Norcold refrigerater just died
On Nov 7, 2:47?pm, Jim wrote:
My Norcold DF0704 stopped working on 110. Seems to work fine on 12
volt. It was probably original with the boat, so it must be 20 years old.
Replace or repair?
It looks like that model isn't made any more and what I see (on a very
quick look) shows that none of the new ones fit the cutout.
Maybe i just haven't found the right one yet.
What have you all done?
Thanks
Here's a possible surprise for you- your Norcold never ran on 110
volts.
Your compressor etc runs on 9-volts DC. There is a step down
transformer to convert the 110 AC to 9 volts DC. There is another to
step down to 9 volts on the DC side.
There is really no reason to run your fridge on AC. If you have AC
available, (either from shorepower or an onboard generator) you can
recharge the battery faster than the fridge will draw it down.
When we replaced our little 6 cu ft fridge a few years ago I saved a
couple of hundred bucks by not getting the AC/DC model and going DC
only......as that's the way those units all work, anyway.
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