Norcold 3- way frig and high altitude and performance

sbhtennis
sbhtennis Member Posts: 69
in Air Conditioning & Refrigeration
Reading in the Owners manual that there "may be reduced cooling performance and burner outages" if operating above 4,000 ft altitude. This is for the  3 way Norcold refrigerator that is in my 2016 400 Max S T@B .
 We will be on a trip that will be above 5,000 for about 5 weeks and some of it without electric hook ups.  Also might be cool weather too..
What are peoples thoughts about  the  optional high altitude kit from my dealer? I called Norcold and they were  not very definitive one way or the other. 

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  • bergger
    bergger Moderator Posts: 1,077
    I live at over 10,000 feet and have not had any issues with the 3 way fridge cooling.  My last trailer also had a norcold 3 way fridge and it often froze my eggs.  I think you'll be just fine.  Humidity and ambient temps seem to impact the performance more that altitude. 
    2021 T@b 400 BD  "Vixen Gail" 
    2018 Nissan Titan Pro 4X "Big Bird"
    Leadville Colorado
  • morey000
    morey000 Member Posts: 162
    edited February 2021
    I've got a '19 320 with a Norcold 3-way.  Camp regularly between 6K and 10K ft and haven't had a problem.  Except it's always a bit of a <bother> to start.  I'm probably doing it wrong, but it takes me a good 5 min of pressing that clicker button before I can get the needle to move into the green

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