Replacing rear 13,500btu with 15,000btu A/C?
We are going to replace both A/C's on our motor home within the next month. It currently has a 15,000btu in the main area and a 13,500btu in the bedroom. We are considering going ahead and putting a 1...
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Depending on the make, Model (of both) and the age of your current A/C there may be absolutly NO cons. Save a bit more weight.
My story
Rv Came with twin Carrier Air V's 13,500 BTU 13.5 Amps running
First replacement was with an Advent Air (I DO NOT RECOMMEND) 15,000 btu's 13.5 Amps Though the running amps are the same the starting is higher. My Power systems "Feel" it more when it kicks in. more on this in a bit including why I do not recommend this made in china system.
The other one was replaced with a Coleman.. 15,000 btu 13.9 Amps. yes not quite 1/2 amp more draw, but not as hard starting.
Turns out Coleman's "Suck" (Draw air in via the condenser) most other makes, Advent included "Blow" (Push air out through the condenser.
That's unless you replace the Advent Fan (Which being a CHina Bomnb blew up on me) With a coleman fan, now it sucks
Both systems you can (in theory) get an "Adapt-a-kit" to use the original carrier controls.. Sadly not avabial when I put in the Coleman so it's local.
Now the reaons I don't recommend Advent
For "Blowers" to clean the cottonwood cotton off you have to remove the outer cover, then the inner cover.. On my Carriers this inner cover covered JUST the condenser and was a few screws.. On the advent it's a single cover for both ends (I only opened half of it and bent it in the middle) and held on with tabs and tape.. Major pain and you can only bend those tabs so many times before they break.
Thankfully it now has a coleman fan so it's a sucker
Suckers you remove the outer coverm peal off the cottonm put the cover back on job done, .
My story
Rv Came with twin Carrier Air V's 13,500 BTU 13.5 Amps running
First replacement was with an Advent Air (I DO NOT RECOMMEND) 15,000 btu's 13.5 Amps Though the running amps are the same the starting is higher. My Power systems "Feel" it more when it kicks in. more on this in a bit including why I do not recommend this made in china system.
The other one was replaced with a Coleman.. 15,000 btu 13.9 Amps. yes not quite 1/2 amp more draw, but not as hard starting.
Turns out Coleman's "Suck" (Draw air in via the condenser) most other makes, Advent included "Blow" (Push air out through the condenser.
That's unless you replace the Advent Fan (Which being a CHina Bomnb blew up on me) With a coleman fan, now it sucks
Both systems you can (in theory) get an "Adapt-a-kit" to use the original carrier controls.. Sadly not avabial when I put in the Coleman so it's local.
Now the reaons I don't recommend Advent
For "Blowers" to clean the cottonwood cotton off you have to remove the outer cover, then the inner cover.. On my Carriers this inner cover covered JUST the condenser and was a few screws.. On the advent it's a single cover for both ends (I only opened half of it and bent it in the middle) and held on with tabs and tape.. Major pain and you can only bend those tabs so many times before they break.
Thankfully it now has a coleman fan so it's a sucker
Suckers you remove the outer coverm peal off the cottonm put the cover back on job done, .
