Dometic air conditioner OK?

I'd stick with the Coleman. The Dometic units are very loud in my opinion.

Jim

Personally, I would go with US built Colemen over the made in China Duotherm.

Ok, thanks guys. The one i was looking at is a dometic, not duotherm

Chris Bryant wrote:
Personally, I would go with US built Colemen over the made in China Duotherm.

Some are being made in INDIANA now.

Camper G wrote:
Ok, thanks guys. The one i was looking at is a dometic, not duotherm

Same thing- Duotherm by Dometic, though I see they are dropping the Duotherm name.

Ok thanks. The dometic is about $100 less than the Coleman and my rig is not worth much so I'm weighing all my options. Im not concerned about noise pwr se, I'm mainly concerned with reliability

I appreciate the thoughts

My Dometic works very well so far. It is no noisier than others I have had, in fact, I'd say more quiet. It is 15K, and easily cools my FW in any temps I've been in. I'd buy same for replacement, if needed.

Jerry

My old motorhome had the original Duotherm in it from 1990. It worked perfectly. A couple of summers ago we were camping at the beach and it was hot, hot every day. The static temperature in the campground. That old Duotherm kept the inside of our old motorhome ice cold all day, every day. Granted, it was a 1990 model AC unit and most certainly made in the USA.

I put a brand new Carrier on my wife's grooming van that lasted about a year and a half. When it quit I bought a scratch-n-dent duotherm from Adventure.rv and it worked great till the day we sold the van and I would bet it's still going strong. As far as noise I could never tell that one was louder than another. I suppose it's possible but, I wasn't paying attention.

I once bought a Coleman AC off of a wrecked class B. I installed in on the van I converted to a camper then, when we sold that I put in on the cabover camper we bought. It was rock solid reliable.

Chris Bryant wrote:

Camper G wrote:
Ok, thanks guys. The one i was looking at is a dometic, not duotherm

Same thing- Duotherm by Dometic, though I see they are dropping the Duotherm name.

I have had duotherm/dometic in all of my previous and my current trailer. All have worked flawlessly.

One of the things I would install is a soft starter. They will add about $350 to HVAC, but they reduce the LRA by up to 70 percent. This might allow you to start a 15K HVAC while gunning your gensets in eco mode.