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08-26-2019, 05:30 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Upstate, New York
Trailer: 2017 Escape 19 - June 27, 2017
Posts: 279
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cpaharley2008
Here is the important question, did the propane blow out while under tow without the cover? Were you on propane coming home and see a rise in temperature?
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We turned off the fridge and closed the valves on the propane tanks before departing.
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01-25-2020, 06:02 PM
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#22
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Felton, California
Trailer: 2018 21' ; 2014 19' (Sold)
Posts: 1,301
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For those that have replaced their Norcold refrigerator vent covers, did you replace it with the Polar White or the Bright White? Escape told me the part number ended with PW (Polar White); however, we just received the replacement cover from a parts store and it seems 'dull' compared to the current frame of the vent.
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We do not remember days, we remember moments.
- Cesare Pavese
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01-26-2020, 07:39 AM
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#23
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Burlington Twp., New Jersey
Trailer: 2010 Escape 19
Posts: 7,126
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CADreamin
For those that have replaced their Norcold refrigerator vent covers, did you replace it with the Polar White or the Bright White? Escape told me the part number ended with PW (Polar White); however, we just received the replacement cover from a parts store and it seems 'dull' compared to the current frame of the vent.
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All refrigerators used by Escape are Dometic. Is it the right vent? Maybe they sent you Colonial White or something else instead?
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01-26-2020, 09:09 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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When installing your replacement, remove one of the screws installed inside the cover around the perimeter of the opening and drill a small hole in he cover and reinstall the screw thru the cover back into the original hole. Keeps this from happening again.
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01-26-2020, 09:19 AM
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#25
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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Here are 2 pictures, one on my E21 and one on my E19 refer vent covers
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Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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01-26-2020, 10:03 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Felton, California
Trailer: 2018 21' ; 2014 19' (Sold)
Posts: 1,301
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We learned the hard way that ETI, while using Dometic refrigerators, uses Norcold vent covers -- purchased a non-returnable Dometic cover before calling ETI to get the correct part number.
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We do not remember days, we remember moments.
- Cesare Pavese
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01-26-2020, 10:07 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Felton, California
Trailer: 2018 21' ; 2014 19' (Sold)
Posts: 1,301
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Jim - Yes, the vent cover on your 21' has a shine to it while the one we received is a rather dull white. Thank you for posting these photos!
And thank you for posting a 'fix' so that this doesn't happen again. Nothing like pulling into a campsite and finding a 'hole' in the side of your trailer. Don't know where it came off, but the refrigerator (on propane) stayed cold and we had been driving for 5+ hours.
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We do not remember days, we remember moments.
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01-26-2020, 10:09 AM
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#28
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Trailer: 2015 Escape 19 "Seventy Degrees"
Posts: 3,495
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I remember in the fridge performance mod threads a few years back that the vent covers were indeed Norcold. Some were wondering if they were part of the issue with the fridge performance because they didn’t vent as well as the dometic covers.
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01-26-2020, 10:31 AM
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#29
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Burlington Twp., New Jersey
Trailer: 2010 Escape 19
Posts: 7,126
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CADreamin
We learned the hard way that ETI, while using Dometic refrigerators, uses Norcold vent covers -- purchased a non-returnable Dometic cover before calling ETI to get the correct part number.
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Thanks. Learned something knew today. Dometic fridge with Norcold vents. Got it.
(Glad our old metal hinged style can’t fall off, but certainly not as nice looking)
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