Advent a/c replacement
Does anyone have an Advent a/c unit that they have had to replace in a relatively short time of owning it? On Mother's Day while on a week long camping trip my 14 month old Advent a/c unit took a dump...
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A problem most, many owners are not aware of....
Running an RV A/C on a genset can cause failures without notice.
The A/C does a compressor restart with high side pressure already elevated, the compressor stalls since the genset cannot ramp up to 3000W load quick enough and now the A/C motor's protective CB trips due to winding overheating. The stall/trip/reset sequence repeats until the heat pressure falls enough to allow a compressor restart.
Eventually the CB fails due to so many cycles.
Especially bad with inverter type gensets since the engine may be at idle when the 3000-5000W load comes online.
Running an RV A/C on a genset can cause failures without notice.
The A/C does a compressor restart with high side pressure already elevated, the compressor stalls since the genset cannot ramp up to 3000W load quick enough and now the A/C motor's protective CB trips due to winding overheating. The stall/trip/reset sequence repeats until the heat pressure falls enough to allow a compressor restart.
Eventually the CB fails due to so many cycles.
Especially bad with inverter type gensets since the engine may be at idle when the 3000-5000W load comes online.
