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mel 4104 (208.181.100.11)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2002 - 11:32 am: | |
a fellow bus nut had his fridge go to the land of no repair....dometic..... He is looking at a Norcold that is only propane no a/c or 12 volt. i told him that a lot of people use a house hold model , which would be best? htanks for the help and have a safe and happy new year. mel 4104 |
FAST FRED (209.26.115.220)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2002 - 11:43 am: | |
Check in any RV magasine Norcold is having a massive recall , with no operation of the unit till the cold section is replaced.
Many fridges can be got back to operation if there was no damage & no leaks by "burping ".them.
This procedure can be found in many RV books and is a specific roration of the unit , usually overnight, to help clear a blockage or bubble.
Your fellow should decide if he is a boondocker, if so the Servelle units made for homes is propane & has more insulation than the Dometic (who makes them) and best of all NO electrical circuit board to die , so they go for decades.
All depends on his camping style.
FAST FRED |
mel4104 (208.181.100.11)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2002 - 12:37 pm: | |
F.F. Waynes fridge he says is stinking worse than a road kill skunk. so i would think that he has a bad leak and there are now places here on Van. Is. that will fix it. Thanks for the help. mel 4104 |
jmaxwell (66.42.92.21)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2002 - 12:54 pm: | |
Absorbtion refrigeration, such as Servelle, Norcold, Dometic, and a couple of others, have a lot of drawbacks. Servelle is probably the best of the bunch and the others are cheaply built at best. Even a Servelle is not the unit it was 25 yrs. ago. Many models of mechanical refrig. units (running w/compressors) are showing up that consume very little electricity and run on 140-160 watts. They generally are better designed than the absorbers and will yield about 1/3 more storage space in the same cabinet space of the absorbers, and the cost is generally only 1/3 of the absorbers. A little bigger battery bank may be required but the reliability is far greater. Look for one that is manual defrost as they are the lowest in price and the most efficient. A partial of even full auto defrost model may be in order if u are a hook-up RV'er. I looked at a Korean made unit last week that sold for $299, 11.8 cu/ft, full auto defrost, 155 watts on cooling, 170 on defrost, avg. run time of 11 hrs/day cooling, 1 1/2 hrs/day defrost. 24w/25deep/61 high. GE also has a couple of models that are very comperable. |
Dale Fleener (66.52.64.241)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2002 - 1:10 pm: | |
Take a look at some of the refers that off-grid people use. Some of them are LP, some DC (12 & 24 volt available.) and some are do it yourself models. Sunfrost and Novakool come to mind. Many suppliers have catalogs on line. backwoodssolar.com is one of them.
HTH
Dale MC8 |
lesr44 (142.179.40.69)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2002 - 7:45 pm: | |
mel 4104
there are rv repair shops that do replace the cooling unit, keep phoning around the island.
if they come to the lower mainland try Langley RV repair @ 604-530-2313 http://www.langleyrv.com
it will cost approx 600 - 700 $ with a 5 year guarantee.
the fellow at langley rv is the one that answers question in the RV Times (nice magazine if you have not read it; get one at SaveOn foods Turbo gas stations
need any more info email me I live in Langley BC ++lesr44@telus.net
remove the ++ from the address |
CoryDaneRTSIIIL (4.17.253.49)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 01, 2003 - 5:17 pm: | |
I bought my Norcold 3way in 1990 and it has never failed, never stopped working. I have had nothing but good luck with it and it will most likely end up in my bus because it has been so reliable. Hope this helps you. cd |
C. Ray Powell (Raypowell) (152.163.188.227)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 04, 2003 - 9:10 am: | |
We've had a Norcold 3 way in our other MH for 10 years. No problem.
FWIW
C Ray |