Sure Start + Honda EU2000 = 13,000 btu Coleman Mach
I recently purchased a Lance 915 to replace our Squire Lite. The 915 came with a Coleman Mach 13,000 btu AC unit. Having already been through this previously we went with a 9000BTU on our Squire Lite. The Honda would start it in eco mode but it would almost stall out each time on restart. Several years ago when I researched this before I found Dometic Marine division was selling a soft start device called the Smart Start for 16,000btu marine ac units. Cheapest I could find it for was $450.00 at that time. this time I found that the start device was made by Hyper Engineering out of Australia. I guess their agreement with Dometic has expired. They call their same device a "sure start". They listed several various US distributers and being an HVAC Contractor I placed an order through Johnstone Supply (Texas). The price was $250.00 including tax and shipping. Four days later it arrived from their main warehouse.
Today I picked it up and installed it into a 2004 Coleman Mach 13,000 btu unit that operates on R22 freon. Much to my suprise it worked flawlessly even at 95+ heat. The installation is pretty straight forward. First you remove the factory start kit then install the "sure start" according to their instructions. The unit does indeed fit inside the electrical compartment along with the factory run capacitors. I'm very pleased even though I wish it were a bit cheaper. I had considered swapping the Polar Cub AC unit from our older camper but I remember there were some days when the 9000 btu's would struggle keeping up especially if the wife was cooking or the kids were running in and out. When the compressors fires up the generator picks up speed nice and smootly unlike the polar cub where is sounded like it was desperate, banging the rev limiter to keep it out of overload.
For those interested the Hyper Engineering Model#SS0A12-20SN
Today I picked it up and installed it into a 2004 Coleman Mach 13,000 btu unit that operates on R22 freon. Much to my suprise it worked flawlessly even at 95+ heat. The installation is pretty straight forward. First you remove the factory start kit then install the "sure start" according to their instructions. The unit does indeed fit inside the electrical compartment along with the factory run capacitors. I'm very pleased even though I wish it were a bit cheaper. I had considered swapping the Polar Cub AC unit from our older camper but I remember there were some days when the 9000 btu's would struggle keeping up especially if the wife was cooking or the kids were running in and out. When the compressors fires up the generator picks up speed nice and smootly unlike the polar cub where is sounded like it was desperate, banging the rev limiter to keep it out of overload.
For those interested the Hyper Engineering Model#SS0A12-20SN
