Thetford 1210 User Manual
Owner ’s Manual
for the 121X AC series of R V Refrigerators
The letter “X”, in the model numbers above, stands for a letter or numeral which means a
refrigerator option.
W ARNING: Improper inst allation, adjustment, alteration, service or maintenance
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FOR YOUR SAFETY
can cause injury or property damage. Refer to this manual. For assistance or additional information, contact a qualified installer or service
agency
Do not store or use gasoline or other flammable vapors and liquid in the
vicinity of this or any other appliance.
NORCOLD, Inc.
P.O. Box 4248
Sidney, OH 45365-4248
English
French
Norcold Customer Support Dept.
Telephone: 800-543-1219
Fax: 937-497-3183
Web Site: www.norcold.com
Part No. 630278A (10-06)
Table of Contents
NORCOLD Gas Absorption 3 Year Limited Warranty Policy...................................................................................................................... 3
Gas Absorption Warranty Information ........................................................................................................................................................ 3
Gas Absorption Warranty Questions .......................................................................................................................................................... 4
Safety Awareness ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Safety Instructions ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
About Your Refrigerator .............................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Storage volume ................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Leveling ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Operation during travel........................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Food compartment .............................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Freezer compartments........................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Door handles ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Movable door seal ...............................................................................................................................................................................6
Crispers .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Tall bottle and gallon storage drawer .................................................................................................................................................6
Door bins ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Adjustable shelves .............................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Interior light .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Door alarm .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Moisture reduction heater ................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Temperature control system ............................................................................................................................................................... 8
Backup operating system ................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Temperature switch monitor ............................................................................................................................................................... 8
Operating the Refrigerator Controls .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
Control panel ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Ice Maker (Optional) ................................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Ice maker operation .......................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Refrigerator Care Checklist ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Defrosting ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Cleaning ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Interior ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Drip tray ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 12
Metal doors ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 13
Door Sealing ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 13
Refrigerator Storage ................................................................................................................................................................................. 13
Refrigerator Maintenance Checklist ........................................................................................................................................................ 14
Ice Maker Storage (Optional).................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Remove the Refrigerator ..........................................................................................................................................................................15
Reinstall the Refrigerator ......................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Replacement Parts ..................................................................................................................................................................................15
Fault Codes .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Wiring Diagram and Pictorial ................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Ice Maker Wiring Pictorial and Diagram (Optional) ................................................................................................................................. 18
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NORCOLD - Gas Absorption 3 Year Limited
Warranty Policy
Norcold • P.O. Box 4248 • Sidney , OH • USA • 45365-4248
Provided it is properly installed, properly maintained and placed
under normal service and use, Norcold, Inc. warrants its
refrigeration equipment to be free from defects in material and
workmanship for three years with respect to the equipment’s
component parts, and for two years with respect to the labor to
repair or replace such parts, commencing from the original date
of purchase.
2. IN NO EVENT AND UNDER NO CIRCUMST ANCES SHALL
NORCOLD BE RESPONSIBLE UNDER THIS LIMITED WARRANTY FOR ANY OTHER CHARGE WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO CHARGES OR CLAIMS FOR LABOR,
LOST BUSINESS, LOST TIME, LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF USE,
OR ANY KIND OF INCIDENT AL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, HOWEVER DENOMINATED OR DESCRIBED. THE
REMEDY UNDER THIS WARRANTY IS LIMITED TO REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR.
3. SOME ST ATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR
LIMITA TION OF INCIDENT AL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,
SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MA Y NOT APPL Y TO YOU.
Limitations of warranty
1. This Warranty applies only to Norcold gas absorption
refrigerator operating equipment. This Warranty does not
extend to glassware, electric light bulbs, and replaceable
fuses.
2. This warranty does not apply to parts and assemblies that
have been subjected to misuse, improper installation,
improper or abnormal service, transit damage, recharging of
the cooling system, accident, fire, improper repair, tampering
or abuse.
