Tim wrote:
n April of 1997 Dometic modified the design of the affected refrigerators by increasing the wattage of the heating element from 325 watts to 354 watts. All production of the affected units from April 1997 through May of 2003 utilized the 354 watt heating element.
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Up til now I had assumed new elements would be included in the recall kits, but now I'm not so sure. I'm sorry, but this confuses the hell out of me. Tim
Hi Tim, this is leaving me some what confused also, because if all of the affected units from April 1997 through May of 2003 utilized the 354 watt heating element, then why weren't the elements stamped as such. Mine and some others on the thread are stamped as being " 120v and 325w" not to mention the part number on mine is for a different model.
My own opinion is somebody either in Dometic's employ or the suppliers employ made a boondoggle of a mistake with their decision. Some one either passed or accepted a load of elements that were out of the +/- 10% tolerance. Either way quality control was totally ignored.
Willis
Also the quality of the weld should still be of some concern, it's possible that only a small percentage of boilers have sub standard welding and that Dometic has absolutely no idea of which units they have been installed in. The question to be asked here "is that why they're not replacing the elements?".
