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2005 Newmar Essex 4502
Opened my freezer and got a serious blast of ammonia.
Does this mean my 14 year old fridge is toast?
Sal
Toasted for sure, but there are a couple of companies that sell refurbed cooling packages... I have done it a couple of times. The Fridge has to come out and lay face down. Remove the old one and install the new one...
The cooling unit is definitely gone so your options are to replace the cooling unit or the entire fridge. I replaced the Norcold cooling unit in our Itasca with one from https://www.rvcoolingunit.com/ and it worked great. If you don't boondock, then a replacement with a residential type might be less expensive and will probably cool better.
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2017 Phaeton 40IH XSH Maroon Coral - Power Glide Chassis with IFS
Previous '15 Tiffin Allegro RED 38QRA and '06 Itasca Sunrise 35A
'16 Jeep JKU Wrangler Sahara or '08 Honda Goldwing
There is a company in Kentucky https://rvrefrigeration.com/ that can work on and rebuild. They also offer lots of training video on line. Check You Tube. They train most of the techs at RV Dealerships. Here is a example of one of there training videos
The cooling unit is definitely gone so your options are to replace the cooling unit or the entire fridge. I replaced the Norcold cooling unit in our Itasca with one from https://www.rvcoolingunit.com/ and it worked great. If you don't boondock, then a replacement with a residential type might be less expensive and will probably cool better.
Thanks for your help
Sal
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2005 Newmar Essex 4502
PSL, Florida
Sal