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6163 
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Joined: 06 Apr 2015 Location: WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 10 |
 Topic: a/c fan noisePosted: 22 Nov 2016 at 9:07pm |
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A/c , heater fan very noisy in my small -171 unit Service at dealer says normal anyone have a solution. keeps me from sleeping
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp 
Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4518 |
Posted: 22 Nov 2016 at 9:26pm |
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Ear plugs
 you kind of get used to it...................  |
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2025 Ford Transit Camper van 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp 
Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 23 Nov 2016 at 8:59am |
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It's a small space.. So the a/c and heater are pretty close to you.
Many just leave the a/c fan on low, so the noise is easier to ignore. What many owners do if camping when heat is needed, AND with hookups, is use a small ceramic heater. Ours is 1200 watts, about 7-8 inch cube, keeps the pod comfortable down into the teens. |
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6163
Newbie
Joined: 06 Apr 2015 Location: WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 10 |
Posted: 23 Nov 2016 at 8:59am |
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thanks that's what i was afraid of
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6163
Newbie
Joined: 06 Apr 2015 Location: WI Online Status: Offline Posts: 10 |
Posted: 23 Nov 2016 at 9:01am |
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thanks for heater details and will check fan setting
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osage
Senior Member
Joined: 13 Mar 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 146 |
Posted: 23 Nov 2016 at 10:26am |
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after all the complaints about noise ac it looks FR would put a more quiet one in. I would think a 7000 t0 8000 btu should cool a pod no bigger than they are. The ac in our 175 will freeze you out on a 95 deg. day
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TheBum
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Joined: 26 Feb 2016 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 1407 |
Posted: 23 Nov 2016 at 11:11am |
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It takes a while for the 13.5k BTU A/C to cool down our Pod on a Texas summer day, so an 8k BTU model would probably be inadequate. We put the fan on low at night; it provides continuous white noise which I've found to be easy to sleep through. The first night in the Pod, we left it on auto and I woke up every time the fan turned on and off.
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flat6s
Groupie 
Joined: 21 Mar 2016 Location: Burlington, Ind Online Status: Offline Posts: 84 |
Posted: 23 Nov 2016 at 7:19pm |
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I feel A/c is a total disaster. I have now experienced two PO'd campsite neighbors, at different times, greet me in the morning, telling me the a/c kept them awake all night. Both brought management with them. Management says "so what" big rigs with 3 a/c units are loud too. Both neighbors left after many unkind words.
Just saying, whats up with the jet engine sound of the a/c unit ? Happy trails Joe
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ArenaBlanca
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Joined: 07 Sep 2016 Location: Alamogordo, NM Online Status: Offline Posts: 158 |
Posted: 24 Nov 2016 at 11:31am |
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I had a Forest River representative tell me that an Atwood A/C was quieter and more efficient. That would be an expensive solution.
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp
Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 24 Nov 2016 at 12:00pm |
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Again.. the R-Pod is built to a price point. The 13.5 Dometic is made and sold by the truckload, so it's the least expensive option.. Gets owners into the TT world as inexpensively as possible. I would wager that for most owners, $$$ outweigh Decibels in a first RV.
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