Norcold 838 EG2 2-Way 120v/Propane refrigerator woes. 1983 Southland By Fleetwood

[Drseussami]

I'm currently working on a Norcold 838 EG2 2-Way 120v/Propane refrigerator. The 120v relay fried and the electric heater measured out at 48 ohms, so I felt safe in that the controller board had just had enough. I did purchase a Norcold 61716822 2-Way Replacement Interface Board for Models: 838 EG2 & 8310 EG2 from Dinosaur Electronics. The green light for the A/C side of things won't light up anymore, but I could hear the fridge starting to work on the 120v side again. But, we still had issues getting the refrigerator to cool fully so we decided to pull it out and lay it down on its left side to see if that documented fix helps.

In the process of dismantling the eyebrow with lights and switch, (we have the recall already done with the plastic plugs on both ends), the wires from the main harness unplugged the orange, yellow, black, and beige/brown wires from the backside of the electric/gas switch in the eyebrow.

I'm mortified! I cannot find a wiring diagram anywhere!

The first thing I did was search on Google, but all I seem to be coming across are schematics for the 3-way refrigerators (120v - 12v - Propane), which have two switches on the eyebrow or my refrigerator Before the Factory Recall (which removes 120v from the eyebrow).

I have just a 2-way 120v/Propane unit, so I only have the one toggle switch (Electric-Off-Gas) on the eyebrow and the green, red, blue light configuration. I don't usually have to bug anyone for help on things I tackle, but I seem to be missing the mark on my research now.

This is for my brother-in-law who’s mother just passed and we’re on a very tight budget to get his RV livable year-round.

Can I bother Anybody to possibly help me with a wiring diagram or who would have one? Or perhaps someone would be kind enough to remove the 2 screws for their eyebrow and Carefully get me a picture of the back of the switch with the color-coded wires attached?

I would be forever grateful for your help with this.

I do appreciate your time and effort.

[Old-Biscuit]

Have you read thru the desrption on the J1 12 pin connector to the eyebrow ??

S/B able to follow wire colors from J1----same for EG2 & EG3 versions
Dave's Place - Norcold Eyebrow (838 and 8310)


*** The lower half of the switches control the indicator lights on the eyebrow; the top half of the switches send 12 volt(+) to the power supply at the appropriate connections of the J1 plug (depending on what is selected).