge. RV fridges are crap.How did youhave the residental frigde put in, does not seem like abig area for one. If you have pics would love to see thank you
Posted: 8:07 PM – Jan 11, 2017In my efforts to resolve my endless poor cooling performance of our 4 door Norcold, I discovered that the latches did a poor job of properly sealing the doors allowing air to escape. There really is not an appropriate adjustment to solve the problem so I used JB Weld hardening putty to build up the latch to make it seal better.
I don’t blame you for wanting to keep the Norcold if you can remedy your issue as it does offer more flexibility as far as power options are concerned.
In our case, it was GOOD RIDANCE and no more cooling issues with the 18 cu ft with ice maker Samsung. In our case……that’s total freedom but we don’t dry camp and have solar to power it during daylight hours.
Good luck and I hope you can find a solution.Posted: 6:58 AM – Jan 12, 2017remoandiris wrote:rajones19 wrote:remoandiris wrote:Glad I ordered the residential fridge. RV fridges are crap.They are pretty darned nice when the power in the park goes out for 2 or 3 days in the middle of July.
I wouldn’t stay at a park with no power for 2 or 3 days in the middle of July.
Thanks for your input – but when storm damage knocks out power for a 5-square-mile area which happens to encompass the park, it’s not the park’s problem.
Posted: 8:16 AM – Jan 12, 2017rajones19 wrote:
Thanks for your input – but when storm damage knocks out power for a 5-square-mile area which happens to encompass the park, it’s not the park’s problem.Thanks for expanding on the circumstances that caused you to remain in a park with no power in the middle of summer. I’m sure the roads being blocked from storm debris made recovery efforts a challenge.
Posted: 8:18 AM – Jan 12, 2017mrclean28h wrote:remoandiris wrote:Glad I ordered the residential fridge. RV fridges are crap.How did youhave the residental frigde put in, does not seem like abig area for one. If you have pics would love to see thank you
Factory option with additional batteries and inverter.
Posted: 9:19 PM – Jan 13, 2017remoandiris wrote:mrclean28h wrote:remoandiris wrote:Glad I ordered the residential fridge. RV fridges are crap.How did youhave the residental frigde put in, does not seem like abig area for one. If you have pics would love to see thank you
Factory option with additional batteries and inverter.
Factory is gone
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