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Ninjamini 
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Joined: 24 Jan 2015 Location: Fort Lauderdale Online Status: Offline Posts: 30 |
 Topic: Is the AC very noisy???Posted: 26 Jan 2015 at 5:47pm |
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What do you get if you don't take the 13,500 btu ac option? Can it be replaced with a better quieter ac after the fact?
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techntrek
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Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 26 Jan 2015 at 10:06am |
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I made a few mods to mine to quiet it down. Mine came with the heat strip option (but no way to turn it on), and the air flow through it made extra noise. So I removed it. That mod has to be done from above, and not all of the A/Cs have the heat strip. Oh, I also made sure the blower assembly was tightened properly, mine felt a bit loose.
From below I found a bundle of wires running right through the intake air stream, but there was enough extra slack that I could push them to the side. There is a safety guard at the end of the air output which keeps you from putting your hand into the squirrel cage blower - but that isn't a problem when the decorative air deflector is in place, so that was removed. Once that was off I could see that the flex tubing between the blower and safety guard caused turbulence and vibration, so I added foil duct tape all over it to make it smooth. All of those things together made it noticeably quieter.
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Outbound
podders Helping podders - pHp 
Joined: 19 Nov 2009 Location: Oshawa, Ontario Online Status: Offline Posts: 767 |
Posted: 26 Jan 2015 at 8:56am |
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Its like sitting 6-8 feet away from a window air conditioner - because, essentially, that's what you're doing.
There's no problem having a normal conversation while the air conditioner is going. While watching television, you've got to bump up the volume a little. However, many people have difficulty trying to sleep while its running.
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Craig :: 2009 RP171 towed by a 2017 F150
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David and Danette
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 24 Nov 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1223 |
Posted: 25 Jan 2015 at 9:25pm |
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I agree with Podster it is nice to have and yes it is loud. I am sure Techntrek could better explain the noise and how to possibly make it just a little bit quieter. You learn to live with it or wear ear plugs
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Podster
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Joined: 16 Sep 2014 Location: San Antonio Online Status: Offline Posts: 1108 |
Posted: 25 Jan 2015 at 9:00pm |
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It is loud, but you can talk over it with no trouble. I find it easy to get beyond. Being out in the middle of nowhere with the ability to crank up 13,500 btu of cooling is kinda cool.
 No pun intended. 
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Cliff & Raelynn
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Ninjamini
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Joined: 24 Jan 2015 Location: Fort Lauderdale Online Status: Offline Posts: 30 |
Posted: 25 Jan 2015 at 8:51pm |
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I have not heard it run yet but I saw a YouTube video where the mans only complaint was how loud the AC is. He turned it on and it sounded like a jet engine? I live in Florida and would run the ac a lot. How bad is the noise?
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Is the AC very noisy???
