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Originally Posted by WalkbytheSpirit
I uploaded a photo of the external fridge compartment. If I am missing something, please tell me!
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When I installed an ARP Fridge Defend on our Norcold 1210 I simply could not figure out how to reach up high enough, similar to your issue. I finally had someone else look at it and they spotted the problem immediately.
We have a horizontal rectangular piece of metal, painted black, known as a "baffle" screwed to the top edge of the lower vent. It needs to be there to assure proper air flow but it got in the way of me reaching up to the boiler door.
Once I removed the black screws holding the black metal baffle on it opened the area up enough that I could easily install the ARP Fridge Defend boiler temperature sensor.
Take a flashlight and see if you have a similar baffle that you can remove to get more room.
As Brian noted, that kit seems like a great idea and I wondered why it was just not installed as standard. As that old saying goes, "In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice they are not."
Depending on what actual temps you'll be using the fridge in you may need to do nothing or maybe just switching to propane to generate more heat will work just as well.
We've used our Norcold 1210 down to just below 20 F on electric and it worked perfectly.
Ray