How long will fridge go?
Been reading some other questions here about cooling fridge unit replacement. My fridge leads a good life. It is religeously kept level and is only turned and and off once a year. It's going on its ...
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ScottG wrote:I think this is true, at least someone posted on here that the tubing was thicker in the older models. I have a 20 year old Norcold 682IM and it is still cooling. The burner tube rusted out and needed replacement. A guy I camp with has a 1975 Norcold and has never cleaned the flue just blows out the rust out of the burner tube with a straw and is still working fine. I wonder if most of the problems that we read about hear are only with the Norcold 1200 or Domectic equivalent models?
Sounds like I can wait till it's at least 20 y/o (I sure hope we'll have a new RV by then) before I need to worry.
I wonder if the old ones had better welds and heavier tubing. I had a "Traveler" in an old TC that was 30 y/o and worked fine.
Thanks for all your feedback!
