Penguin 2 multi zone setup help
I’m having issues getting my front unit to work. The original front unit had one 6 wire pigtail that plugged into the zone control board. The new unit has 2, one being a standard 110v (blk,wht, gnd) a...
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1. Are the NEW AC and the REAR AC NEW?
2. Is the rear AC still the original with the original control box?
3. The hanging colored wires. Black is ground to control BOTH AC control boards. RED is Positive to control BOTH AC control boards. Yellows are not used as they are for a EMS control system you do not have. Blues go to the LP Furnace. The rear AC does NOT utilize these wires as long as the front AC has the Red and Black and Blues connected.
4. You HAD to have replaced the wall tstat as the original Tstat was the LED 4 or 5 button wall CCC Dometic tstat.
5. The ORIGINAL control boards will NOT work with a 10 button tstat
6. The 10 button Tstat will NOT work with a OLD 4/5 button control board
7. Zone 1 is the front AC and Zone 2 is the rear AC. So, the rear AC has to be set for Zone 2.
8. The model you purchased should have ONBOARD Circuit control module. Did you purchase a NEW module with the Penguin? Unless Dometic has changed in the past 6 months ALL Penguins come with the On board 10 button circuit board. Have you verified there is not a circuit board on your new model? IF you had the colored wires AND the Phone type modular connectors hanging down by the evaporator you have a onboard Circuit board
9. When you replaced the front AC and go to a 10 button, you have to replace the Rear AC control board to match the new front one.
10. On a unit 20 years old, and the AC units are more than 10 years old, and you have Penguin's, I always advise customers to replace BOTH Penguin units and just buy the new 10 button CCC tstat. More cost effective and it is all plug and play. Doug
1. Are the NEW AC and the REAR AC NEW?
2. Is the rear AC still the original with the original control box?
3. The hanging colored wires. Black is ground to control BOTH AC control boards. RED is Positive to control BOTH AC control boards. Yellows are not used as they are for a EMS control system you do not have. Blues go to the LP Furnace. The rear AC does NOT utilize these wires as long as the front AC has the Red and Black and Blues connected.
4. You HAD to have replaced the wall tstat as the original Tstat was the LED 4 or 5 button wall CCC Dometic tstat.
5. The ORIGINAL control boards will NOT work with a 10 button tstat
6. The 10 button Tstat will NOT work with a OLD 4/5 button control board
7. Zone 1 is the front AC and Zone 2 is the rear AC. So, the rear AC has to be set for Zone 2.
8. The model you purchased should have ONBOARD Circuit control module. Did you purchase a NEW module with the Penguin? Unless Dometic has changed in the past 6 months ALL Penguins come with the On board 10 button circuit board. Have you verified there is not a circuit board on your new model? IF you had the colored wires AND the Phone type modular connectors hanging down by the evaporator you have a onboard Circuit board
9. When you replaced the front AC and go to a 10 button, you have to replace the Rear AC control board to match the new front one.
10. On a unit 20 years old, and the AC units are more than 10 years old, and you have Penguin's, I always advise customers to replace BOTH Penguin units and just buy the new 10 button CCC tstat. More cost effective and it is all plug and play. Doug
