Dometic NPR 1292 Ice Maker

bluwtr49 wrote:
I have just ordered a Samsung RF18 to replace by Dometic fridge and will be advertising the Dometic for sale prior to having it removed. The Dometic works perfectly and has a recently replaced cooling unit.

However, the Dometic does not have the ice maker kit installed and in order to advertise it truthfully I would like to know what it would take to have an ice maker installed. Just looking at it it seems pretty simple especially when it's out of the coach but I just don't know for sure.

Appreciate any info on this subject.

Thanks in advance.

https://www.amazon.com/Supco-RIM900-Universal-Replacement-Icemakers/dp/B0025U2U24/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478970604&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=norcold+1210+ice+maker
most all those lpg units take a standard fridge ice maker amazon is usually good deal

Both Dometic and Norcold offered the ice maker option to the OEM and the OEM than offered it to consumers. A very popular option means good news, nearly all the components are available AND the refer manufacturers provided a means in nearly all their refers for easy after factory install.

Check the back wall of the freezer. There should be 4 mounting holes. On the right side or ceiling there will be a hole or a couple holes for the water tube, and electric cable.

You can find the ice maker on Amazon, along with all the wiring, the tubing, and valve kit. These items have been available for DIY'ers for quite a while, and haven't changed much over the years. So tell a new owner to not pay too much. For instance, the ice maker itself is a $60-$70 item on Amazon, but they also carry the exact same model from a different supplier for $300.

With the refer outside the RV, that makes installation easier, under an hour, but if you or they can't do it the job, you have to pay a mobile tech trip charge and hourly rate.

I would guesstimate a potential buyer would be charged $300 for the entire job by a reputable shop, including parts. If they bought the parts themselves, and hired a mobile tech, they'd save some money.

Doubt that a potential buyer cares all that much about the icemaker though. They're buying the refer because theirs isn't cooling.

Very cleaver way to advertise a refer for sale on here. :B

Ivylog wrote:
Very cleaver way to advertise a refer for sale on here. :B

so who really cares? don't bother me in the least

I guess I don't understand what he means by advertising "truthfully". You advertise a RV refer. You either list the icemaker or not. WHY would you have to know or care about an Icemaker Install cost and availability?????? Except for Norcold Freezers That the Icemaker is mounted on the back wall(using the freezer plate screws already there), both Norcold and Dometics DO NOT have the mount holes for the Icemaker in the freezer compartment. You will have to drill and install the screws in the plastic wall. Doug

dougrainer wrote:
I guess I don't understand what he means by advertising "truthfully". You advertise a RV refer. You either list the icemaker or not. WHY would you have to know or care about an Icemaker Install cost and availability?????? Except for Norcold Freezers That the Icemaker is mounted on the back wall(using the freezer plate screws already there), both Norcold and Dometics DO NOT have the mount holes for the Icemaker in the freezer compartment. You will have to drill and install the screws in the plastic wall. Doug

good point just say no ice makers

usersmanual wrote:

Ivylog wrote:
Very cleaver way to advertise a refer for sale on here. :B

so who really cares? don't bother me in the least

After three months on here you have not read the guidelines? You might want to read up on personnel attacks. :W
I like how he slips this in.

You might want to read up on personnel attacks

????? where/whats the so called personal attack?

Thanks for the replies...and no, I wasn't trying to sneak in an advertisement even thought in retrospect I can see how it could have be perceived as such. If I decide to list it I well use Craigs list since a potential buyer would need to be local. Seems a waste to have a perfectly good fridge hauled off to a recycling center.

I will follow up on what it takes to obtain the bits and pieces to install an ice make just in case someone asks.

Thanks again for the input.

bluwtr49 wrote:
Thanks for the replies...and no, I wasn't trying to sneak in an advertisement even thought in retrospect I can see how it could have be perceived as such. If I decide to list it I well use Craigs list since a potential buyer would need to be local. Seems a waste to have a perfectly good fridge hauled off to a recycling center.

I will follow up on what it takes to obtain the bits and pieces to install an ice make just in case someone asks.

Thanks again for the input.

I completely understand what you are trying to do. I've got a sliding freezer tray to list and I'm going to the trouble to find out what model portable freezers will fit the tray and which ones won't, because I surely will be asked.

That 4dr fridge is expensive to replace. We had one in our 5er with icemaker, so if I saw yours in the ad that would be the first question I would have to resolve because I would want to keep the icemaker I had and retrofit it into yours. I would want to know if it could be done, so you doing the research might make the sale.