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.

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+makermost 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. :Bso 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

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bluwtr49
Explorer II
Nov 13, 2016
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

Just as an FYI, there are four hex head screws already installed in the metal plate on the freezer sidewall that appear to be for the harvester and two plugged holes in the back wall that appear to be for the water inlet and the other is for????? Perhaps the wire harness??

As to why I care, I guess I'm still in the "solve issues before they become problems mode" from my days of working with clients.
Jim
Explorer
Nov 15, 2016
bluwtr49 wrote:
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

Just as an FYI, there are four hex head screws already installed in the metal plate on the freezer sidewall that appear to be for the harvester and two plugged holes in the back wall that appear to be for the water inlet and the other is for????? Perhaps the wire harness??

As to why I care, I guess I'm still in the "solve issues before they become problems mode" from my days of working with clients.

Yeah, likely one hole is for the water tube, the other for the wiring harness. The wiring harness supplies 120Vac to the ice maker motor, heater, and powers the water valve mounted in the outside cabinet. As Doug points out, some refers won't have the mounting holes or access holes.

If you're collecting info, here's a link to my ice maker repair story in the RV repair section of my travel blog. There are a couple schematics that are handy as reference.

Ice Maker repair story...

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