Dometic Elite Fridge RM 7732 GONE
My rig is a 2000 National Tradewinds 7371.
My fridge is the original in this coach. It is a Dometic Elite 2-door fridge w/ice maker. The cooling unit has gone out so I either need to repair it, at an estimated cost of $1600-1800, or replace the fridge. The repair cost is high because a number of people have suggested buying a new cooling unit from Dometic rather than any unit from any other source due to failure rates of bad parts/suppliers in the market.
I really don't want to repair a nearly 15 year old fridge. I'm considering trying to put in a residential fridge but am leaning toward a new Dometic Elite 2+2 which I believe is the recommended replacement for my unit.
I have a new Magnum 2000W inverter and 4 house batts which should run a residential unit on the road and while boondocking, Others with these units tell me that should be no problem.
The prime reason I am leaning away from the residential unit is the difficulty finding a unit which will fit well into the hole and require a minimum of woodwork to finish the job. I just cannot seem to find such a fridge. Though the new Dometic will be much more expensive, I'm thinking that it will be a better fit and much less hassle having the unit ordered by, and installed by, an RV dealer experienced with these units. At the moment I am in south Texas and am considering having Camping World, New Braunfels, order and install a replacement.
I have read a number of posts on fridge replacements but none have been specific to my coach or fridge. What I am looking for here is someone who has replaced the old Dometic Elite in a Tradewinds or other similar rig and specifically what they replaced it with. Residential or RV fridge.
Thanks in advance for any help here!
Jim
My fridge is the original in this coach. It is a Dometic Elite 2-door fridge w/ice maker. The cooling unit has gone out so I either need to repair it, at an estimated cost of $1600-1800, or replace the fridge. The repair cost is high because a number of people have suggested buying a new cooling unit from Dometic rather than any unit from any other source due to failure rates of bad parts/suppliers in the market.
I really don't want to repair a nearly 15 year old fridge. I'm considering trying to put in a residential fridge but am leaning toward a new Dometic Elite 2+2 which I believe is the recommended replacement for my unit.
I have a new Magnum 2000W inverter and 4 house batts which should run a residential unit on the road and while boondocking, Others with these units tell me that should be no problem.
The prime reason I am leaning away from the residential unit is the difficulty finding a unit which will fit well into the hole and require a minimum of woodwork to finish the job. I just cannot seem to find such a fridge. Though the new Dometic will be much more expensive, I'm thinking that it will be a better fit and much less hassle having the unit ordered by, and installed by, an RV dealer experienced with these units. At the moment I am in south Texas and am considering having Camping World, New Braunfels, order and install a replacement.
I have read a number of posts on fridge replacements but none have been specific to my coach or fridge. What I am looking for here is someone who has replaced the old Dometic Elite in a Tradewinds or other similar rig and specifically what they replaced it with. Residential or RV fridge.
Thanks in advance for any help here!
Jim
