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High Altitude Fridge Kit-Again
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I posted this question a week or so ago and got no responses.
I asked for and received (from Winnebago) a high altitude kit for the Norcold fridge in my '97EVC but haven't installed it yet. It appears that a new hole must be drilled in EVC exterior sheet metal below the current vent and the new vent will be placed right where there is an indented seam running down the side of the EVC. Is this the case and how is the new vent sealed if it installs over this seam??? Kent Kirkley '97 EVc '86 Vanagon '81 Vanagon '74 BMW 2002 '95 BMW M3 Dallas, Texas |
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The high-altitude kit came already installed on my 97 EVC. The second
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vent is mounted on the flat surface of the body panel, not on the seam, and is vertically aligned with the other vent. My understanding from other posts to this list is that the vent mounts above the existing vent, which, unfortunately, places it right under the window, but that is how it was designed. Joel Funk 97 EVC Fort Collins, CO kgkirkle-@... wrote: I posted this question a week or so ago and got no responses. |
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Sheldon H. Winick
Joel and Kent,
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The high altitude kit vent is supposed to be mounted exactly where you've described that yours (Joel's) is located. It is located directly BELOW the single combined intake/exhaust vent that Kent has on his EVC, on the flat surface of the body panel. Kent --- drop by a dealer and take a look at a new EVC to see exactly where it is located. Better yet, just have the dealer install the kit for you. Its my understanding that the retrofit on the '97's is free (at least that's what mine cost earlier this year, and others have subsequently also had that experience). As for exact location, if you decide to install it yourself Kent, mine is exactly 17" below the original single vent (center to center dimension). Good luck. Sheldon -----Original Message-----
From: Joel Funk <jmf@...> To: ev_update@... <ev_update@...> Date: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 10:25 AM Subject: [ev_update] Re: High Altitude Fridge Kit-Again The high-altitude kit came already installed on my 97 EVC. The second vent is mounted on the flat surface of the body panel, not on the seam, and is vertically aligned with the other vent. My understanding from other posts to this list is that the vent mounts above the existing vent, which, unfortunately, places it right under the window, but that is how it was designed. Joel Funk 97 EVC Fort Collins, CO |
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John Waterman
Kent,
Can't give you a direct reply to your question, but I do know that in most cases Winnebago had also picked up the cost for the dealer to install the kit. John kgkirkley@... wrote: I posted this question a week or so ago and got no responses.-- mailto:jwwaterman@... John Waterman Parker,CO |
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On my 95, the additional vent was mounted below the original vent on the
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flat surface. It is well out of the way of the seam, there is no sealing problem and the fridge now works at high altitudes. Joel Funk wrote:
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