Gone Residential
The Norcold982 finally bit the big one. Thanks dougrainer for your help in telling me what was what with that old refrigerator .MR Wizzad posted info about his residential change out that helped. In f...
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booty51 wrote:
The Norcold982 finally bit the big one. Thanks dougrainer for your help in telling me what was what with that old refrigerator .MR Wizzad posted info about his residential change out that helped. In fact I copied what he did. After checking my options and the way we use the MOHO residential made the most sense. When we travel I usually run generator for AC comfort. I very rarely boondock and I am usually hooked up to pedestal somewhere. So we have replaced it with the same size 7.5cu.ft. residential. Took about 3 hours to get the old one out. I am old and slow but consistent. I used a floor jack and a piece of plywood to lower fridge down out of hole ,put it on a two wheel dolly and hopped it down the stairs out the door The hardest part was getting it to free up and slide out after everything was disconnected, clearances looked good I just couldn't make it slide out till I moved it side to side just a little bit , that did the trick then out it came. The old floor looked real good no water damage all I did to it was coat it with thompsons water seal just in case. Taped up 12 volt wires left them in place and plugged the LPG line turned propane back on and soap tested for leaks(none). Hopped the new fridge up the stares on dolly (it was so much lighter) rolled it in front of hole Wife and I lifted it in place. Leveled it up plugged it in. Temp was down to zero and 40 degrees in about two hours. Thanks to all for posting what you have done with your rv projects it always helps someone down the road.
We replaced our Dometic NDR1062 last year with the Haier 10.2cu ft residential as I had lost all confidence in rv fridges. Our rv fridge would not cool even after several mods, switching to the Amish coils, installing extra fans; etc,etc. The straw that broke the camels back was when our Amish replacement coils sprung a leak after just one yr.
On a side note, how did you secure your residential fridge in the compartment and what, if anything, do you use for keeping the doors close when in transit?
