Have you had your residential refer serviced?
We have a 2005 Fleetwood Excursion 39S with a Norcold 1200 that has given us problems over time so we've considered installing a residential refrigerator. We've read what we can on the subject and ta...
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Solo wrote:Mile High wrote:
Winnebago was kind enough to provide an outside hatch to the residential fridge, and I've replaced the ice maker solenoid valve successfully through there. If you are removing an absorbtion fridge, you already have some large outside access panels.
Mile high, I can't tell for sure if your Meridian has the Maytag French door fridge or not from the picture but, a common problem for this series of Maytag fridges is for the high voltage board to fail causing the lights on the display to flash and the unit to not cool and to do the repair, the fridge must be pulled away from it's location in the coach.
Mine failed this past year and so to answer the OPs question, repair of residential fridges in many situations is not too difficult for the do-it-your-selfer and in this case, it required pulling the fridge from it's location to access the back panel which was the most difficult part of the process. Replacing the board was a snap and reinstalling the fridge was not bad.
Many repair businesses do not care where the unit is located but, they are working by the hour so having the unit moved and available for the tech might be be a $ saver if you cannot do the work yourself.
Solo, thanks for the heads up! Ours actually has a Kitchen Aid. I don't know if that is something they changed to in 2013, or if it was a difference in models, given the Tour/Ellipse had through-the-door ice/water in the french fridge I believe as a feature, but the Journey/Meridian required you to open the door on the french fridge for ice and water.
