Norcold Fridge

[tentcamper]

Are you running on propane or 120v electric when it freezes. There is a difference in answering your questions.

Also, What setting did you have on the temp dial? What was the outside temp during the times it froze?

[Gwenne & Len]

Originally Posted by tentcamper

Are you running on propane or 120v electric when it freezes. There is a difference in answering your questions.

Also, What setting did you have on the temp dial? What was the outside temp during the times it froze?

Art and Joyce.....I am referring to use with electric.....I have it set at '1'.....don't have the manual with us, we are on a month long trip to the Southeast......I remember that before it was way too cold at '3' - and now too cold even at '1'......I"m using the Arb as a refrigerator for vegetables as the Norcold freezes them.....

Outside temp was 50's to 60's during the day.....low 40's at night, but we always have a heater on when it's that cold so more like 55 inside......any suggestions appreciated.....I've searched the forum, just didn't find anything......

[tentcamper]

I assume the vegs are freezing up at night. For the most part the camper inside temp does not matter unless you are opening the door a lot, which we don't do at night. All the cooling coils and the back of the fridge is cooled to the outside temp

We had veges sometimes eggs freeze with almost all our campers during cold nights of 40 and below, while running on 120v. The 120V the fridge does have a thermostat that turns off the cooling when it come to temp but the sensor is midway up inside the fridge. Since cold seattle's the bottom of the fridge gets colder than the middle of the fridge. The center can get warm enough to turn on the sensor.

It could be a bad 120V temp sensor/thermostat, but I would think its the most common problem people have with the small RV fridges. The fridge becomes much colder at the bottom when sitting without the door opened for long periods. We were alway fighting the vegas and sometime the eggs freezing for many years. Six-plus years ago someone mention a small battery operated camco recirculation fan that sits on the bottom of the fridge and circulates the air. Since using six years ago we only had the issue a few times and that was when the outside temp was below 20 and that has only been while on propane.

The fan is a little larger than a can of pop

Camco fridge fan https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....qL._SX425_.jpg

[ThePair]

If you become a site sponsor and get access to the full forums, you will find several threads that discuss potential fixes to your (very common) problem. I opted for permanent fans mounted to the cooling fins coupled with a mod that adds a digital thermostat to the 120V line. Works perfectly and I haven't had any freezing issues since--but it's quite technical to accomplish overall, you have to be good with wiring.

For a quick answer, the little fridge fan that was posted above will help some.