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JaxDad
Mar 14, 2019Explorer III
wa8yxm wrote:
NO just FORD but nearly all RV's.
The "Dash" Heater/ A/C is made to heat or cool the cab of like an F-350 and your RV has both way more "Glass" (Greenhouse heating) and volume than an F-350 Cab. SO NO. they do not.
Are you aware that the stock Ford A/C compressor is setup for ~3.5 pounds of refrigerant?
That makes it a 5 ton system, or ~60,000 BTU, or the equivalent of FOUR rooftop A/C units.......
It IS however severely lacking in airflow compared to the big fan on a rooftop unit.
Which is precisely why running the dash front vents wide open and opening a rear roof vent to create a vacuum and move the air down the back works so well to cool the unit further back.
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