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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Gdetrailer wrote:
Junk it.
... You are just throwing money away not just in the repair but in electricity.
Electricity costs are NOT an issue for me at all.
NOISE is.
I knew when I bought my unit 20 years ago (8 cu. ft.) I was paying
more than twice the price for a fridge that gave me less than half the space of a compressor fridge.
I was more than willing to pay for it.
The extra electricity bills are a non-issue for me.
Residential fridge is what you should be using not an ammonia filled absorbsion fridge.
Find me a totally silent compressor fridge and I'll buy it. :)
Do you want to know how sensitive I am to noise?
Do you know those Coke fridges at the cash counters in many stores?
They drive me crazy!
Just because you have gotten 20 yrs of use out of it doesn't mean you will get 20 more with a new or rebuilt cooling unit. There have been plenty of folks who have tried replacing the cooling unit only to have them fail quickly and with multiple replacement cooling units eventually tossed in the towel and replaced with new RV fridge or a residential fridge.
The big reason I am considering having mine rebuilt is because this company (that's been in business for decades and does this all the time) is willing to give me a 5-year warranty on the rebuild.
For me even 5 years would be worth it.
