Let me start this post with: we live in Florida. We have a 2006 Rockwood Premier pup that we bought in 2009 from a couple that had only used it twice! The summer of 2010, we took it on a 2 week trip around Florida and while in the Everglades the a/c stopped working. Everglades, July, no air conditioning...NOT GOOD! We got the fan motor replaced and were on our merry way. It worked great until last October (yes, we still need a/c here in October) when on a 3 day trip, it stopped blowing cold air. We turned it off and ignored the problem (nice, I know) until a trip in February when we needed it again, turned it on and it worked fine...and it was great until last week. Let me also say that we camp at least once a month, all year long and in the summer take it on a week or 2 trip. So this camper gets some use! Last week we were on a week trip to the beach in north Florida and after it running for probably 36 hours straight, it stopped blowing cold. We turned it off and ended up sleeping without it...left it off that night and the next all day and tried it again before bed that night and it blew cold air. We noticed the people with the pup next to us did not run theirs during the day, only at night...which made me wonder if maybe these a/c units aren't designed to run non-stop for days on end. Or maybe they prefer to only turn theirs on to sleep and because they were never at their site I couldn't go over and strike up a conversation about it. The rest of the trip (6 more days) we took it easy during the day on it (we were at the beach all day anyway) and only cranked it on when we got back and it worked fine. In fact it was so cold in there some mornings when I would go outside, my glasses fogged up! Does anyone know anything about these units? Is this normal behavior or should we just suck it up and take it in to have it looked at?
Having lived in Florida for 3 years I KNOW that AC is needed in Florida in October. Thankfully I moved back north and only need AC via a portable unit in July or August if I choose to go.
Personally, I would take it in to be serviced. The unit sounds too new to be quirky like that. Something needs to be fixed. As for running it all day long IMHO I see no point in trying to cool down a "tent" all day unless you are sitting inside all day.
Matt O 2006 Skyline Nomad 27' travel trailer. Previously owned 1986 Coleman Columbia / 1992 Coleman Senecca / 1989 Born Free Class C RV.
Not an AC tech by trade, but I do work in the field Filters Filters Filters. They need to be cleaned, changed whatever. If there is not proper airflow across the evaporator coil It Will Freeze up. Then when it melts the unit will work fine again, until it freezes of course. Same goes for a residential system, In home systems, depending on use you could fees-ably change your filter once a month. Most RV AC units hve that spongy filter media that can be removed and cleaned.
Thanks, guys! I appreciate the suggestions. My husband did clean the coil about a month ago. He's going to clean (or replace) the filter and see if that helps. We're heading down to the Keys next weekend for 5 days so we'll see how it runs and go from there. I agree...it seems too new to be having these problems!
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keeping the fan on HIGH helps.
X2 - when the fan is on low less air is moving through the coils which will allow them to freeze up faster. If it does freeze up you can turn the unit to fan only and it will thaw out quicker as well.
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