3. Irrespective of the nature of the warranty protection offered or
claimed, the period of warranty shall in no case extend
beyond three years for component parts and two years for the
labor to repair or replace such parts, commencing from the
original date of purchase of the new equipment.
4. In order to obtain the remedy of repair and/or replacement,
the refrigerator must be brought to an authorized Norcold
Service Center for warranty service. The end consumer is
responsible for all expenses resulting from any remote
service call if the refrigerator cannot be brought into an
authorized Norcold Service Center.
5. It is the responsibility of the end consumer to have maintenance performed upon the warranted equipment one time
during the second year or before the beginning of the third
year after original date of purchase an authorized Norcold
Service Center. Such maintenance is required to maintain
this warranty in effect and failure to perform such maintenance will void the remainder of the warranty. Required
maintenance during the second year or before the third year
after purchase is cleaning and checking of the following:
Burner, Flue, Spiral Baffle, Roof Cap Screen, and Control
Board (operating controls) Sequence. The cost of this
required maintenance is the end consumer responsibility. A
copy of the receipt covering the required maintenance must
be presented to an authorized Norcold Service Center before
Norcold accepts warranty coverage for the component part
during the third year of warranty coverage.
LIMIT ATION OF REMEDY
1. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF NORCOLD UNDER THIS OR ANY
WARRANTY IS LIMITED T O THE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT
(A T NORCOLD’S OPTION) OF THE DEFECTIVE PART OR
ASSEMBL Y.
DISCLAIMER OF OTHER WARRANTIES
THIS WARRANTY IS EXPRESSL Y IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER
WARRANTIES EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. ALL OTHER
WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY
WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A P ARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED AND EXCLUDED.
Legal rights
This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may have
other legal rights, which vary from state to state.
Gas Absorption Warranty Information
Your refrigerator is made to provide the ultimate in cooling
satisfaction and will serve you reliably in the years to come.
Norcold refrigerators are the only RV refrigerators made in the
United States and offer a standard limited three-year warranty.
Norcold also offers an additional warranty coverage plan which
extends the standard limited three-year warranty. To activate
your three-year limited warranty and to receive an invitation to
participate in the extended warranty plan, complete and mail the
warranty registration supplied.
Help us to help you.
Write the model number and serial number below for future
reference. These numbers are on the serial plate in the
refrigerator. The serial plate is located in the fresh food
compartment on the top right hand side. Use these numbers
when receiving service or in any correspondence concerning
your refrigerator.
Model number ___________ Serial number ___________
If a problem occurs with your refrigerator, contact any of the
service centers throughout the United States and Canada. To
find an authorized Norcold Service Center near you, please
telephone the Norcold Customer Support Dept. at 800-5431219 (option-1) or visit our web site at www.norcold.com.
Norcold is committed to providing products that are in harmony
with the environment. Your Norcold refrigerator meets all
environmental safety standards.
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Gas Absorption Warranty Questions
About your warranty
This warranty coverage begins on the original date of purchase
by the consumer purchaser and is the only warranty for the
Norcold refrigerator. In no case will the Limited Warranty extend
beyond two (2) years for labor and three (3) years for parts and
freight. Norcold reserves the right to change design or specifications of a refrigerator without obligation to modify previously
produced refrigerators. There are no other warranties, either
expressed or implied.
What is coverd by this warranty?
- Defects in material and workmanship.
- Parts and labor for two (2) years
- Parts only for the third year if the required maintenance is
performed.
- Freight (ground service only) for shipment of a replace-
ment part and for return of the defective part.
What is not covered by this warranty?
What will the refrigerator owner do?
To obtain warranty service, the refrigerator owner responsibilities are:
- To use, service, and maintain the refrigerator as specified in
the Installation/Owner’s Manuals.
- To deliver the warranted product to an authorized Norcold
Service Center for warranty repair.
- To show proof that the refrigerator is within warranty
coverage.
