How do you remove a fridge ?

[Whittakerr]

Hi Everyone
I’ve got a Swift Challenger 570 and I want to carry out some small mods to the wiring. To get access I need to pull the fridge out. Bearing in mind it will have a gas, as well as electrical connections, and must be coupled in some way to the outside vent, how do I remove it. I’m sure it will be quite straight forward once the “knack” is known.
Has anybody pulled out their fridge to make mods or repairs?
Thanks
Roger

 

[MichaelE]

I believe the Swift Challenger 570 has a Thetford fridge in them ?
There is no connections to the outside vent as Thetford fridges dont have a coupling to the external like the Dometic ones do (Dometic hold the patent so stopped Thetford doing this) So basically all the burnt gas is around the back of the fridge so you have to make sure that it does re seal back up tight to the aluminimum frame when putting back.(Mine wasnt before i had even removed it!!!!)

Easy to remove the fridge you will have 4 screws ( inside 2 either side ) these will be covered by plastic lugs.
You will need a corgi registered guy to disconnect the gas and reconnect, the electrics will all be in a plastic box to the left clearly marked you might have enough slack to pull it forward?Make sure all electric off and disconnected and the 12v fuse for the fridge is out too as this powers the light .The fridge will slide out

Took mine out to change the 240v element.