Dometic, Norcold, or..?

[dale cooper]

I am thinking that Dometic is the brand with the most recalls.

Dale Cooper
Painesville, Oh. 44077
84FC35 SB
In God We Trust.

----- Original Message -----

From: "rlf47@swbell.net"

To: "WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com"

Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 3:42 PM

Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Dometic, Norcold, or..?

Ryan:

From a tech standpoint, stay with the Dometic, there are just too many re
calls on the Norcold units. Just my .02 worth

Safe travels,

Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
84FC35 "Ruff Diamond"
Duncan, Oklahoma

At 12:27 PM 12/24/2008 -0800, you wrote:
>Well, bummer on the fridge, but life happens. I never really liked
>this old fridge, anyway. Huge thanks to everyone for your help with
>this process.
>
>Now, I need your advice on what to buy. I intend to buy a taller
>fridge than the one I've got and remove one or both of the small
>cabinets above and below my existing fridge. There's never enough
>space in these little things, so bigger is better, yes? :-) I'm going
>to stick with the ammonia type, as we love to boondock and going all
>electric would require more batteries and better inverters than what
>I've got, vastly increasing the scope of this project when all I
>really want is cold food. :-) Since I do have LP gas on board, might
>as well use it. Next coach, however, I want a full size house fridge
>so one of you LXI owners better be prepared to sell in 5 - 10 years.
>;-)
>
>So, which brand is generally more reliable? Reading online forums they
>all seem universally hated. ;-) Does anyone here really love their
>fridge, and if so, what do you have?
>
>The biggest gripe I have with these things is the lack of accurate
>temperature control. As the temperature outside changes, so does the
>temperature inside the fridge. When it's hot outside I have to turn
>the fridge setting up, when it gets cold I have to turn it down. Does
>anyone make a nice, modern version of these that can actually hold a
>temperature like a "real" fridge? I just want to set the darn thing at
>x degrees and have it stay there... Don't see why they can't add
>temperature sensors and automatically adjust the amount of boiling in
>the ammonia stack to roughly maintain a target temp. Seems like such a
>basic thing to me.
>
>-Ryan
>'86 PT-40 8V92
>
>