2006 Alfa Gold Motorhome Ad An AC?

dougrainer wrote:

JimR 1 wrote:

dougrainer wrote:
Since they use a Basement system and the drawback on Alfa and one of the reasons they went under is the basement AC was NOT designed and installed correctly by Alfa. There is NO return air from the front half of the motorhome and because of that you cannot cool the interior below 80 degrees in hot weather. Adding a roof top AC will require you run 120 12/3 romex from the breaker panel up to the area where you will install the roof top AC. Unless you can get the motorhome pennies on the dollar, I would not advise buying it. Doug

I do not think that the ALFA motor home company went out of business because of an AC they went out of business because they were not making any money for the investors.

The AC does recirculated air from the front as most of the air is directed there and then through the filter in the rear.

JimR

Well, I SERVICED and we SOLD Alfa for 1 year. We dropped Alfa because of the Lack of a properly designed AC system. What I stated is TRUE. Our Dealership and a Houston dealership did the tests because Alfa refused to believe that the units would not cool in higher than 85 degree weather. We ran a 12 inch duct down the hall to the front area connected to the return air plenum. With THAT hose connected we could get the Alfa down around 72 to 75 degrees up front in 90 degree weather WITH ALL THE SHADES DOWN. Once the word got out about the cooling problem and the front slide problems, we could not sell our Alfa's. We had a few potential customers call us in the middle of the summer and stated they would show up at 3 pm and IF the Alfa was comfortable, they would buy it. We could not get the Alfa's down below 80 degrees and we had to fire sale them after dropping the line. The downturn in the economy and in the RV business did contribute to Alfa's demise, but design defects were a major factor. Doug

Doug to be fair I have a 2007 ALFA and did have a problem with the AC seems that the AC was operating at 1/2 capacity but would test good except the temperature difference between outlet and return was not in specs. (2 shops) Coleman was involved and the AC unit was replaced and the difference was very noticeable and and I will cool down to 75 or less if needed.

I do wonder if some of the Coleman units were bad as the replacement looked different same design but looked better built. Also after 2 shops did the testing one in Wichita KS and one in Yuma AZ Coleman made arrangement for a replacement very quick and was replaced in Oklahoma City OK.

So yes the AC may or is a problem for some but I am good so far.

Also to slides did have issues but I have the newer slide and it is working very well.

JimR