New cooling unit or refurbish?
I need to make a decision shortly on which way to go for a Dometic cooling unit. If I send my unit in for repairs it will cost around $870 U.S. with a 5 year warranty. If I buy a new unit it w...
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wa8yxm wrote:
On the Cooling unit I'd go with a new Amish Built cooling unit (Actually I did)
Repairs to a system that has started failing will need to be done over and over again as other spots fail.. NEW is the only way to go.
For those who wonder. The cooling unit is the "Back" of the fridge actually it is outside the box coupled to the fins inside) it's what does the work
The box is just insulation and controls and one sensor.
OK I will fill you folks in a bit more now.
My unit is installed in my residential home. I don't have an RV.
I use 120 V exclusively.
My unit has been super!
Around 10 years or so I came here I believe to get help on repairing the thermostat.
I repaired it and that was the only problem I had with the unit until
my cooling unit went a month or so ago.
It's lasted me more than 20 years!!!
Sure I could buy a new fridge, but if I can get this cooling unit repaired or buy a new cooling unit, why not?
There really aren't too many other parts to go on a fridge like this and anything else would be minor compared to the cooling unit.
I did a lot of calling around last month to find out possibilities.
I also learned of the Amish Built cooling units during my calls.
Apparently they make one for my unit but the company I contacted
says it's a 'new' RGE400 cooling model. I don't mean a new cooling unit (that's taken for granted), but they make it sound like the cooling unit is for a 'newer' RE400 model (as if I have the older RGE400).
So if I were to buy this Amish unit I'd first need to know if it would fit my fridge (plug and play).
