Advent RV air problem
Ok peoples, our TT has a 13.5k Advent ducted air conditioning system. It’s not the original air, it replaced a Carrier unit that the original TT owner had issues with. After several mods it cools fairly well even in this Texas heat.
My issue lies here, I went to install the Advent hard start kit because it won’t run on my gennys and every once in a while it will kick the breaker on the TT itself. So I ordered the kit, installed it and now the compressor won’t come on at all. It clicks then stops trying. I go and take it out of the system and everything works like before. The new hard start cap is probably bad from the get-go but now I have oil coming from out of the old cap.
I go to look for a new cap with the specs 50/10mF and the rest is fairly standard for an AC cap. The start/run rating however is presenting an issue as it is not a common size or rating. In fact it differs greatly from the capacitor rating for Dometic and Coleman which leads me to believe someone “upgraded” the new A/C capacitor when they installed it to prevent hard starts possibly. Regardless, I am waiting on a callback from Advent Tech to see if they can shed some light on this.
Anyone have thoughts on this matter? Maybe an Advent unit they can check the specs on the cap and verify or not the cap I have is correct?
My issue lies here, I went to install the Advent hard start kit because it won’t run on my gennys and every once in a while it will kick the breaker on the TT itself. So I ordered the kit, installed it and now the compressor won’t come on at all. It clicks then stops trying. I go and take it out of the system and everything works like before. The new hard start cap is probably bad from the get-go but now I have oil coming from out of the old cap.
I go to look for a new cap with the specs 50/10mF and the rest is fairly standard for an AC cap. The start/run rating however is presenting an issue as it is not a common size or rating. In fact it differs greatly from the capacitor rating for Dometic and Coleman which leads me to believe someone “upgraded” the new A/C capacitor when they installed it to prevent hard starts possibly. Regardless, I am waiting on a callback from Advent Tech to see if they can shed some light on this.
Anyone have thoughts on this matter? Maybe an Advent unit they can check the specs on the cap and verify or not the cap I have is correct?
