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[VAC] Re: Fridges: RM2332, N300 / fridge ventilation
Robert / Susan Harper wrote:
> Guys, I've got this trailer gutted wall to wall and floor to ceiling, and I
> am quite sure there is no fridge air intake opening in the floor. My access
> door looks just like yours, RJ, but if that large (I'm guessing 10 x 12)
> area in your photo of the floor is the screen, wow ... that's a lot of
> intake area. Mine must have been sucking air in through all of the cracks
> the trailer like a whole house fan.
The floor screen is 12x12, the hole in the belly skin is a 4x12 screened
opening. Must be part of the "improved" venting system to improve the
cooling, although many '50's models had lower intake louvered doors.
>
> I'd seen the photo of the N300 at www.rvcatalog.com , and that's really too
> small and insufficient resolution for me to get a good idea of the look of
> the installed product with the door closed. I'll have to try to find a new
> trailer using the N300 to see it in person. RJ - did you see the N300 in
> person? I'd swear that a guy at the Norcold factory told me I was seeing tan
> painted metal. Very mysterious.
Saw it's bigger brother in a 1999 Brand X trailer - plastic face/trim.
>
> Norcold has gone to a 2-year warranty on the N300. Did Dometic do the same
> on the RM2332?
I think it was 1yr, 3 if you have it "serviced" annually (whatever that is).
RJ