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Norcold has discontinued the DE0061 AC/DC refrigerator. This isn't a huge shock in the RV space since many of it's components had already been discontinued. Due to the few replacement parts still in production, we highly recommend upgrading your refrigerator rather than fix it (depending on what is broken). Just about everything on it is discontinued and so you should think of all fixes and simple …

We get this question a lot and so we figured it a good time to dive in and help answer some of those simple questions to make this as easy as we can. There are ONLY TWO types of Norcold refrigerators and the same can be said for Dometic. We'll classify each by the way in which they cool. Compressor based (like a household refrigerator) These models will all contain "DE" or "DC" in the model numb …

These models have door hinges that are made of plastic, and so they quite the reputation for the door breaking off. The old replacement was simply to replace the door itself and you'd be all set. Norcold used to make a metal reinforced hinge kit that would work in conjunction with the new door and you'd never have to worry about it again. Unfortunately, Norcold has discontinued the door that you n …

The new Norcold Polar N8X and the N8DC are here are direct replacements for the following models: N811 N821 N841 NX841 NXA841 This refrigerator is the exact same cut out dimensions and is essentially plug and play.  Norcold Polar N8X is a gas absorption model, just like the one you have, with the ability to operate on propane while the N8DC runs off a DC compressor only. Both models will fi …