Norcold 1200LRIM Cooling Unit Failure
Our Norcold refridgerator stopped cooling. We confirmed both AC/DC power and circuit board ok. LP comes on when AC off. Neither mode cools. Local RV repairman said heating side of unit was working...
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My response is my experience with the Amish cooling unit. I had a Dometic 12 cubic foot refrigerator cooling unit fail after 13 years of constant use since we live in our motor home full time. Since neither Dometic or Norcold make a replacement refrigerator that would fit in the same opening as the original Dometic I felt the only choice I had was to replace the cooling unit.
I had heard a lot of good things about the Amish cooling units and contacted Davis Force to order one for my refrig. It arrived on time, I picked it up and took it to my local certified dometic repair facility and had them do the installation. Drove the rig back to the rv park where we stay and after three days of operation the refrigerator still would not cool. Took it back to my installer and after doing the required testing deternined that the new Amish cooling unit was leaking. I notified the Amish cooling unit manufacture and they said they would send another unit ASAP and pick up the failed unit.
The 2nd new unit arrived and I had it installed and after another three days it still would not cool and this is after all the electronics had been replaced. I called the Amish CU factory again and told them what was going on and I had decided to go ahead and replace my old refrigerator with a residential model instead. They said that they would refund all my money including the origainal installation costs.
I should have gone with the residential unit in the beginning instead of trying to deal with the repair of the old Dometic. We found a nice 10 cf frost free for $350 which fit in the existing cabinet opening. Also because the new refigerator was 12 inches narrower than the old Dometic we turned that space into a pull out pantry and gained a lot of extra storage space. We already had a large battery bank and a 2000 watt inverter/charger off of which the refer works just fine when boondocking. My next project will be to install an automatic generator start to the coach.
They whole ordeal above took about three months during which time we had to live out of a large ice chest.
I had heard a lot of good things about the Amish cooling units and contacted Davis Force to order one for my refrig. It arrived on time, I picked it up and took it to my local certified dometic repair facility and had them do the installation. Drove the rig back to the rv park where we stay and after three days of operation the refrigerator still would not cool. Took it back to my installer and after doing the required testing deternined that the new Amish cooling unit was leaking. I notified the Amish cooling unit manufacture and they said they would send another unit ASAP and pick up the failed unit.
The 2nd new unit arrived and I had it installed and after another three days it still would not cool and this is after all the electronics had been replaced. I called the Amish CU factory again and told them what was going on and I had decided to go ahead and replace my old refrigerator with a residential model instead. They said that they would refund all my money including the origainal installation costs.
I should have gone with the residential unit in the beginning instead of trying to deal with the repair of the old Dometic. We found a nice 10 cf frost free for $350 which fit in the existing cabinet opening. Also because the new refigerator was 12 inches narrower than the old Dometic we turned that space into a pull out pantry and gained a lot of extra storage space. We already had a large battery bank and a 2000 watt inverter/charger off of which the refer works just fine when boondocking. My next project will be to install an automatic generator start to the coach.
They whole ordeal above took about three months during which time we had to live out of a large ice chest.
