fridge replacement. - Maxum Boat Owners Club

Cymru · 07-07-2013, 02:41 PM

My friend recently decided to let his kid take a ice pick to the fridge after an ice build up. Needless to say, the ice pick won... Now I have to replace it and the oem is no longer available. Has anyone had any experience with this? I have a 2001 2900scr. Any help would be appreciated. The thought of warm beer is excruciating... Cheers.

pascavone · 07-07-2013, 03:16 PM

google it, as there are lots of marine parts suppliers, units on ebay, as its the same unit in every boat.

sure you can get a used unit.

Cymru · 07-07-2013, 03:24 PM

Didn't think about used. You think maxum would have the model number?

pascavone · 07-07-2013, 03:36 PM

might as well pull the old one out, and take it to the A/C man, he can probably sotter it, and refill for $150.00

I have the same boat with a:

norcold
dual voltage
model DE-451

the company is in sidney, OH

As I have all my original boat manuals at my desk, and used to "fixing" things....

intelleq · 07-11-2013, 12:15 AM

I replaced the fridge on my 3300SCR about a year ago after my partner did the same thing. I did quite a bit of research on repair and replacement before deciding to just buy a new one. The original Norcold DE-451 is no longer made. the replacement is the NORCOLD DE-0041 ($999 @ West Marine). Almost an exact fit except the controls are on the top instead of the bottom. I had to do a bit of whittling to get it to fit flush. The biggest pain was getting the new fridge to fit through the cabin door opening. I had to remove the fridge door and brackets.

In the end it all worked out well. The new fridge doesn't frost up like the old one did.

shrew · 07-15-2013, 03:29 PM

The fridge is a Norcold. That should be very easily replaced. Pull the old one and see if you can pull a model number off of it. Or, measure the height and width of the hole, along with the depth and find a current norcold model that will fit. I would be very confident they still have a model at those dimensions, even if it is a different model number. You could also call Norcold with either the current model or the dimensions and see if they advise on a specific size. This should be an easy replacement.