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11-27-2018, 08:35 AM
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Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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So sad. Hope your insurance is good to you.
Happy Glamping in your future.
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11-27-2018, 01:22 PM
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Holiday Rambler Owners Club
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Man, Sorry for your loss !!
I'm also interested in which refrigerator, as I have a NDA1402, and also, whether you had fired it up on propane, or elec.
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2008 43' Holiday Rambler Scepter PDQ
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11-27-2018, 01:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hit_the_Rhod
Am I looking at this right? From the outside, the hole appears to be in the driver's side, but the inside pic appears to show the kitchen on the passenger side. WAS it the fridge? I realize that's the conclusion that I immediately jumped to, either the Dometic exploding fridge, or the Norcold self combusting one, but was that what really happened?
Carl & Barb, sorry for your loss, but please remember, in the long run, it's just stuff, and stuff can be replaced. No one was hurt.
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Our refer is across from the galley, next to the dinette.
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2000 Monaco Dynasty
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11-27-2018, 09:11 PM
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Monaco Owners Club
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That is so sad !! I have the same coach/floor plan and I am so sorry for your loss of a great coach ! Thank goodness you guys weren’t injured !! Hope you can find another coach and resume your travels !
Greg
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11-27-2018, 09:55 PM
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Thanks for all the kind words.
Bill - I do remember you from the rally. Hope you're doing well
It was a Norcold. I will post more pics and info as time goes by.
We hope things get resolved in a timely manner so we can get back on the road. Due to a crazy year at work, we didn't get as much use as we wanted this year. Next year "was" going to be better. Hopefully still will be.
Like a few have commented... No one got hurt. That's the main thing.
Carl
Funny... we go out and take tons of photos, but could find very few of the RV. This past July after a wash and wax.
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11-27-2018, 10:02 PM
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Monaco Owners Club
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Sorry for your loss. It was a beautiful coach!
I found charred areas behind our Norcold last year. Wouldn't have known if I hadn't removed it.
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11-27-2018, 10:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by loranimal
Thanks for all the kind words.
Bill - I do remember you from the rally. Hope you're doing well
It was a Norcold. I will post more pics and info as time goes by.
We hope things get resolved in a timely manner so we can get back on the road. Due to a crazy year at work, we didn't get as much use as we wanted this year. Next year "was" going to be better. Hopefully still will be.
Like a few have commented... No one got hurt. That's the main thing.
Carl
Funny... we go out and take tons of photos, but could find very few of the RV. This past July after a wash and wax.
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Beautiful! And there's another one out there waiting for you to put your personal touch on.
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11-27-2018, 10:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by William Willard
Carl --We have a 07 Camelot, & met you at a rally in Oregon when our coaches were almost new -- Our`s had a Dometic 1402 refer , which I changed long ago -- Sorry for your loss -- Bill Willard
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Wonder why same year, same model, one coach has a Norcold fridge, the other a Dometic .
In that year, was the Dometic 1402 an option .
Again, really sorry for your loss ! I see your looking for a replacement .
Personally, I'd be looking at coaches between 500 and 600hp, giving preference to those in the 500 and 525hp range, due to the issues with the 600 and higher hp Cummins engines.
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11-28-2018, 06:19 AM
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Carl, we’re so sorry about your coach. Hopefully y’all can find another that will be as nice. Took us a while but we finally found one we love.
On a side note that fire looks worse than any 42 transmitter fire I ever saw!
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11-28-2018, 06:38 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by loranimal
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Funny... we go out and take tons of photos, but could find very few of the RV. This past July after a wash and wax.
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I hate to see that, hopefully things get handled quickly for you!
We always take a picture of RV in the site when we're camping, after we've set up. Even if it's a place we've been before, even if it's the same site we've been in before. If we don't take any other pictures, we take that one.
It's always just seems 'right' to do that. Now maybe I know why.
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11-28-2018, 09:07 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 96 Wideglide
Wonder why same year, same model, one coach has a Norcold fridge, the other a Dometic .
In that year, was the Dometic 1402 an option .
Again, really sorry for your loss ! I see your looking for a replacement .
Personally, I'd be looking at coaches between 500 and 600hp, giving preference to those in the 500 and 525hp range, due to the issues with the 600 and higher hp Cummins engines.
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We purchased our 07 Camelot new -- It was already on a dealer lot, so I don`t know if the Dometic was an option -- If it was an upgrade, we really got ripped off -- It never worked right, & after 4 years, I replaced it with a Samsung -- Not because of the fire danger, but because of the junk Dometic -- Bill Willard
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11-28-2018, 09:15 AM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Was the fridge in a slide? Just trying to wrap my head around how it could get so hot in such a short time.
I have read that fridges mounted in a slide are more prone to fires due to the venting. Could that have been the case, or some other cause?
If it wasn't in a slide, was there some kind of a propane leak or ?
Happy Glamping.
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Happy Glamping, Norman & Elna. 2008 Winnebago Adventurer 38J, W24, dozens of small thirsty ponies. Retired after 40 years wrenching on trucks! 2010 Ford Ranger toad with bicycles or KLR 650 in the back. Easy to spot an RVer, they always walk around with a screwdriver or wrench in one hand!
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11-28-2018, 01:14 PM
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Location: Newport TN / St.Paul Island AK
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mhudson
Carl, we’re so sorry about your coach. Hopefully y’all can find another that will be as nice. Took us a while but we finally found one we love.
On a side note that fire looks worse than any 42 transmitter fire I ever saw!
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That made me laugh.... Thanks
I never seen a 42 or a 44A look that bad. Even when someone forgot a ground ward inside. When were you around? I did LORAN 79-06....
Carl
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11-28-2018, 01:38 PM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club
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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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Loranimal,
I’m very sorry to see such a gorgeous coach destroyed. It really makes me feel sick.
Just as others have said, thankfully no one got hurt. It is a blessing that you or your family were not inside when it happened.
It can be replaced, you can’t
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