A/C - no air filter?
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Topic: A/C - no air filter?
Posted By: techntrek
Subject: A/C - no air filter?
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2010 at 9:37pm
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The A/C on our popup had an air cleaner inside. Once a season I took the plastic cover off and cleaned the filters. So, I figured I should take a look at the 'pod's A/C last week since we've almost had it a year (where did a year go?). Eight screws later I had the cover off. No air filter. Anyone else looked under the cover? Any filter on anybody else's? ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: rpodcamper.com
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2010 at 10:46pm
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I looked it up in the manual - Page 15 Air Filters: Periodically remove the return air filters located in the front end of the air box. Wash the filters with soap and warm water, let dry and reinstall. I have 2 one on each side of the front that slip out, but have had the trailer for over 1 1/2 years and have yet to use the A/C. Would have loved too a few times but dry camping does not allow that. Maybe one day a generator will be coming my way |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2010 at 8:21am
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Hmm, sounds like I need to pop the cover off during our next trip and look again. They certainly weren't obvious and I poked around. I wonder if they weren't installed. If anybody happens to get their cover off to clean them in the near future, and can snap a picture that would be helpful.
You could try what I'm planning on doing eventually, high-output alternator with a large inverter. I posted about this a month or two ago. I want the option to pull into a Walmart parking lot for lunch or overnight and not roast on a 95 degree day (plus run my electric chainsaw away from my house). ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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Posted By: David and Danette
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2010 at 9:54am
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This sounds odd unless you have a different AC. On ours a 2009 171 the filters slide out without removing the cover. They are plastic and washable, and if I remember correctly extra filters came with it in the bundle of papers and manuals. David and Danette ------------- 2018 Vista Cruiser 19BFD (2018- 2012 Vibe 6503 (2014-2019) 2009 r-pod 171 (2009-2014) Middle Tn 2014 Ram 1500 Quad cab |
Posted By: Outbound
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2010 at 11:20am
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The two filters on my 2009's A/C are a flimsy, rinky-dink affair: a thin plastic frame with a fabric screen. They're about 4" wide, 9" long and 3/8" thick and are accessed with the A/C cover on. They're at the front of the unit, on either side, next to the ceiling. ------------- Craig :: 2009 RP171 towed by a 2017 F150 |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2010 at 3:15pm
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I remember seeing two slots that would fit with that description, I bet that's where the filters are supposed to be. Now I need to find my "bundle" and see if they gave me any. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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Posted By: rpodcamper.com
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2010 at 3:51pm
| Doug, when I got my 171 from Stoltzfus the filters were sitting in a bag with some of the other paperwork. Then I had to ask for the rest of the paperwork. |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2010 at 7:58pm
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Guess what I just found? Ya'll were right, they were inside my pack-o-papers. When I read through the stack last year I guess I figured they were spares. They'll be in place for the next trip! ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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Posted By: Runebane
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2010 at 8:31am
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Yeah I thought the same thing when I saw the 2 filters in my package (that they were spares), but l when I went out to get the serial number for air conditioner to write down in the book I noticed the filters weren't installed, which I thought was very odd. ------------- RP-177 |
Posted By: Butterfly_Lee
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2010 at 1:18pm
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How insteresting...I guess it depends on your dealer and who preps your R-pod. My filters were in place, it was vaccum. fridge was cold, battery charge and the tech walked me though everything and even set up the r-dome half way so I could get idea on how it worked.
Lee  ------------- Still a work in progress, lots of pictures. http://podterfly.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: barbanjoe
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2010 at 4:11pm
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I agree with you Lee, our dealer spent 2 hours going over every detail, he put up the dome first to verify all was ok, and then walked me thru removing and installing again.
The only issue we had was the first 3 tv/dvd/radios went bad in a short time and finally we have one that seems to work. ------------- BarbanJoe 010 Rpod 171 02 Jeep 4x4 12 Ram 1500 |
Posted By: Jen&Juice
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2012 at 10:26am
Add another one to the list of A/C with no air filters. Mystery solved. Just ordered some online for next excursion. I suspect original owner never even noticed they were missing. 
------------- Jen and Juice '10 RP-171 ..."Howdy Pod'Ner" '11 Nissan Frontier, SL Tejas, the furry companion |
Posted By: Goose
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2012 at 10:54am
Same with us, they did a great job with prep.. Showed us how to the ac worked and had it running. it was a long walk thru...Grant retained all the info, Me no way.... Terri ------------- Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee 
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Posted By: TerryM
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2012 at 2:46pm
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Interesting! Are these strange things inside or outside on the unit? Terry ------------- RP-175 W/Lift Kit 2011 Ford F-150 4X4 Saint Augustine, FL: The first permanent European settlement in the USA: 1565 |
Posted By: Seanl
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2012 at 3:00pm
Inside ------------- Sean, 2011 Rpod RP-173,2009 Jeep Liberty Rocky Mountain Edition 
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Posted By: this_is_nascar
Date Posted: 28 Aug 2012 at 7:19am
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Wow. If you don't have a filter and it's been running like that for any length of time, if it were me, I'd pull the plate off to make sure I don't have dust/debri in places it shouldn't be. I know my filters collect a whole bunch of stuff and without the filters it means that stuff is collecting in places it shouldn't be.
------------- "Ray & Connie" - 2017 R-Pod RP-180 - 2007 Toyota Tacoma TRD-Off Road |