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1961tbird Samba Member
Joined: July 21, 2018 Posts: 291 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 6:54 pm Post subject: Norcold generating a lot of heat |
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Quick question:
Currently camping in eastern Oklahoma. High today was 100F. When plugged in, the Norcold struggled to maintain 50F. Not unusual considering.
But I noticed the Norcold was throwing off a lot of heat. Like the adjacent stainless surrounding the sink on the side of the Norcold was almost too hot to touch!
Is the Norcold just throwing off this amount of heat because it’s working so hard? |
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TheOneTrueQuux Samba Member
Joined: May 26, 2021 Posts: 356 Location: Winona, MN
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Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 7:49 am Post subject: Re: Norcold generating a lot of heat |
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1961tbird wrote: |
Quick question:
Currently camping in eastern Oklahoma. High today was 100F. When plugged in, the Norcold struggled to maintain 50F. Not unusual considering.
But I noticed the Norcold was throwing off a lot of heat. Like the adjacent stainless surrounding the sink on the side of the Norcold was almost too hot to touch!
Is the Norcold just throwing off this amount of heat because it’s working so hard? |
Yeah, unfortunately. The Norcold isn't very efficient. If you have the option, you may find that it cools better on Propane. |
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orbeamike Samba Member
Joined: May 16, 2017 Posts: 149 Location: California
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Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 3:10 pm Post subject: Re: Norcold generating a lot of heat |
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Even in propane mode the metal around the sink gets pretty warm. Nature of the beast. 50 degrees is probably best what you can hope for if ambient is 100. |
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sgirard Samba Member
Joined: September 18, 2014 Posts: 93 Location: Spokane, WA
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 8:52 am Post subject: Re: Norcold generating a lot of heat |
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I actually hadn't noticed the metal around the sink getting that hot before and thought "surely there must be something wrong here; that doesn't sound right".
But I have my fridge running and sure enough it does get pretty hot to to touch on the fridge/stove side of the sink.
With the heatwaves here (eastern WA) this year, I have also observed that 50 on a 100 degree day is probably about as good as you're going to get if the van is in full sun.
I'm running a couple of little experiments with shading the fridge side to see if it makes much of a difference. _________________ 95 EVC
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1961tbird Samba Member
Joined: July 21, 2018 Posts: 291 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 2:45 pm Post subject: Re: Norcold generating a lot of heat |
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Just entered New Mexico. Currently 95.
Now, I am much more carefully when parking the van to take advantage of shade trees, noting the path of the setting sun, etc.
I am in the shade now. I'll see how it goes and maybe report back.
And I too was quite surprised by the heat generated but I have never camped in the desert before (so I'm not surprised). But glad to hear nothing seriously wrong. Other than that, the Norcold is performing flawlessly! |
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1961tbird Samba Member
Joined: July 21, 2018 Posts: 291 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:15 am Post subject: Re: Norcold generating a lot of heat |
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Little or no shade tress in New Mexico but by parking the van with the refrigerator on the north side out of direct sunlight, in 95F weather the refrigerator while plugged in maintained at 48F and the heat generated around the sink was less. So it seems the Norcold was working less
Overnight the outside temperature dropped to 70F. The Norcold reached only 39F. And hardly any heat generated around the kitchen sink |
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scottnolte Samba Member
Joined: February 26, 2020 Posts: 2 Location: La Crescenta, CA
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 12:18 am Post subject: Re: Norcold generating a lot of heat |
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Hi All, First reply to the group. I replaced the Norcold in our 97 EVC before learning very much about, but I've heard from others that the vent to to outside can get blacked from different causes. Is the air coming out of the vent also hot? |
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1961tbird Samba Member
Joined: July 21, 2018 Posts: 291 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 4:04 am Post subject: Re: Norcold generating a lot of heat |
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Yes when running on propane |
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