Installation of the Amish Cooling Coil Units
I have a 2011 Carriage 5th Wheel and I'm concerned about this Norcold refrigerator fire problem. My question is has anyone had the Amish coil cooling unit installed in there unit, if so who done it an...
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Rest assured I am NOT condemning the Amish built units or anyone’s decision to buy or use them…
I am sorry you had your problem to begin with and that you felt you had to use an outside marketer/builder because of safety reasons… I also hope your repair last forever or at least 30 years…
I am trying to be realistic and I have and continue to try to keep abreast of the issue because someday I may be faced with the same decision… while I have a nine year NorCold luckily it’s not the 1200 series and not a double wide that seem to have additional and/or unique problems…
While I understand about the concerns about a law suit and if they could withstand it, I would be more concerned about a small company being able to weather the same thing… or the ability to recover the loss of an expensive RV due to a fire from a Amish farmer or its’ independent marketer…
I know of some problems with replaced units unfortunately and we all have heard about the fires with the OEM… I try to keep these things in perspective in my own mind but it’s hard to find good information at times…
I don’t know of any fires caused by the Amish built units (that’s good) but I don’t know what their sales or failure rates are (or NorColds for that matter)… I believe the picture I posted would have resulted in a fire if the fridge was being operated on propane at the time of the leak… I also know of a couple of fires in Amish homes reportedly caused by refrigeration (no electric) but never found any follow-up details… many of the fire investigations I have been able to follow turned out to be caused by other sources near the fridge (electrical wiring)…
I wish more would post about the subject, it seems that sometimes settlements erase the truth… I think the happens with a popular RV hitch that only has positive reviews and writings…
Anyway I will let it go and just keep watching… good night everyone…
I am sorry you had your problem to begin with and that you felt you had to use an outside marketer/builder because of safety reasons… I also hope your repair last forever or at least 30 years…
I am trying to be realistic and I have and continue to try to keep abreast of the issue because someday I may be faced with the same decision… while I have a nine year NorCold luckily it’s not the 1200 series and not a double wide that seem to have additional and/or unique problems…
While I understand about the concerns about a law suit and if they could withstand it, I would be more concerned about a small company being able to weather the same thing… or the ability to recover the loss of an expensive RV due to a fire from a Amish farmer or its’ independent marketer…
I know of some problems with replaced units unfortunately and we all have heard about the fires with the OEM… I try to keep these things in perspective in my own mind but it’s hard to find good information at times…
I don’t know of any fires caused by the Amish built units (that’s good) but I don’t know what their sales or failure rates are (or NorColds for that matter)… I believe the picture I posted would have resulted in a fire if the fridge was being operated on propane at the time of the leak… I also know of a couple of fires in Amish homes reportedly caused by refrigeration (no electric) but never found any follow-up details… many of the fire investigations I have been able to follow turned out to be caused by other sources near the fridge (electrical wiring)…
I wish more would post about the subject, it seems that sometimes settlements erase the truth… I think the happens with a popular RV hitch that only has positive reviews and writings…
Anyway I will let it go and just keep watching… good night everyone…
