Norcold Fan | Fan Kit | Fan Switch | Fan Noise | Ventilator Fan

Problems cooling in hot weather? You may need our Norcold fan kit, it replaces the standard fan switch with a precession temperature sensor and ventilator fan with adjustable temperature.

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Why Install Fan Control? Efficiency
Install Lower Fan Lower Vent
Install Upper Fan Upper Vent
Install Fan Sensor Sensor Install
Fan Setting Adjust

Benefits of Norcold Fan Kit -- Efficiency!

The Fridge Defend Fan Control improves Norcold fridge efficiency by delivering cool air where it is needed the most. Our Fan Control has a precision fan sensor that is mounted so that the fans will only run when needed, this saves your batteries. Also, using high volume and low amperage blowers moves more air quietly. The result, RV fridge hot weather performance is vastly improved, now you can have hard ice cream again!

Lower Norcold Vent

These images show the Norcold lower cooling unit vent door. The first drawing is looking straight on at the back side of the vent with the vent door removed. The Lower drawing is a side view to help understand the positioning of the fan with the flow shown with blue arrows.

It is easy to mount the fan, the fan can be attached to the door of your Norcold with nylon wire ties (zip-ties).

When mounting the blower on the vent door, use long power leads so that the door can be removed and set down on a table or the ground without removing the leads.

Norcold Upper Side Vent

There are two methods for venting the top of the Norcold cooling unit compartment. One is a roof vent and the other is the side-vent shown above.

If your Norcold has an upper side-vent, we recommend a second blower fan mounted on the side-vent door. The blower is positioned so that the intake pulls the hot air from inside the cooling unit compartment and pushes it directly outside. This gets the hot air away from your rig and maintains happy camper status :) It has been reported that the Fridge Defend keeps the inside of the RV cooler by getting the heat away from the RV.

As with the bottom vent door, nylon wire ties can mount the ARP blower fan directly to the door.

RV Fridge Fan Sensor

This drawing shows the ARP fan sensor installed on the absorber coil.

The Norcold fan sensor/switch can be attached to the absorber coil with typical HVAC tape. If you have a Norcold side-by-side double door fridge with an Amish cooling unit, there are two sets of absorber coils, if one set of coils feels hotter than the other, mount the sensor on the hotter set of coils.

Use the HVAC tape to cover the sensor and hold the wire to the tube for better heat transfer. The advantage to using HVAC tape is that the absorber coil temperature is averaged at the sensor due to the tape being wrapped around the absorber coil and covering the sensor.

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Norcold Fan Setting Adjustment

This chart shows the adjustment of fan on/off temperature.

The temperature at which the fan will turn on your Norcold is adjustable by using the ARP Setup mode. The table to the left shows the fan setting number within the setup mode and the corresponding temperatures at which the fans will kick on and off.

NOTE: Download the Troubleshooting Guide for your version of Fridge Defend for the fan on/off temperatures for your controller.