| Dometic Frig 2510 in Avion [message #135149] |
Tue, 19 July 2011 08:26  |
tphipps
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Registered: August 2004
Location: Spanish Fort, AL
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Dometic lists the RM2510 as a direct replacement for the RM66, as supplied in the Avion 26' Coaches.
It is not a direct plug and play replacement. The RM2510 is a taller and deeper than the space that is occupied by the RM66. The biggest problem is the curvature of the GMC walls. The RM2510 uses a larger cooling coil system, and it really does require 24" of space, front to back. When you remove the original RM66, you will notice that Avion had to remove the insulation, back to the outside skin to make the original frig fit. Even with this removal of material there is not enough space (depth to wall) to fit the RM2510.
The method I used, is to remove the original floor that the RM66 is sitting on, and lower it all the way down to the wheel well intrusion. This gives you enough room to install the bigger RM2510. You should not have to extend the Avion installed small side walls that surrounded the RM66. You will have to remove the lower door, the bar between the walls at the lower door, and the two wooden supports that held the original floor in place.
Then you must seal the new opening above the frig so the heat chimney will work. I intend to use this area to install a microwave, and get it off the kitchen counter.
The gas line will have to be modified to fit.
If you do not need the interior room of the RM2510, a RM2410 will fit without modification, except for addressing the heat chimney.
Measurements: (read height x width x depth, in inches)
RM66 39 3/16 x 21 7/8 x 23 5/8
RM2410 32 7/16 x 21 13/16 x 24
RM2510 40 5/16 x 21 13/16 x 24
Hope this helps. Remember to measure twice and cut once. Thanks to Paul Doanne for the tip on removal of the floor for adequate room.
Tom Phipps,
MS II, with a working 110 v frig.
2012 Phoenix Cruiser model 2552
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