Good morning Everyone! Wow! Camping people on the internet are just as kind and helpful as they are in the campgrounds! Thank you! :)
The owner of the Heartland that we looked at yesterday, scanned a page from the owners manual and emailed it to me this morning. I typed it as I couldn't figure out how to post it here, but this is from the Heartland manual. So do all TT manuals say this or is this specifically for the Heartlands? Surely there are AC units on TT out there that cool sufficiently? Here's what it said:
"If the temperature in side your coach is 100 degrees when you turn on the air conditioner, it will only put out 80 degrees. Eventually the air inside the coach will cool, and as it cools, the air put out by the air conditioner will cool also. However, when starting out at 100 degrees, this cooling could take several hours before it reaches your desired temperature. Therefore, if you know the weather will be hot, turn your air conditioner on early.".
We've read a lot about the quality of Jayco's. Maybe we need to find one and look at it and see how the AC cools in another model. Either way, thank you so much for all the posts and opinions. I have camped all my life from the age of a small child up until 20 years ago, when I met my husband. He has never camped. I am so thrilled and excited to be able to get back to this favorite past time!
