I Have a norcold model 9162 RV refrigerator. A few seconds after powering up on 120v all the led lights flash. It still

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Customer: Hi. I Have a norcold model 9162 RV refrigerator. A few seconds after powering up on 120v all the led lights flash. It still seems to be cooling OK. When switched to LP it tries to light then all led's start to flash and lighting cycle quits. Any ideas?
Answered by Randall in 1 hour 7 years ago
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So this happens when you try to use it on LP mode without being plugged into shore power?

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Actually happens in all modes. It seems to begin the startup process OK when power is connected then after 5-6 seconds all leds flash and none of the buttons are responsive except for on/off
Customer
Plugged in or on battery, same thing

This can be several thing depending on the number of lights flashing and the sequences. I am attaching the Norcold Service Manual for you. See pages 11 and 12 where these are described. Pay strict attention to the NUMBER of lights and the timing. Then get back to me with the description of the problem and I can give you a fix for that. Print out the manual or at least the sections that apply to your model so you have them. Great information in there! http://bryantrv.com/docs2/docs/ncold900.pdf

Most of these are showing some kind of AC or DC voltage issues.............too high or too low. If you have a small digital multimeter we can do some testing and find out which it is. About $20 or so at most hardware stores and easy to use. Let me know what you see from the manual and we can test for that. All follow ups are included in our fee.

Customer
Thanks Randall, that is helpful. It is flashing all led's once per second. It is a 3-way model. Another thing I noticed today is that as long as I am plugged into shore power, the unit constantly cools, even if turned off. The freezer temp this morning was -14.
Seems like maybe some sort of relay is stuck closed maybe.

Did you look at the error codes? And testing on the voltage is the way to track this down.........

Customer
OK, I have a multimeter. I will read the manual further tomorrow.

O.K............the incoming DC voltage should be about 12.8 VDC and not over 14 VDC and have NO AC ripple in the circuit which is some dirty AC bleeding over out of the converter into the DC side. The AC incoming voltage should be about 120 VAC give or take a few volts.

Customer
Measured at the circuit board:
Battery power: 12.48vdc
Plugged in-converter 14.35vdc, no ac
Plugged in ac: 120.4v

Set your meter on AC volts and take a reading at the DC inputs...........you don't want to see over .5 VAC there.

This is called "AC ripple" and that voltage has to be added to the DC voltage.

Customer
I did, 0 reading on the ac.
Also, when I went to check ohms of the heaters I only see wires and terminals for ac heater, I don't see ones for dc heating element, so I guess it is not a 3-way unit?
Ohms at the ac heater is 37.9, slightly under the specs described on page 18 section 16
Customer
But, since it won't fire up on LP mode, I am thinking the control board.

You are allowed a 10% plus or minus factor..........and if there is no ignition (spark) then it can be that OR the front board. Only testing can tell you that. What is the part number on the board? It should be 6 numbers beginning with a 6.

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