Thetford N1095 Series Installation Manual - 8/2/04 - 2/20/06 - Manual (Page 6)

Installation Manual 6
Reverse the Door Swing-Nonmetal Doors
(optional)
This refrigerator has cabinet hinges that allow you to change
the direction the door opens by moving the hinges on a diago-
nal to the opposite side. Reverse the door swing before
installing the refrigerator in the vehicle.
1. Pull off both the upper [19] and lower [18] trim pieces if they
are already installed (See Art01688 and Art01689).
2. Remove the doors (See Art01731):
- Remove the storage bins from the doors.
NOTE: Do not mix the upper and lower hinge pins because
they are different.
- Remove and save the upper hinge pin [1] from each door.
- Make sure that the top edge of the baffle is 1/4
inch or less [20] below the condenser [3] and that
there is 1/4 inch or less clearance [21] between
the lower rear corner of the condenser and the
baffle.
- If the depth of the enclosure is more than 26 inches
[22], install a wood or an aluminum or galvanized steel
sheet solid box baffle [23] between the lower intake
vent and the upper exhaust vent (See Art01680).
- Make sure that the solid box baffle is the full width
of the inside of the enclosure.
- Make sure that the bottom of the solid box baffle is
18 inches to 18 1/2 inches above the bottom of the
enclosure [26] (4 1/4 inches to 4 3/4 inches above
the top of the lower intake vent opening REF) [27] .
- Make sure that the back of the solid box baffle is
perpendicular to the bottom of the enclosure.
- Make sure that the horizontal top of the solid box
baffle is even with the bottom edge of the upper
exhaust vent [13].
- Make sure that the vertical top edge of the baffle is
1/4 inch or less [20] below the lower rear corner of
the condenser [3].
- Make sure that there is 1/4 inch or less clearance
[21] between the rear of the condenser and the
baffle.
- Pull the door latch and remove each door from the refrigera-
tor.
- Remove and save the lower hinge pin [5] from each hinge.
3. Remove the upper mounting flange and the lower mounting
flange (See Art01683):
- Remove and save the four screws [2] from the upper
mounting flange [3] and from the lower mounting flange [4].
4. Change the position of the cabinet hinges and the strike
plate (See Art00983 and Art01685):
- Remove and save the screws from the strike plate [5a].
- Remove and save the top and bottom of the three screws
[9] that are beside the strike plate.
- Do not remove the center screw.
- Put each of the outside cabinet hinges [14a] on the other
side of the refrigerator [14b].
- Make sure that the offset of these hinges is positioned
down on upper cabinet hinge and up on the lower
cabinet hinge.
- Attach each of these hinges with screws.
- Remove and save the screws from the center cabinet
hinges [15a].
- Reverse each center hinge and put on the other side of the
refrigerator [15b].
- Attach each of these hinges with screws.
- Remove and save the screw [8] from the front box [6] (See
Art00983).
- Pull the front box away from the refrigerator and out from
under the controls [7].
- Reverse the front box and put it on the opposite side of the
controls.
- Attach the front box to the refrigerator with the screw [8] that
was removed before.
- Put the strike plate on the opposite side of the refrigerator
[5b].
- Put the two screws [9] into the holes that are beside the
strike plate.
5. Change the position of the door handles (See Art01727):
- Remove the screw(s) [12] and door handle [10] from each
door.