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    Posted: 25 Jan 2015 at 8:51pm
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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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. Cool No pun intended. Wink
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Posts: 1223 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jan 2015 at 9:25pm
    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 Ermm.
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Posts: 767 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Jan 2015 at 8:56am
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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Posts: 9062 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Jan 2015 at 10:06am
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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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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Posts: 1108 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Jan 2015 at 6:38pm
Originally posted by Ninjamini

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?

Skylight?
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   I think so, If I am right you would need to cut the opening and it may have the wiring in place from factory not sure about that though. Yes there is a quieter AC. And again Techntrek could answer that question. I know he did a lot of searching for a replacement AC.
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Here you go.  Latest find is at the end:  http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1433
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Posts: 4518 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Jan 2015 at 6:53am
It is a bit loud but you get used to it pretty quick
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