- To have the required maintenance performed by an
authorized Norcold Service Center one time during year 2 of
the Limited Warranty.
- To pay to have the required maintenance performed.
- To mail paid receipt to Norcold showing required performed
before expiration of year 2 of the Limited Warranty.
- To show proof of the required maintenance before requesting warranty service in year 3 of the Limited Warranty.
What rights do you have?
The warranty gives you specific legal rights. You may also have
other rights which vary from state to state.
- Shipping methods other than ground service.
- Defects in glassware, electric light bulbs, and replacement
fuses.
- Adjustment of the burner electrode.
- Cleaning of the burner.
- Fees for mobile repair service.
- Mileage or travel expenses to obtain warranty service.
- Expenses for required maintenance as specified in the
Limited Warranty and in the Owner’s Manual.
- Incidental or consequential loss or damage including but
not limited to charges or claims for labor (including labor
when no parts are used for a repair), lost business, lost
time, lost profits, lost food, and lost use.
- Replacement parts that are not manufactured or supplied
by Norcold.
- Defect a of a part or assembly when the defect originates
from misuse, improper installation, improper or abnormal
service, transit damage, recharging of the cooling system,
accident, fire, improper repair, tampering, or abuse.
What will Norcold do?
For a refrigerator that is properly installed, maintained, and
used as specified in the Installation/Owner’s Manuals, Norcold
responsibilities are:
- Limited to the repair and replacement of parts.
- To provide no charge parts and labor for two (2) years.
- To provide no charge parts only for year 3 if the required
maintenance is performed.
- To provide freight (ground service only) for shipment of a
replacement part and for return of a defective part for three
(3) years.
Safety Awareness
Read this manual carefully and understand the contents before
you use the refrigerator.
Be aware of possible safety hazards when you see the safety
alert symbol on the refrigerator and in this manual. A signal word
follows the safety alert symbol and identifies the danger of the
hazard. Carefully read the descriptions of these signal words to
fully know their meanings. They are for your safety.
WARNING: This signal word means a hazard, which if
ignored, can cause dangerous personal injury, death, or
much property damage.
CAUTION: This signal word means a hazard, which if
ignored, can cause small personal injury or much property
damage.
Safety Instructions
WARNING:
- The storage of flammable materials behind or around
the refrigerator creates a fire hazard. Do not use the
area behind the refrigerator to store anything, especially flammable materials (gasoline, cleaning
supplies, etc.)
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- Do not remove the round ground prong from the AC
power cord of the refrigerator or the ice maker
(optional). Do not use a two prong adapter or an
extension cord with either AC power cord.
- A circuit overload can result in an electrical fire if the
wires and/or fuses are not the correct size. Use only
the wire and fuse sizes as writtten in the “Installation
Manual”.
- Incorrect installation, adjustment, change to, or
maintenance of this refrigerator can cause personal
injury, property damage, or both. Have service and
maintenance work done by your dealer or by an
Norcold authorized service center.
- Disconnect both the AC and DC power sources before
doing any maintenance work on the refrigerator. All
service work on this refrigerator must be done by a
qualified service technician.
About Y our Refrigerator
Storage Volume:
This refrigerator is made for storage of foods and frozen food
and for making ice.
Total capacity 12.0 cubic feet
Freezer Compartments 3.6 cubic feet total
Fresh Food Compartment 8.4 cubic feet
Leveling:
- Do not bypass or change the refrigerator’s electrical
components or features.
- When you discard an appliance, remove all doors to
prevent accidental entrapment and suffocation.
- Do not spray liquids near electrical outlets, connections, or the refrigerator components. Many liquids are
electrically conductive and can cause a shock hazard,
electrical shorts, and in some cases fire.
- The refrigerator cooling system is under pressure. Do
not try to repair or to recharge a defective cooling
system. The cooling system contains sodium chromate. The breathing of certain chromium compounds
can cause cancer. The cooling system contents can
cause severe skin and eye burns, and can ignite and
burn with an intense flame. Do not bend, drop, weld,
move, drill, puncture, or hit the cooling system.
