Norcold issue

[w schurman]

I bought new a Norcold 2 door 3-way refrigerator approx 10 -12 years ago
(I've lost the sales slip) that has always performed without any issue. It
has three buttons, on/off; mode; and temp with a display for each. To start
the refrigerator I press "on"; the mode button and it cycles through the
three options and settles on the best available option. This past weekend
it would scan through the options but it would display "no com" without
selection one of three options. I was plugged into 120 (and power was 120
at the plug in for the refrigerator), the LP tank is half full; and the
house batteries fully charged. All of the connections have never been
touched since installed.
Thanks for any ideas as it's hot here in Colorado.

--
William S. Schurman
box 772806
Steamboat Springs, CO
80477
1978 Palm Beach
TZE168V100258

 

[Jim Hupy]

Your fridge also requires 12 volts DC, I believe. There should be an in
line fuse in the circuit. Check in the rear of your fridge for presence of
12 volts with a multitester or a 12 volt test lamp. If no voltage, trace
back to the source until you find the fuse holder. If fuse is blown, look
for obvious bare wires etc before replacing the fuse.
Jim Hupy

> I bought new a Norcold 2 door 3-way refrigerator approx 10 -12 years ago
> (I've lost the sales slip) that has always performed without any issue. It
> has three buttons, on/off; mode; and temp with a display for each. To start
> the refrigerator I press "on"; the mode button and it cycles through the
> three options and settles on the best available option. This past weekend
> it would scan through the options but it would display "no com" without
> selection one of three options. I was plugged into 120 (and power was 120
> at the plug in for the refrigerator), the LP tank is half full; and the
> house batteries fully charged. All of the connections have never been
> touched since installed.
> Thanks for any ideas as it's hot here in Colorado.
>
> --
> William S. Schurman
> box 772806
> Steamboat Springs, CO
> 80477
> 1978 Palm Beach
> TZE168V100258
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[scott cowden]

With any older Norcold the first question that I would ask is the status of the recall on that appliance. Norcold has had major issues with fires and other things occurring that I would look to see whether or not it should be replaced or modified under that warranty Campaign prior to doing anything else to it.

Just the old fireman talking here, of course.

Scott
'74 x-Glacier
Orillia, ON
Canada

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>
> Your fridge also requires 12 volts DC, I believe. There should be an in
> line fuse in the circuit. Check in the rear of your fridge for presence of
> 12 volts with a multitester or a 12 volt test lamp. If no voltage, trace
> back to the source until you find the fuse holder. If fuse is blown, look
> for obvious bare wires etc before replacing the fuse.
> Jim Hupy
>

>>
>> I bought new a Norcold 2 door 3-way refrigerator approx 10 -12 years ago
>> (I've lost the sales slip) that has always performed without any issue. It
>> has three buttons, on/off; mode; and temp with a display for each. To start
>> the refrigerator I press "on"; the mode button and it cycles through the
>> three options and settles on the best available option. This past weekend
>> it would scan through the options but it would display "no com" without
>> selection one of three options. I was plugged into 120 (and power was 120
>> at the plug in for the refrigerator), the LP tank is half full; and the
>> house batteries fully charged. All of the connections have never been
>> touched since installed.
>> Thanks for any ideas as it's hot here in Colorado.
>>
>> --
>> William S. Schurman
>> box 772806
>> Steamboat Springs, CO
>> 80477
>> 1978 Palm Beach
>> TZE168V100258
>> _______________________________________________
>> GMCnet mailing list
>> Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
>> http://list.gmcnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gmclist_list.gmcnet.org
>>
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[bill1]

No com sounds like you've lost communication from the front board to the back board... first thing I'd look into is the connectors between them..
moisture can cause communication issues on these connectors..

Hope that helps..

--
Bill and Mary Kay Boeyen
76 23' Birchaven 455
Tampa, Florida