Norcold 1200

RV refer fires burn at the back of the unit, not at the front. Both plastic vents would be gone, you will be able to see the back of the refer through the side of the camper and the hole would be in the top of the slide out, not the roof of the camper. I did replace my NoCold 1200 with a home unit partly because of the fire potential but this was not a refer fire.
Sad that a working smoke detector should have saved four lives.

SCVJeff, I used to be a volunteer fireman... does that count?
Here is what a refer fire looks like.

Ditto

I don't know why she was so suprised it wasn't done. When we hang at the beach and meet new folk the conversation often turns to the fridge, and at least 50% of the time those I see are not done, NOR is the owner even aware.

Almost ALL of the problems I am aware of from this and other forums were started when on AC. That because a small portion of the piping is super heated by the heaters as opposed to a nice even heat along the chimney.

I'm also not sure how you see signs of overheating short of pulling the insulation and looking for a leak, and by then it's too late

Nutinelse2do wrote:
We just bought an 06 Newmar, that the mod was not done on yet.

I called Norcold to check the sn's, and the lady I spoke to was mortified the mod was not done yet.
She overnighted the appropriate hardware to an rv repair facility by us, to have it installed asap.

We are having it replaced with a residential next week. Asked the RV repair facility about the danger until then, and he said it is caused while the fridge is on propane, not electricity. He did a little inspection, and said he sees no signs of any overheating at all, so will stay plugged in to 50amp till we do the change.

that's not true.There is a small possibility of a fire and its caused when and if the ammonia leaks from a failed cooling unit and you leave the fridge operating on lpg or 120V and it overheats from trying to cool is where there can be a fire danger as I understand things.The so called mod your having done is a sensor that's designed to detect a over heating unit and shut off the 12V power supply

We just bought an 06 Newmar, that the mod was not done on yet.

I called Norcold to check the sn's, and the lady I spoke to was mortified the mod was not done yet.
She overnighted the appropriate hardware to an rv repair facility by us, to have it installed asap.

We are having it replaced with a residential next week. Asked the RV repair facility about the danger until then, and he said it is caused while the fridge is on propane, not electricity. He did a little inspection, and said he sees no signs of any overheating at all, so will stay plugged in to 50amp till we do the change.

"near" is what I said. The only association with the refrigerator could be a draft path through the "eyebrow". I thought maybe Doug would see something familiar. Click on the picture for a better view and the burn hole is towards the front edge of the slide.

SCVJeff wrote:
There are plenty of firemen on here that have seen more than one of these I would like to hear from, but I see the opposite. There may be no flame damage through the vents but you can certinaly see it above the vent between the slide roof that cannot be seen in this pic, going up the side of the RV. All the flame has to do is burn through an undoubtably thin slide roof and there will be no sign is fire or smoke from the side vents because now all they are doing is fueling the fire

all the fridge fire pictures I have seen that were fridge related were always at the bottom vent and upward in the side area also
this fire is centered over the main roof edge area in front of the fridge
this is not a fridge fire at all in my opinion based on the news picture

There are plenty of firemen on here that have seen more than one of these I would like to hear from, but I see the opposite. There may be no flame damage through the vents but you can certinaly see it above the vent between the slide roof that cannot be seen in this pic, going up the side of the RV. All the flame has to do is burn through an undoubtably thin slide roof and there will be no sign is fire or smoke from the side vents because now all they are doing is fueling the fire

It's hard to spot any evidence of a refer fire there in the picture. The two refer vents, the slide out wall, and slide out roof all seem fine. The fire seemed to be to the left of the refer and to the left of the slide out. Over the stove perhaps? Or over a built in propane fireplace?

Big Katuna wrote:
usersmanual said;

snip;well I look at it and there is zero fire damage in the slide out where the fridge is located so I doubt very much the fridge was at fault in any way


The top of the slide precisely above the fridge is burned off. Pretty sure the fridge caused the fire.

in the picture I view the slide is out in which contains the fridge;; The "roof of the trailer" is burnt but the slide shows zero damage where the fridge is
If it was a fridge fire the lower vent area should have been burnt or some areas of the slide none of which are prevalent in the photo

usersmanual said;

snip;well I look at it and there is zero fire damage in the slide out where the fridge is located so I doubt very much the fridge was at fault in any way


The top of the slide precisely above the fridge is burned off. Pretty sure the fridge caused the fire.