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dougrainer
Feb 12, 2015Nomad
Cloud Dancer wrote:
All these posts have made me very curious. All of these A/C units are bolted on with 4 substantial bolts (at least all the ones I know). Therefore, I have to wonder what kind of weak attachment could there be that whenever the A/C is impacted in the way this one was, that there would not be damage to whatever member receives the bolts? Did the bolts break and cause the unit to move? Did the bolts pull out? What?
The AC gaskets compress over time. That means, if you hit the roof top unit just a little, it can move. I have repositioned scores of roof AC's that have had this type damage done. Now, if you have a Newmar type unit that is bolted (Lag screwed) from the top down, then all bets are off. To move a top bolted down AC will mean there IS damage. Doug
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