norcold 1200

I advertised my 1200 Norcold on Craigslist and sold it the second day for $200. Was glad to get rid of it. With the residential fridge we have frozen ice cream and unfrozen eggs. Our electricity bill in the RV park is half what it used to be.

Yes, it's worth something. Asking prices on CL (from a quick google search) seem to be all over the place. If I were selling one, I might start out asking $500 and reducing the price in periodic increments if needed.

(This rather straightforward question seemed to gather an inordinate number of semi-related non-answers! Since nothing was asked about it, I will not bore everyone with my lifetime experiences to date with various kinds of fridges....)

I am going to have Home Depot haul mine off when they deliver the new one. Figured $15 was worth it so I did not have to hassle with it.

dougrainer wrote:


Why do ALL the Residential refer makers have numerous mobile repair Service people??????????????????????? Failure of refers can happen to both RV and Residential refers. Doug

I think that they just sit around playing checkers with the Maytag repair folks.
bumpy :)

crasster wrote:
3 coaches 3 failed RV fridges both Norcold and Dometic. Went with Residential fridges in 2 and dorm fridge in the 3rd. ALL freeze, all stay cold, and working problem free for years now. No circuit board replacements, no funky power issues, no circulation problems.

Why do ALL the Residential refer makers have numerous mobile repair Service people??????????????????????? Failure of refers can happen to both RV and Residential refers. Doug

3 coaches 3 failed RV fridges both Norcold and Dometic. Went with Residential fridges in 2 and dorm fridge in the 3rd. ALL freeze, all stay cold, and working problem free for years now. No circuit board replacements, no funky power issues, no circulation problems.

After my second cooling unit failed on my 2000 American Coach, I threw it out and installed a residential. Not a single regret.

Ours is still working great in a 2000 Monaco. We have had it 7 yrs and recall done and have replaced a circuit board. No problems with cooling or freezing or keeping good temps. Maybe the older ones were better.

I've seen them go on Craigslist for as much as $400. When I removed mine I just gave the parts to friends because I didn't want the hassle of selling it and dealing with an angry buyer should it fail/burn up a month later. A few bucks isn't worth it IMO. Good luck whatever you do.

Lou
05 Travel Supreme Envoy

Good question, as I am in the same position. Replaced the Norcold with a residential Frigidare model. The cooling unit itself failed again on the Norcold but was still under warranty and it was promptly replaced and I installed it on the 1200 once I got it out of the RV. Now have the Norcold up and running in my garage and it seems to be working great. I want to put it on Craigslist as well but not sure what to ask. The new cooling unit itself is just a little over $1000.00.