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Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 08-11-2017, 01:57 PM
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Views: 31,153
Posted By Rossue
First, with the 3" vent pipe mod I started the...

First, with the 3" vent pipe mod I started the fridge on AC yesterday in advance of our upcoming trip. In less than 12 hours with ambient temperature of 75 the fridge cooled down to 35 F while empty....
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 08-10-2017, 06:40 PM
Replies: 210
Views: 31,153
Posted By Rossue
Excellent; thanks for the report. Just did my...

Excellent; thanks for the report. Just did my wind deflector and have plugged into AC to start cooling fridge for our trip in a few days. Am really looking forward to fridge lower than 42 F.
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 08-10-2017, 10:29 AM
Replies: 210
Views: 31,153
Posted By Rossue
Never knew the side vent wasn't a Dometic part....

Never knew the side vent wasn't a Dometic part. Wonder if that was known when Dometic agreed to replace the RML with an RMD. Makes sense there is the potential for reduced airflow and thus more heat...
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 08-09-2017, 10:48 PM
Replies: 210
Views: 31,153
Posted By Rossue
Maybe Not

Three days after doing this mod another forum member sent me this link to the RMD8555 Owners manual with Installation instructions that did not come with my paperwork. It directly contradicts doing...
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 08-07-2017, 09:03 AM
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Views: 31,153
Posted By Rossue
A photo-

A photo-
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 08-07-2017, 08:59 AM
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Views: 31,153
Posted By Rossue
Thanks for clarifying to me in PM you snipped the...

Thanks for clarifying to me in PM you snipped the rear half of screen to go in. Took a 10 x 10" tamp to press down 2/3 of my 8' length of tube from Home Depot. Slit it 3" up like you said. Was...
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 08-01-2017, 03:27 PM
Replies: 210
Views: 31,153
Posted By Rossue
Hey Charlie, wasn't that Camping World that did...

Hey Charlie, wasn't that Camping World that did that that fridge swap for you?
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 07-31-2017, 10:00 PM
Replies: 210
Views: 31,153
Posted By Rossue
Hi Klem- this looks pretty amazing; can we bring...

Hi Klem- this looks pretty amazing; can we bring you out of retirement? "Klem's Little Shop Of Fixing ETI Fridge Horrors"?
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 07-10-2017, 09:40 PM
Replies: 210
Views: 31,153
Posted By Rossue
Not everyone has the skill do fabricate what Ron...

Not everyone has the skill do fabricate what Ron did to completely replace the back wall. When it comes time to pull the fridge for something I will probably do what Klem shows in post #22. Routing...
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 07-10-2017, 12:41 PM
Replies: 210
Views: 31,153
Posted By Rossue
To me it is the installation that doesn't make...

To me it is the installation that doesn't make sense. Why not do it right in the first place?
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 07-08-2017, 05:07 PM
Replies: 210
Views: 31,153
Posted By Rossue
Putting the vent lid on I notice that there are...

Putting the vent lid on I notice that there are silicone plugs that cover the recessed screws. One was missing and another looks funky. Do you think Reace used Proflex for these? Don't see them as...
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 07-08-2017, 10:36 AM
Replies: 210
Views: 31,153
Posted By Rossue
#9 photo is from Reace- perhaps he used some tape...

#9 photo is from Reace- perhaps he used some tape to hold it up for the shot. The sheet of plywood- actually looks like Luan is on the curbside of the vent. Looking down on the street side with coils...
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 07-07-2017, 04:49 PM
Replies: 210
Views: 31,153
Posted By Rossue
Am I looking down on the right side? It would...

Am I looking down on the right side? It would appear so from my picture in #9; the photo is sideways, however you can see the arrow pointing to represent up.
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 07-07-2017, 01:01 PM
Replies: 210
Views: 31,153
Posted By Rossue
Took the vent cover off to look and mine looks...

Took the vent cover off to look and mine looks different from a previous post; it has a metal screen and you cannot look down into the flue as a piece of wood comes up and angles over. My vent hood...
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 07-06-2017, 08:23 PM
Replies: 210
Views: 31,153
Posted By Rossue
So even those who had their fridge swap at ETI...

So even those who had their fridge swap at ETI have been scorched. That brings up the question of what is the norm(if any)for back walls of fridge compartments? Plywood, metal, metal clad plywood? ...
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 07-03-2017, 09:57 PM
Replies: 210
Views: 31,153
Posted By Rossue
Is pulling the fridge that difficult? From...

Is pulling the fridge that difficult? From previous posts across many threads it doesn't appear to be that difficult.
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 07-02-2017, 11:48 AM
Replies: 210
Views: 31,153
Posted By Rossue
Yeah, I was shocked. The Dometic Authorized...

Yeah, I was shocked. The Dometic Authorized Service Center near me was too and refunded me. They said they called up the tech did not work there anymore to impress upon him the fact we could have had...
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 07-02-2017, 11:38 AM
Replies: 210
Views: 31,153
Posted By Rossue
Here's a photo: From Reace: "When they...

Here's a photo:
From Reace: "When they installed the new fridge, the back panel on the wall should have been adjusted to accommodate the larger fridge. As you can see in the photo, the fridge was...
Forum: Problem Solving | Owners helping each other 07-02-2017, 09:20 AM
Replies: 210
Views: 31,153
Posted By Rossue
My baffle was found to be scorched on my RMD 8555...

My baffle was found to be scorched on my RMD 8555 that had replaced the original RML. Reace found it when I had him pull it a year later(5/16) as I didn't like how it had been trimmed out in front....
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