Install The Refrigerator; Installation Options; Install The Decorative Door Panel; Reverse The Door Swing - Norcold N300 Installation And Owner's Manual

Install the Refrigerator

1. Make sure the clearance at the rear of the refrigerator is
correct:
- If there is more than 1 inch of clearance between the rear of
the refrigerator and the enclosure, install two baffles [14] to
the rear of the enclosure (See Art01249 and Art01252).
- Put one baffle at the top edge of the lower intake vent
[1].
- Put the other baffle at the lower edge of the condenser
[3] of the refrigerator.
- Make sure the baffles are less than 1/4 inch from the
coils [2] and condenser of the refrigerator.
- Make sure the baffles are the full width of the
inside of the enclosure.
2. Put the refrigerator in position (see Art01253):
WARNING:
Make sure the combustion seal [15] is not
broken, is completely around the refrigerator mounting
flanges [16], and is between the mounting flanges and
the wall of the enclosure. If the combustion seal is not
complete, exhaust fumes can be present in the living
area of the vehicle. The breathing of exhaust fumes can
cause dizziness, nausea, or in extreme cases, death.
- Remove the door from the refrigerator (See "Reverse the
door swing" section).
- Put screws through the holes of the refrigerator mounting
flanges and into the enclosure wall.
- Attach the door to the refrigerator.
- Put a screw through the holes [17] in the braces at the lower
rear corners of the refrigerator and into the floor.

Installation Options

Install the decorative door panel:

NOTE: The decorative panels must be 3/16 inch or less in
thickness.
- Make a decorative door panel [1] that is 25 15/16 inches
high x 20 1/8 inches wide (See Art00977).
- Push the decorative door panel into the slots of the door
end caps [2].
- Push each panel retainer [3] into the slot on the edge of the
door.

Reverse the door swing:

This refrigerator has door hinges that allow you to change the
direction that the door opens by moving the hinges to the
opposite corner (See Art00981).
1. Remove the door:
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- Turn out and save the upper hinge pin [1].
- Open the door a small amount and pull the top of the door
away from the upper hinge of the refrigerator.
- Lift the door off of the lower hinge pin [2].
- Turn out and save the lower hinge pin.
2. Change the position of the hinges:
- Remove and save the plastic bushings that are in the holes
on the ends of the door..
- Remove the screws from the upper hinge [3].
- Put this hinge on the other side as the lower hinge.
- Attach the hinge with the screws.
- Turn the lower hinge pin down into this hinge.
- Remove the screws from the lower hinge [4].
- Remove the screw from the travel latch [5].
- Put this hinge on the other side as the upper hinge.
- Attach the hinge with the screws.
- Push the bushings into the empty holes in the ends of the
door.
3. Change the position of the travel latch (See Art00978 and
Art00981):
- Put the travel latch on the other side of the refrigerator.
- Attach the travel latch with the screw.
- Remove the screw from the travel latch plate [7] on the
door.
- Pull each hinge bushing [8] out of the hole in the door.
- Pull the plastic plug out of the top of the door.
- Push the plastic plug into the other hole in the top of the
door.
- Put the travel latch plate on the other side of the door.
- Attach the travel latch plate with the screw.
- Push each hinge bushing into the hole on the other side of
the door.
4. Install the door:
- Put the door down onto the lower hinge pin.
- Align the holes in the upper hinge and the hinge bushing
and hold in this position.
- Screw the upper hinge pin down into the upper hinge and
into the door.