WITHOUT FRIDGE DEFEND YOU ARE NOT PROTECTED
Dometic & Norcold reliability and fire safety, can you live without it?
WITHOUT FRIDGE DEFEND YOU ARE NOT PROTECTED
Dometic & Norcold reliability and fire safety, can you live without it?
A well built Norcold N260 or N260.3 will last the life of your RV when it is protected by the Fridge Defend, this pages shows how to install boiler overheat protection on your fridge.
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The Norcold N260 series of fridge a manual control type of refrigerators. This means that one has to hold a button down and ignite the gas flame. The N260 is a 2.4 cubic foot fridge that comes in both 2-Way and 3-Way versions, the dot 3 (.3) at the end of the model number designates the 3-Way version.
The N260 control panel is behind the fridge, where:
(1) is the temperature selector.
(2) is the mode select.
(3) is the LP Gas igniter push button.
(4) is the igniter.
This is the N260 wiring diagram, where:
(3) thermocouple interrupter.
(9) mode selector switch.
(8) LP Gas safety valve that has the thermocouple interrupter (3) attached to it .
This is a close up of the above image, this is component (9) the mode selector switch this image shows the markings for the terminals.
This is a close up of the above N260 & N260.3 Wiring image, this is component (3) or (8) thermocouple interrupt adaptor.
Referencing the Norcold N260 Mode Selector Switch image above, the part (3) thermocouple interrupt adaptor is wired to the Norcold N260 Mode Selector Switch terminals identified as 'W2' & 'W3' via an orange wire. We have found that a lot of wiring diagrams have the wrong color codes, so your wire color may be different. The fridge we did the install on has a red and blue wire like seen in this image.
This red wire (or orange if color code is correct) will be spliced.. Two female spade connectors will be used to connect the Fridge Defend Relay at terminals 30 and 87, the normally open terminals of the relay as seen in the figure.
Please click here for another view for wiring the interrupt adapter.
This photo shows the temperature sensor installed on the boiler tube.
The Norcold N260 series of fridges are very dependable refrigerators as long as the boiler is not allowed to overheat.
The Fridge Defend by ARP could help your refrigerator last the lifetime of your RV!
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