--- In [email protected], "Mack, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office wrote: > > > Graham contacted Thetford to ask if this fridge could be > > fitted safely in a boat as far as they were concerned. Their > > answer was > > unequivocal: `....not advising installing our refrigerators in > > boats due to installation difficulties and tilting issues. > > Our refrigerators are designed for the caravan and motorhome > > market and we will not accept warranty on boat installations. > > I don't doubt this is what Thetford said, but there is a world of > difference in terms of "instalation difficulties and tilting issues" > between a sea going sailing boat and a narrowboat used on inland > waterways. Marine (i.e. seagoing) use might well be a non starter, but > I cannot see why a properly installed fridge in a canal boat, with > adequate venitilation, is so different from caravan or motorhome use. > > David Mack
I have just had a phone call from the BSS office in respect of this item. The information the owner passed to Canal Boat and hence myself was not as full as it could have been. I understand the owner did not take a personal part in discussions with the examiner, leaving that to his agent who may or may not have accurately related the findings to the customer. I am happy that the fridge was failed for a valid reason which no-one has mentiond on a public forum. I am also happy that the fact that it was not room sealed did NOT cause the failure, BUT that fact, flue modifications and other things would have resulted in a number of advisory points which the owner or his agent may have decided to understand as a failure. If a CE marked boat is sunbisquently fitted with a non-room selaed appliance some interesting legal questions arise. If the failure items had been addressed on this boat and a pass, plus advisory notices had been issued any future accident may bring the insurance into question. As far as I can tell the BSS examiner and the BSS office acted in a responsible andn proffessional way in thsi matter - its just that we were not given the full facts. If anyone was out of order it was the fridge vendor who (in the light of Thetford's statement about not being approvd for marine use) probably committed an offence by passing it off as suitable. I hope this straightens things out. Tony Brooks
