Poor Dometic A/C on 2019 Jayco Jayfeather X23E
Hi all,
A few weeks back, we took delivery of a brand new 2019 Jayco Jayfeather X23E. Our first camping trip was on a hot weekend, and the A/C (Dometic Brisk II) struggled to cool the interior. But it wasn't running flat-out. Even with the temp set to full-cold and the fan set to 3, it would alternate between A/C and fan-only every few minutes.
So I popped the filter cover and noticed that there was lots of cold air leaking into the intake side, blowing right onto a copper thingy (temperature sensor?) that is hanging down:
The unit stays in A/C mode for as long as I put my hand around this copper thingy.
The air leaks appear to be shunting around the cold/intake divider along where Jayco boxed in the roof opening with a Luan-like material:
(The paper towel in the second picture was an attempt to plug one of the gaps where cold air was blowing in.)
Should I just take this back to the dealer and ask them to properly isolate the cold side from the intake side? I've read about coil freeze sensors and stuff too - I guess they'll check all that out?
Thanks in advance!
A few weeks back, we took delivery of a brand new 2019 Jayco Jayfeather X23E. Our first camping trip was on a hot weekend, and the A/C (Dometic Brisk II) struggled to cool the interior. But it wasn't running flat-out. Even with the temp set to full-cold and the fan set to 3, it would alternate between A/C and fan-only every few minutes.
So I popped the filter cover and noticed that there was lots of cold air leaking into the intake side, blowing right onto a copper thingy (temperature sensor?) that is hanging down:
The unit stays in A/C mode for as long as I put my hand around this copper thingy.
The air leaks appear to be shunting around the cold/intake divider along where Jayco boxed in the roof opening with a Luan-like material:
(The paper towel in the second picture was an attempt to plug one of the gaps where cold air was blowing in.)
Should I just take this back to the dealer and ask them to properly isolate the cold side from the intake side? I've read about coil freeze sensors and stuff too - I guess they'll check all that out?
Thanks in advance!
