Coleman Mach 8232 series to Atwood
I have two ancient (2003) Coleman A/C units which are ready for replacement. The system is run by the Intellitec 00-00591-200 controller and a no-longer-available Climate Controller also by Intellitec...
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I have not done that but I've gone the other way (From something else (Carrier) to Coleman)
I will recommend you stick with Coleman.. HERE IS WHY:
My Rv Technician told me "Colemans Suck, Dometics (in fact nearly all other Air conditioners) BLOW" By that she meant that a Coleman the fan sucks aire in via the condenser from outside and blows it out the sides Where as allt he others suck in from the side vents and blow out through the Condenser.
NOW.. Going down the road.. "Blowing" might be a bit more efficient, but parked it won't make a whole lot of difference (Sucking slightly better in fact, very very slightly)
BUT here is where the real difference is.. My first time where I am not this summer it was Cotton Wood Season so naturally when I got to the other park CLICK went the circuit breaker (As the system gets HOTTER pressures increase the pump works harder and the breaker goes CLICK) Well Time to go up and de-cotton them
On the old one: Remove outer cover, Remove inner cover, Since my hands are XXL Remove fan, Clean, Reassemble
On the Carriers the inner cover is a few screws to remove but on my Advent air
I replaced the other Carrier with an Advent air) It is bent metal tabs and tape, You can only unbend/rebend those tabs so many times. But Advent Air is made in China so the fan (Shaped a bit like a tire after all) Turned out to be a China Bomb , when it blew up I replaewd it with a Coleman fan so not it sucks too.
To clean: Remove outer cover (4 bolts on Coleman 10 screws on Advent Air)
Remove cotton from OUTSIDE of condenser
Replace cover Job done.
I will recommend you stick with Coleman.. HERE IS WHY:
My Rv Technician told me "Colemans Suck, Dometics (in fact nearly all other Air conditioners) BLOW" By that she meant that a Coleman the fan sucks aire in via the condenser from outside and blows it out the sides Where as allt he others suck in from the side vents and blow out through the Condenser.
NOW.. Going down the road.. "Blowing" might be a bit more efficient, but parked it won't make a whole lot of difference (Sucking slightly better in fact, very very slightly)
BUT here is where the real difference is.. My first time where I am not this summer it was Cotton Wood Season so naturally when I got to the other park CLICK went the circuit breaker (As the system gets HOTTER pressures increase the pump works harder and the breaker goes CLICK) Well Time to go up and de-cotton them
On the old one: Remove outer cover, Remove inner cover, Since my hands are XXL Remove fan, Clean, Reassemble
On the Carriers the inner cover is a few screws to remove but on my Advent air
I replaced the other Carrier with an Advent air) It is bent metal tabs and tape, You can only unbend/rebend those tabs so many times. But Advent Air is made in China so the fan (Shaped a bit like a tire after all) Turned out to be a China Bomb , when it blew up I replaewd it with a Coleman fan so not it sucks too.
To clean: Remove outer cover (4 bolts on Coleman 10 screws on Advent Air)
Remove cotton from OUTSIDE of condenser
Replace cover Job done.
