[Sea Note]

A little late to the party (been traveling - staying at the county fairgrounds in Cleveland, Ohio and just learned the Scottish Games are this weekend - should be fun!) but an observation and a thought - 1244 has a button on each bay handle to activate the latch so I'm guessing the changeover to an integrated switch was relatively new to Newell when used on your coach. The buttons do fail and cost some $120 each but failure means no power (as opposed to destructive on position power) so it might be worth exploring whether the 2008 handle can be retrofit to your coach or, alternatively, that you disable the switch function of your handle and install a pushbutton (its is self contained in a threaded shaft - drill the appropriate hole and insert) in the door to serve the function of releasing the electric latches. I would consider this in any compartment not affording a secondary access (water, battery, electronics, etc.).

Just a thought, glad you were able to resolve without damaging the door.

Best regards,

db