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Sun, 02 May 2010 19:54   |
GMCWiperMan
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Registered: December 2007
Karma:
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Armand,
Be glad you learned of the recall in time. I delayed until after the
over-sized electric heating element damaged the tubes in my Dometic, causing
them to crack and leak out all the refrigerant. Unlike early victims of
that design flaw, I didn't get a free repair. Dometic's rationale had
become "your leak didn't cause a fire, so you no longer have a hazard --
TS".
I swore I'd never buy another Dometic product. But after searching for a
replacement, the price and feature of the competition couldn't sustain that
"decision" -- I bought another one at the perigee of the RV industry slump.
Ken H.
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Armand Minnie <armand@minniebiz.com> wrote:
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> Somewhere in the discussion of this unfortunate incident over the last
> several days someone mentioned a recall of Dometic and Norcold
> refrigerators. I visited the Dometic site quoted in that message and
> checked my unit's model and serial numbers and, lo and behold, mine was part
> of the recall - from 2006! I called my local authorized Dometic repair man
> and he will be visiting me tomorrow - Monday - to install the kit which is
> intended to prevent a fire from spreading to the surrounding walls - not to
> prevent the fire but to contain it. Whatever causes the fire will not be
> fixed but sheet metal will be installed to prevent it from spreading. Just
> so you know and check your fridges for the same issue.
> --
>
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