changed out Norcold to Amish cooling unit
My Norcold 6182 quit cooling the fridge box and I found yellow powder by the burner so it was time for a change. I ordered a Norcold replacement form Arcticold and after 17 days with no response to my emails and no cooling unit, I cancelled the order and went with RV Cooling warehouse and David Force. I purchased an Amish new mfg unit which was shipped the day after ordering.
After removing all the screws I still couldn't get the unit out of the cabinet and found that the rails it was mounted on were about 1/16" below the cabinet face frame I lifted the front of the fridge with a bar and the unit slid out. I did this by myself but would recommend using help I did have someone help me re-install the unit. Swap out was straight forward and the instructions provided by David Force were easy to understand and follow. I did have to reposition the gas valve about 1/4" to the side so that the unit didn't touch it.
I did a fourteen hour test run with the unit outside the cabinet and the fridge controls bypassed and got -18F at the freezer bolts and 22.8 on the plastic sides of the cold food compartment. Overall I think it was a good test. I have test to load it with food and dest boon docking.
Total cost with shipping 700.00 and has a 5 year warranty. The one from Arcticold (Norcold) was 580.00 free shipping and lifetime warranty but if you can't get the unit free shipping and lifetime warranty are not worth much.
After removing all the screws I still couldn't get the unit out of the cabinet and found that the rails it was mounted on were about 1/16" below the cabinet face frame I lifted the front of the fridge with a bar and the unit slid out. I did this by myself but would recommend using help I did have someone help me re-install the unit. Swap out was straight forward and the instructions provided by David Force were easy to understand and follow. I did have to reposition the gas valve about 1/4" to the side so that the unit didn't touch it.
I did a fourteen hour test run with the unit outside the cabinet and the fridge controls bypassed and got -18F at the freezer bolts and 22.8 on the plastic sides of the cold food compartment. Overall I think it was a good test. I have test to load it with food and dest boon docking.
Total cost with shipping 700.00 and has a 5 year warranty. The one from Arcticold (Norcold) was 580.00 free shipping and lifetime warranty but if you can't get the unit free shipping and lifetime warranty are not worth much.
