A/C electrical requirements
Last weekend we opened up the camper and all was good except the air conditioner. When I set the thermostat to cool and lowered the temperature set point you could hear the unit start but it never re...
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Old-Biscuit wrote:
With AC running......voltage at 108V is the minimum I will operate MY A/C (120V AC +/- 10%=======108 to 132)
A/C fan motor and compressor will operate at much lower voltages...just causes high amp draw and can damage motor
When you started the A/C unit did Fan AND compressor start or just Fan??
Should hear both start.
Could be bad start capacitor/run capacitor/compressor motor.
Turn Fan on manually then turn A/C unit on.......do you hear compressor start?
Air blowing out of duct should start out warm and then begin cooling down within minutes
My Dometic AC's are rated at 115 volt, so +- 10% measured at the unit would be fine.
