2020 grey wolf TH poor AC
AC unit won’t keep trailer cooler than 83 at night ! Any ideas ? I checked top unit every thing looks good! It can’t cool when full sun and 95 in FL , lol ??
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sounds like the AC is working not too bad to me. over 95 out and the air coming out is 70, which means it's colder than that and warming up a bit in the roof system before it gets to the vent.
People expect house ac like performance from these little units, but the plain truth is the rv's are not insulated good enough to let them work well. sure, a lot of the walls are all block foam now which is decent, but the floors, ceilings, and windows are not and while they advertise them as R13 or whatever they probably actually perform as r2 or 3 at best. slides are even worse as there is a gap that is kept closed by two 1/8" chunks of rubber.
I have a large AC on a 39 foot 5th wheel and it won't keep the whole rv cool I have to sacrifice cooling to the front and rear bedrooms by opening the dump on the main unit, so all the cooling goes to the living area, then at night I close that and divert the cooling back to the sleeping areas. does it work that way barely... The better option would be if you are prewired for it is to add a second unit, this would mean you would need a 50-amp power setup if you want to run both at once though. still cheaper than trading in and buying the same issue.
People expect house ac like performance from these little units, but the plain truth is the rv's are not insulated good enough to let them work well. sure, a lot of the walls are all block foam now which is decent, but the floors, ceilings, and windows are not and while they advertise them as R13 or whatever they probably actually perform as r2 or 3 at best. slides are even worse as there is a gap that is kept closed by two 1/8" chunks of rubber.
I have a large AC on a 39 foot 5th wheel and it won't keep the whole rv cool I have to sacrifice cooling to the front and rear bedrooms by opening the dump on the main unit, so all the cooling goes to the living area, then at night I close that and divert the cooling back to the sleeping areas. does it work that way barely... The better option would be if you are prewired for it is to add a second unit, this would mean you would need a 50-amp power setup if you want to run both at once though. still cheaper than trading in and buying the same issue.
