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Originally Posted by d23haynes57
As a thought, as these RV's are often passed from owner to owner, worse through resale dealers there should be some labeling that goes on the front or inside. When I first looked at the unit, I now have I saw the fans inside the fridge and thought "who did this". Later I saw the unit outside. The dealer also had no idea what it was. I even thought of tearing out as I am not a fan of add on gadgets. Luckily, thanks to this forum I now understand what it is and the value. Thankful to have it.
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I even thought of tearing out as I am not a fan of add on gadgets."
In the 60s when transistor radios became popular, there were a lot of advertisements that appealed to us as kids. We loved cars & motorcycles and everything to do with them. I wanted aftermarket carburetors, cherry bomb headers, and all that other stuff that increased horsepower by some claimed percent. My father pointed out to us that if we add up the claimed horsepower increase we will have about 200% more horsepower!
Thus I fully agree with the above statement based on marketing practices.
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I now understand what it is and the value."
Along comes the 70s and the Chevy Vega and the Toyota Corolla. GM attempted to make a mockery of imported Japanese cars, but in the end they cost the consumer a lot of money by making a product that should be trusted into a POS (piece of waste material) that in the long run helped the consumer choose the Toyota Corolla. Thus, the hard lesson is that not all large companies make decisions with the
consumers' best interest at heart.
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resale dealers there should be some labeling that goes on the front or inside"
There were naysayers regarding the Toyota Corolla, as a child I talked like a child and thought like a child, when I became a man I
put childish ways behind me. Partially due to buying stuff that gave me less horsepower
Clearly large manufactures want to
increase sales of new product and the spare parts to keep things alive in their service departments. When working at a Porsche dealer, I was told that "
the only reason I was there was to have folks bring their old stuff in to get fixed, and then sell them a new Porsche". Stop and think, does keeping a product from failing help manufactures and dealers sell stuff?
An RV tech reported back to me after attending a factory training session on RV refrigerators. When he asked the factory rep about the Fridge Defend, the factory rep told him that the Fridge Defend is no different than the factory recalls

, is this true? This is a lie as has been proved over and over. Also, the tech was told to just tell folks:
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You have never heard of the Fridge Defend, and it is not needed."
Well, what would motivate someone to lie

, greed and the fact that absorption refrigerators have a
built in mode of failure (kind of like the Chevy Vega) that is described by the manufactures:
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The whole unit [refrigerator] operates by the heat applied to the boiler system
and, for a good operation, it is of paramount importance that this heat is kept within the necessary limits
and is properly applied."
Above is a quote from a Dometic document that is posted at ARPRV dot COM. It also defines US Patent 8,056,360, the Fridge Defend.
If you want to protect your fridge, you cannot get it from the manufactures. If you want to follow the manufactures advice, you should install the patented product that adds the paramount importance controller that Dometic is talking about in the above document posted on our website.
I believe in
fair play and logic, not everyone thinks this way, fair play and logic does not sell stuff. But,
I am not a sales person, I am an engineer and consumer that knows that the absorption fridge can last over 80 years, this is because we have two 1937 absorption LP refrigerators that are working to this day.
Please tell your friends about how to protect your investment, a life style that brings us to iRV2. Your fridge should last the life of your RV.
Paul and Mao