Norcold refrigerater just died
 

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

Norcold refrigerater just died
 

"Jim" wrote in message
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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


Take a good look at NovaKool for a replacement. Every Norcold I've had was
noisy and underpowered as far as cooling is concerned. Two years ago I
replaced the Norcold that came with the boat with a NovaKool. Much quieter
and stays cold. (the one in this boat is a 90 cubic foot with separate
freezer on the bottom. We also replaced the original Norcold on my wife's
boat with a smaller NovaKool model and it also works quietly and nicely.

http://www.novakool.com/

Eisboch

Norcold refrigerater just died
 

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Jim" wrote in message
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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


Take a good look at NovaKool for a replacement. Every Norcold I've had
was noisy and underpowered as far as cooling is concerned. Two years ago
I replaced the Norcold that came with the boat with a NovaKool. Much
quieter and stays cold. (the one in this boat is a 90 cubic foot with
separate freezer on the bottom. We also replaced the original Norcold on
my wife's boat with a smaller NovaKool model and it also works quietly and
nicely.

http://www.novakool.com/

Eisboch




try 9 cubic feet. I really don't eat *that* much.

Eisboch

Norcold refrigerater just died
 

On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 18:25:18 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Jim" wrote in message
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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


Take a good look at NovaKool for a replacement. Every Norcold I've had
was noisy and underpowered as far as cooling is concerned. Two years ago
I replaced the Norcold that came with the boat with a NovaKool. Much
quieter and stays cold. (the one in this boat is a 90 cubic foot with
separate freezer on the bottom. We also replaced the original Norcold on
my wife's boat with a smaller NovaKool model and it also works quietly and
nicely.

http://www.novakool.com/

try 9 cubic feet. I really don't eat *that* much.

I was just going to ask you if you had a walk-in refrigerator. :)

Which, by the way, I have actually seen in a house. One of my best
bud's father owned a resturant in New Orleans and when they built the
house after he sold it, one of the things he installed was a walk-in
refrigerator.

It was a scream to walk into a refrigerator to get a can of soda.

Norcold refrigerater just died
 

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:47:42 -0800, 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?

If it's still running on 12 volts that means that the
compressor/condenser is still OK, which is at the heart of the unit.
You could either try to troubleshoot the electrical problem or
continue running it on 12 volts by beefing up your charging system if
necessary.

Norcold refrigerater just died
 

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:47:42 -0800, Jim penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|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

Now it is an Nercold!

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Norcold refrigerater just died
 

Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:47:42 -0800, 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?


If it's still running on 12 volts that means that the
compressor/condenser is still OK, which is at the heart of the unit.
You could either try to troubleshoot the electrical problem or
continue running it on 12 volts by beefing up your charging system if
necessary.

That's what I'm doing right now, and it seems to be working ok. It is
an old unit, newer ones are more energy efficient and maybe quieter.
Hopefully.

The latch is broken, it's time for a new one.

Norcold refrigerater just died
 

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:14:10 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

Now it is an Nercold!

Since it still runs on 12 volts I'd call it a Hafanercold.

Norcold refrigerater just died
 

Gene Kearns wrote:

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:47:42 -0800, Jim penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|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

Now it is an Nercold!

Notcold

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.