2006 Alfa Gold Motorhome Ad An AC?

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

Go here and you will get an answer:

Alfa Forums Link

Some units were manufactured with wiring to the top for an AC.

ANd you may have other issues with the AC as to it cooling properly.

Question do you have the 50amp / 30amp switched to 50amp?

JimR

I had a friend that took his back to Alfa (when they were still in business) and requested a roof air. They told him they are prewired to install an AC unit in the roof vent hole. You might remove the inside shroud from your fan and see if you can find any wires in there. The problem might be (if they are there) is where does the other end go.

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

You would have to get dedicated power to it (20A), but typically you can mount a stand alone AC over the standard 14" square RV vent. You may have to install some additional support between the trusses, but it can be done. The AC would be controlled, draw air and distribute air through an independent diffuser system attached at the ceiling. It wouldn't tie in to any existing ductwork you may have on the Alfa or house thermostats.