Air Conditioner

Originally posted by Sleepless I have mentioned this before but did not receive much, if any, feedback from my comments.  We have had several RVs in the past and have found the Coleman units to be much quieter than the Dometics.  Our last trailer had a Dometic and we could always hear it cylcle on and off, it would "thump" sometimes, and the fan was very noisy.  Our pod has a Coleman and we never notice when the compressor cycles on or off and the fan is very quiet compared to the Dometic.  In 2001 we lived in a new motor home for 6 months while our home here in Florida was being built.  We used the 2 Coleman units for both cooling and for heating, and normally did not even notice when one or both of the units units were on or off.  In the pod, we keep the Coleman running all the time, mostly to create a little "white noise" to keep our dogs distracted from outside noise and to keep them comfortable while we are on excursions.  With the fan running continuously, we don't know when the compressor is running or not. That brings up my question.  Do all of you that are complaining about excessive noise have Dometic air conditioners? Bob

I'm in agreement with you, Bob. Now that we have the Coleman Polar Cub installed on our Pod, we have had 2 trailers with Dometics and 2 with Coleman A/C's. It's been quite some time since we have had a Dometic, but I remember them as being louder than either Coleman. Also the condenser on one Dometic managed to drip inside the trailer.

Wow, thanks.  I'm going to do a better inspection. 

Originally posted by David and Danette As far as I know all factory installed AC's in the r-pods are the Dometic brand.  David

I asked the original owner of my pod about the A/C unit.  He assured me that the Coleman unit was factory-installed.  I checked my owner's manual and the 2010 specs and found out that the 2010's came with an 11K BTU unit.  Apparently FR switched to Dometic at a later date and changed the size from 11K BTUs to 13.5K.  I don't know this for fact, just guessing.

Bob

  I have read the Dometic AC has a automatic shut off when it reaches a factory set low temp. I read the Coleman too has a factory low temp set where it will shut off. The difference was said that the Coleman will be aloud to reach a colder temp than the Dometic before the compressor turns off. As far as I know all factory installed AC's in the r-pods are the Dometic brand. If we could afford it we would like to replace the AC with a quieter AC but until the Dometic wears out and needs replaced we will be keeping it.   David

Originally posted by hogone Sleepless:  How about the re-foaming the dealer did after you picked it up and found the breaches?

That must have been another member.  I bought my pod used and have never taken it to a dealer. 

Bob