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Works perfectly!,
August 19, 2006
By JohnR
from Montgomery, AL
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"NorCold
7.5 cu ft 3-way RV refrigerator
- installed in 40ft Teton 5th-wheel RV
Usually when you buy things that have to be installed, the instructions
aren't quite "correct" or don't take every instance into account; not
so in this case! The fridge came with separate install and user
manuals, the install manual had an install troubleshooting guide (which
I read first, to see what kinds of things to expect)... Now granted, I
put this in an RV which had previously had a 3-way, so all of the
connections were already in place, but the previous owners had taped
off or sealed the 12V and propane connections for several years, so I
was expecting some issues... The install guide had instructions to
cover bleeding the propane line, specific guidance on the 12V feed, how
to secure the unit once it was in, etc... Being a do-it-yourselfer, I'm
used to being left hanging with projects like this, so I was very
pleasantly surprised when the install went as well as it did. And it
has worked perfectly. It switches seamlessly when the 110V goes out,
kicks in the propane, and, to test it, I unplugged the RV from the 110V
and turned off the propane, the Norcold went into 12V and kept the ice
from melting in the freezer for 30 hours off of my storage batteries
before I plugged it back in... during the 1st week in August in
Arkansas, when the temp in the RV was exceeding 120 deg F during the day while the AC was off.
The unit has all the features you'd expect in an RV unit; hi walls and
dividers on the door compartments to keep things in place; crisper
compartments with recesses to keep them from sliding during travel,
etc. Workmanship is excellent, mine has no dings or scratches from
handling, was packed very well for shipping. Has controls on the
outside, so if you want to switch it manually between modes, you don't
have to open the door (temp dial is still inside). The doors can be
reversed depending on your installation location, and can be customized
with different panels.
The only downsides I noted were that from reading the ad I thought it
would come with black panels; and you only needed to buy the other
panels for different colors; that was wrong, it comes unfinished. But a
sheet of black 3/16" Lexan fixes that (if you wanted black) and in the
warranty fine print there is a clause that says if you want the third
year of the warranty you have to take it to a Norcold dealer sometime
during the 2nd year for service; I don't know how big a deal that will
entail, because I don't currently know where my closest Norcold dealer
is..."
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