Air Conditioner
I just installed a Coleman Mach 8 9,200 BTU AC unit on my Northern Lite truck camper. The camper was prep'd for ac from the factory. The front of ac unit is fastened to the roof at the former roof hat...
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Ours the roof slopes starting about 2" from hole. Important is the hole itself if flat. But the end of our AC is a almost an inch off roof. Gasket kit included a strip for rear support, as I recall I moved it closer to hole so just shy of contacting roof (like it would if roof flat) before compressing gasket.
Our original AC was larger, the rear support strip didn't contact roof at all and it didn't leak or other ill effects from lack of support after 10 years.
View showing roof slope
Not best picture, just showing start of roof transition from hole.
Its the 4 mount bolts that hold AC to roof, compressing gasket-
I don't 'think' non-supported rear could cause a leak. I just didn't like of idea of it hanging and bouncing down the road. Possibly- likely wouldn't move though. If you added something just ensure it doesn't hold the unit up from compressing the gasket.
Our original AC was larger, the rear support strip didn't contact roof at all and it didn't leak or other ill effects from lack of support after 10 years.
View showing roof slope
Not best picture, just showing start of roof transition from hole.
Its the 4 mount bolts that hold AC to roof, compressing gasket-
I don't 'think' non-supported rear could cause a leak. I just didn't like of idea of it hanging and bouncing down the road. Possibly- likely wouldn't move though. If you added something just ensure it doesn't hold the unit up from compressing the gasket.
