Life expectancy of RV Air Conditioners
I am thinking of spending summers in South Texas where the AC will be running almost constantly for three or four months. I wonder how long one will last? Mine is an almost brand new Coleman 13,500 unit.
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- Our 13.5 Duo Therm AC was still working fine after 10 years when we sold our old trailer to friends.
- Both original A/C units on our 96 Southwind are working properly.
But, I'm in the northeast so they don't get used as often as units farther south. - The original Duo-Therm A/C's on the 20 year old Class A we sold last year were still working fine. I did replace the start/run capacitors on both with hard start caps a few years ago. The only other maintenance has been normal cleaning. The analog thermostats were replaced with digitals a couple of years ago, but that wasn't due to any failing on the part of the A/C's.
- that's a tough one...you never really know. My front Dometic a/c is the original one and is a 2001 and still works great....capacitors replaced a couple of times and a new thermostat once. Rear one is 5 years old now.
- I think kinda a pig in a poke!! Ours I think like yours lasted 2 years (really didn't use but 1 year)and started leaking oil..cant fix em I guess so they replaced with my extended warranty..but one in bedroom 3 1/2 years old and still going fine.. ps im in midland right now.. probably not much help but think they work till they want to quit!!
- They are nothing more than a cheap window unit, dressed in RV clothes and sold for 3 or 4x the normal price. I have found that 6 to 8 years of use in south Texas, SW AZ is about tops.
