Norcold 2118

[Beachbum2]

Hey all,

Looked for an existing thread on this but couldn’t find. My wife and I just bought a new 32 rlts 5th wheel and among the several issues is…the fridge (Norcold 2118) seems to never kick out. The fan has been running non stop…is that normal?

Thanks in advance for any advise.

[sturgissteele]

Does the temp finally get cold enough with enough time? I know ours takes a long time to get down to temp initially. I turn it on the night before to start things chilling prior to loading up.

I did find this nugget of info, see attachment. So there's off-chance the thermostat isn't working correctly?

[Beachbum2]

No problem getting cold. The unit is brand new but we’ve been in it for over a week now and the fan in the fridge seems to never stop. Thought maybe because the outdoor temps were very high but today is much cooler and still running.

[sturgissteele]

Maybe try changing the coolness setting and see if it changes anything. Like a thermostat for a furnace or A/C, a little change in the settings kind of unsticks it, if you know what I mean.

[ARoamer]

Congrats on the 32rlts! Nice unit, but you more than likely will have teething pains. We had 30 warranty issues on our 2020. Both of our doors needed to be refit, dealer did the right side , kept giving door open beep, but never caught the center flap binding...our dealer is pretty worthless.

Check your center flap on your doors. Open and close left door with right door open, center flap should not bind on bottom of the cabinet. If it does your left door needs to be shimmed up, usually 1 or 2 small washers on the hinge pin. Any air leak and it will never cool enough to shut off.

Get a thermometer with remotes, then you can monitor temps. I found a 4 channel one, does freezer, fridge, indoor and outdoor temps. If your fridge still struggles you may consider adding an external fan in the top vent, slide out mounted units have poor air circulation. After fixing doors and adding a fan in the top vent ours is usually set on 4 and runs in the mid 30s

[Beachbum2]

Thanks for all the info…I’ll give those a try. Also like the idea of a remote T stat…I’m on that tomorrow.

Cheers

[Beachbum2]

Thanks…I’ll give it a shot