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Refrigerator repair

Yahoo Message Number: 70113
Joe,

Thank you for writing about removing your Dometic refrigerator. I am near Nashville, TN now and will be near Greensboro, NC later this week at another of my sons where my cooling unit from RV Cooling Warehouse is waiting. I will have my son who is a mechanic to help me replace the unit in my Dometic model #1292. I have the instructions from David Force and will print out the diagrams from Dometic. I am not looking forward to the work, but several CC owners who have installed the Amish cooling units have said they work much better and colder than the one's from Dometic that we are replacing. So, I am looking forward to the results as well as just having a refrigerator that works. Living out of a small ice chest sucks! We're not tent camping any more. . .

Gene Merryman

2000 Allure #30496

Re: Refrigerator repair

Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 70128
Good Luck with your cooling unit replacement. I looked up your model and looked at a parts list, looks a lot different than mine. A couple of suggestions (based on my experience). Follow Dave's instruction as closely as you can. Trace out the wires and see if any need to be cut (only 2 on mine required cutting). Before you disassemble, cut the wires and put M/F spade lugs and mark. Look at the parts list and understand how the burner assemble is removed. Look at the parts list and look for other points that secure the electronics or the cooling unit. My only connection was the burner and the frame.
I'm still deciding on new refrigerator or cooling unit replacement, big thing is that my fridge is 13 years old and the new ones have all the recall fixes installed.

Joe

98 Intrigue 10578

Re: Refrigerator repair

Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 70130
Gene

I too changed my NDR 1292 cooling unit with the Amish CU in Dec of 2009. David Forest provided excellant tech support. Some tips:

1. I changed mine with the fridge standing up and had no problem. I think the 1292 is one of the heaviest and I didn't want to deal with laying it down inside the MH. Not to mention uprighting it, especially on the platform. I had two techs tell me that because of the weight of this fridge, it is one of the hardest to remove and replace. To solve this problem, I built the correct height platform on a low moving-dolly with 4 caster wheels (harbor frieght has them). This allowed me to slide the fridge out on the platform by myself and roll it out on the floor to work in it. I strapped the fridge to the platform for stability while I worked on it.

2. I took digital pictures of everything before and while I was removing parts and wires. I marked some similar colored wires. The pictures helped out tremendously.

3. I used about a 3' 2X4 and a 3 lb hammer to bang out the old CU from inside the fridge. The length of the 2X4 allowed it to clear the inside of the fridge for easier hammering.

4. Make sure you pull the 12 volt fuse and turn off the 120V AC circuit breaker and of course, turn off the LP at the tank.

It took me 2 days, but I'm slow. It wasn't too bad of a job, just time consuming. Just take your time and it will all come together. David answers his phone on weekends and at night and will cheefully help you out.

Larry 03 Allure 30856