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Tue, 24 November 2015 09:25   |
Tom Whitton
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Registered: February 2004
Location: Paducah, KY
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Jim,
Thanks for the advice to turn off the refrigerator when it is going to be out of level for over an hour. That's an excellent suggestion.
Tom Whitton
26 foot updated GMC
Paducah, KY
Message: 15
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 21:50:48 -0800
From: Jim Kanomata
To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Norcold Refrigerator Repair
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Tom,
I'm glad you were able to get it done.
At our shop, our labor charges would have run around 700 so it becomes a
toss up .
One thing most need to keep in mind, is that you never want to run it of
level or more than a hour as the Ammonia gas/fluid will over heat and
crystalize as it will not circulate when of level.
Suggest one to turn it off and not open the door unless necessary.
We have a big sign we attach to coaches that come in with refrigerator on
and full of food.
It says Regrigerator on, turn off when tilted and on when leveled.
Newer ones are easier to operate as they have wider angle of tilt befor
they do not function .
The new ones in the last two years shut of when tilted and fire up when
leveled or when coach is rocking or driving down the road.
New ones have controls on the outside between or above the doors so one
doesn't need to open the door unnecessarily.
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Tom Whitton
wrote:
> A couple of months ago I asked for some advice on my Norcold model 663
> 3-way refrigerator that was not cooling right. I promised to share the
> experience of getting it repaired.
>
> After some digging and advice from some of you, I learned a new
> refrigerator with similar, but not exact, dimensions was going to cost
> about $1,200. A new cooling unit for the old refrigerator was about $500
> exchange, including cooling fans that attached to the cooling coils.
>
> The outside and inside of my old refrigerator were still nice. It just
> didn't cool. The installation was so tight that a new fridge would
> require modifying the cabinets so I decided to go for the replacement
> cooling unit. Even using the old refrigerator, some of the cabinetry had
> to be disassembled to remove the fridge. The cooling unit, of course, is
> on the back of the refrigerator making it necessary to remove the
> refrigerator from its location in the coach. Because of the cabinet work,
> I wanted to do the job myself. So, I ordered a rebuilt cooling unit from
> RV Cooling Unit Warehouse in Memphis, TN. www.http://rvcoolingunit.com/
> Easy to follow instructions come with the unit. You ship your old cooling
> unit back, freight pre-paid, in the same box the rebuilt unit came in.
>
> In my case, the job took longer than it should have been because of the
> cabinets being tight, in the way and having to be disassembled. But, after
> getting the refrigerator out of the coach and on the floor of my garage it
> was an easy job to remove the old cooling unit and install the new one.
> The fridge is now back in its cubby hole and freezes and cools like new.
> There is a 3-year warranty on the cooling unit. I think I could have paid
> for an extended warranty but I decided against it. Since the old unit
> lasted over 20-years, hopefully this one will last as long as I need it.
> Replacing a cooling unit is a straight-forward job that any of us could
> do. In my case, saved about $700 over a new refrigerator in the process.
>
> Let me know if you have any questions.
>
> Tom Whitton
> 26 foot updated GMC
> Paducah, KY
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