So here's where I'm at at and some of this info my be helpful to others.
I almost missed the biggest con of them all on the very popular portable air conditioners that people love so much. The hot air going outside is inside air. Lots of negative things about that, but for an RV it's a deal breaker because they aren't close to air tight. I'd be making cold air while sucking in hot air rapidly.
Another negative is they have to be 20" from anything around them. Try finding a place like that in an RV bedroom. We don't have it. The unit was small, 14" wide, but the footprint is potentially 54" by 34".
So... My wife is picking up a window AC that should be easy to install and get us to the cooler months in Oregon when I can leisurely get the top AC fixed. This is funny. The only one that makes any sense to buy has all the bells and whistles I would never want. You can talk to it and tell it what to do. Some people like that. Best thing though is it has an app. You can control it from anyplace. I think that feature might help resale. Being able to turn it on before you get home sounds pretty cool.
So, once I have cool air, I'll keep trying to figure out if it is the compressor for sure before buying another unit. Tonight I'll update you guys with specifics on what it's doing now that it stopped doing anything to cool the RV. Someone mention that maybe it's an issue with the new fan motor. There's reason to think there might be.
