“My 2002 21RB went up in flames last night around midnight. It was parked in my driveway with electric plugged in but propane off. Fire started in the refrigerator area.
It’s a total write off, fire crews cut about 1/4 of the roof off because insulation was burning between the 2 layers of fiberglass.
Pros- no one was hurt, it’s insured, it was a BF and fire was contained. Fire crews said if it was a stick built trailer, my house probably would’ve caught fire.
Cons- I loved this trailer. So sad to see it go.”
It’s an older model refrigerator. Here is the recall notice in case you missed it or bought an affected unit that was not fixed by the seller.
Recall notice.
Dometic has voluntarily expanded its recent refrigerator recall to include some of the two-door refrigerators that it manufactured between June 1of 2003 and September 30 of 2006 for installation in recreation vehicles. These refrigerators may contain a defect that relates to motor vehicle safety. The program for parts ordering, installation, data entry and payment is exactly the same as the initial Dometic refrigerator recall which was announced in August of 2006. Here is a rundown of the recall:
THE PROBLEM
After some period of use, a fatigue crack may develop in the boiler tube of the covered refrigerators that may release a sufficient amount of pressurized coolant solution into an area where an ignition source may be present. Potential ignition sources in this area include the refrigerator's propane burner and/or electric heating element. If this were to occur under certain conditions, the coolant could ignite and result in a fire. On the basis of these facts, Dometic has determined that the refrigerators may contain a defect that relates to motor vehicle safety.
AFFECTED UNITS
The potentially affected refrigerators have the following model numbers:
NDR1062, RM2652, RM2662, RM2663, RM2852, RM2862, RM3662, RM3663, RM3862
The possibly affected units have serial numbers beginning with the following combinations: 320xxxxx through 352xxxxx 40lxxxxx through 452xxxxx
50lxxxxx through 552xxxxx 60lxxxxx through 639xxxxx
http://techsupport.pdxrvwholesale.co...840_0202AS.pdf
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