- At regular intervals, make sure that the refrigerator vent
areas and the ventilation air pathway between the
vents are completely free from any flammable material
or blockage. After a period of storage, it is especially
important to check these areas for any flammable
material or blockage caused by animals.
CAUTION:
CAUTION: The refrigerator is made to operate within 3°
off level side-to-side and 6° off level front-to-back (as
looking at the front of the refrigerator). Operating it at
more than these limits can cause damage to the cooling
system and create a risk of personal injury or property
damage. Make sure the vehicle is level before you
operate the refrigerator.
Operation during travel:
While the refrigerator should be level when the vehicle is
stopped, performance during travel is not usually effected.
Food compartment:
Start up the refrigerator (see “Operating the Refrigerator
Controls”)and let it cool for eight hours before loading with food.
If the refrigerator does not start to cool down after about two
hours, contact your dealer or a Norcold authorized service
center.
For the best cooling performance:
- Let air move freely inside the entire food compartment.
- Do not cover the shelves with plastic, paper, etc.
To decrease the amount of ice that collects on the cooling fins:
- The rear of the refrigerator has sharp edges and
corners. To prevent cuts or abrasions when working
on the refrigerator, be careful and wear cut resistant
gloves.
- Cover all liquids and moist foods.
- Let all hot foods cool before putting them in the refrigerator.
- Do not open the door any longer than necessary.
Freezer compartments:
The freezer compartments are made to keep pre-frozen food
frozen and not to quick freeze food.
NOTE: Do not put other items on the ice tray while the water is
freezing. The water freezes more rapidly if the thermostat is at the COLDEST position.
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Door handles:
During travel, the door latch prevents the door from opening. When closing each door,
push the door toward the refrigerator until you hear a “click” sound.
To open each door, pull the handle away from the refrigerator (See Art00990).
During storage, the storage latch prevents the door from completely closing. Use it to
prevent odors when the refrigerator is stored for an extended period of time.
To operate the storage latch (see Art00991), open each door about 1/2 inch, hold the door
handle in the open position , and push the storage latch [55] into the cutout [56] of the
strike plate. Do not use the storage latch as a travel latch because the doors will not be
fully closed.
Movable door seal:
Art00990
The movable door seal [134] is located on the left door of the fresh food compartment (See
Art01109). It provides the correct seal when both doors of the fresh food compartment are
closed. When the left door of the fresh food compartment opens, the movable door seal
moves so that it is flat against the edge of the door. To avoid possible damage to the
movable door seal, make sure that it is flat against the edge of the door before you close the
door
Crispers:
The crispers are located at the bottom left side of the fresh food compartment and supply a
storage area to preserve fruit and vegetable freshness. Make sure that you always push the
crispers fully in. The glass crisper covers are made so that you can remove them.
NOTE: Do not wash the crispers in a dishwasher. The crispers are not dishwasher safe.
To remove the glass crisper covers [135] (See Art01118):
- Remove the crispers [136].
- Remove the screw from the top right side of the crisper support wall [137].
- Remove the screws [41] from the retainer [54] on the left side of the refrigerator (See Art00992).
- Remove the retainer.
- Remove the glass crisper covers.
- Remove the crisper support wall.
55
56
Art00991
134
Art01789
Tall bottle and gallon storage drawer:
The tall bottle and gallon storage drawer [138] is located at the bottom right side of
the fresh food compartment and supplies a storage area for items such as 2-liter
bottles or gallon milk containers (See Art01118). This drawer has a divider which
prevents items from moving and/or overturning while the vehicle is in transit. Make
sure that you always push the drawer fully in.
The divider fits down into grooves on the inside of the drawer. The divider also fits at
the rear of the drawer so that you can use all of the capacity of the drawer.
NOTE: Do not wash the drawer or divider in a dishwasher. The drawer and divider
are not dishwasher safe.
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135
138
137136
Art01790
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