If your fridge is not working please start by checking your fuses and circuit breakers.
Norcold rv fridge not working on gas.
For optimal operating function thetford advises running the norcold refrigerator on ac power when you are camped at altitudes above 5 500 feet.
As was mentioned a little close sniffing and listening should give you a clue as to which problem you have.
Here are the online repair manuals for the most popular rv refrigerators.
The refrigerator works on electric but does not get as cold as it should.
Light up the meter.
Refrigerator defaulted to propane gas operation but did not establish a flame gas lockout.
I have a 2011 puma travel trailer.
Warm foods high ambient temperatures and frequent door openings will increase the cooldown time.
If the refrigerator runs on either the gas or the electrical modes it can help you figure out where the problem lies.
Either the unit isn t getting gas is there maybe an individual shutoff right at the fridge or the igniter isn t lighting it off.
Norcold gas absorption refrigerators operate off of 12v dc power battery power.
That the thermister is plugged in.
If your refrigerator works on gas but won t work on electric you may have a burned out heating element.
This is the back of my norcold rv fridge with an amish built cooling unit the dometic version will look slightly different but the location of the fridge orifice burner is basically the same.
If your fridge has a setting for 12 volt dc try that as well.
Once the outside rv fridge access door is removed you should be able to see the cooling unit and the propane lines and burner below it.
But when we travel to and from the camp site we put refrigerator on gas but the refrigerator is not staying cold.
The refrigerator is operating on propane gas.
No display on the front board and no cooling inside the unit.
This refrigerator uses either propane gas or electricity for power.
Kit led is turned on it can be assume that there is power to the kit.
We are told that norcold service personal will connect the red wire from the coach power supply to the blue wire to the norcold fridge.
But a visit to a service center is probably your best bet once you eliminate the simple and easy stuff.
No ac input sensed available.
The thermister sensed inoperable so temperature is being controlled by backup operating system.
One of the most popular rv refrigerators is the norcold model made by the thetford corp.
At the camp site it works fine on gas.
Dometic rv refrigerator repair manual norcold rv refrigerator repair manual.
Try operating the refrigerator on the 110 volt ac mode and propane gas mode.