How durable is my ac?

[wsc7050]

hello. I have a 2016 13.5 Coleman Mach ac unit on my Nash 25c. The last couple of weeks I have been using the ac quite a bit during the day. It got me wondering, how many hours a day can these things run? What kind of maintenance should I be doing? And what kind of lifespan should I expect? Thanks in advance for any info. matt

[spoon059]

RavensFan24 wrote:
I'm considering moving back to Florida and I have 2 dogs. My fear is of the A/C dying while they are in there in the summer heat without me home. Trying to figure out the best way to make sure they are safe without them having to be with me 24/7.

I would be more worried about a failure of the electric grid at the campground (total power outage, voltage spike, voltage drop out, etc) then I would be about a failure of my AC unit...

I would be hesitant to leave my dogs for an extended period in hot temps without a friendly neighbor who can check on them...

[afidel]

RavensFan24 wrote:
I'm considering moving back to Florida and I have 2 dogs. My fear is of the A/C dying while they are in there in the summer heat without me home. Trying to figure out the best way to make sure they are safe without them having to be with me 24/7.

Environmental monitors are easy to setup, I've used ones that call a person (or a rotation of numbers until someone acknowledges the alarm), send an SMS (text) message, or an email. They have them with POTS (telephone) connections, cellular, and wifi or Ethernet data ports.

[time2roll]

RavensFan24 wrote:
I'm considering moving back to Florida and I have 2 dogs. My fear is of the A/C dying while they are in there in the summer heat without me home. Trying to figure out the best way to make sure they are safe without them having to be with me 24/7.

May want some type of alarm that sends a text if the power goes out or the temperature exceeds your limit.

[myredracer]

Using the AC unit when the voltage is below 105 volts and often enough will cause permanent cumulative damage and result in premature failure.

Decent voltage depends on the CGs (or other locations) you use. At a min., use a plug-in or permanently mounted LED digital voltmeter inside. Best thing is an EMS unit that will automatically shut off the power. Using a portable voltmeter to check a pedestal *might* help but voltage can drop after you turn on loads and also voltage in a CG section can drop at certain times in a day and when there are a lot of users running ACs and other high loads.

If you bought a new TT you will know how it's been treated but on a used TT you won't know how often the AC was used under low voltage conditions.

[RavensFan24]

I'm considering moving back to Florida and I have 2 dogs. My fear is of the A/C dying while they are in there in the summer heat without me home. Trying to figure out the best way to make sure they are safe without them having to be with me 24/7.

[spoon059]

GordonThree wrote:
Clean the rooftop coils now and then if you think of it. Clean the inside air filter maybe once or twice a season depending on how much you cook in the trailer.

Yup. Our old trailer was 17 years old (1998 Nash 22H, loved that thing!) when we sold it. AC ran cold the day we sold it. I wouldn't worry about it, keep yourself comfortable. If they fail, they can be fixed or replaced.

[deltabravo]

time2roll wrote:
It is a machine, it does not get tired. It is good to run 24/7/365.
Probably last 8 to 20+ years.

Ditto.

BNSF railroad uses them on their locomotive cabs, two of them.

[rockhillmanor]

X2 on checking and cleaning the coils often.

I RV'd mostly in the Midwest and never gave a thought to coil cleaning and my AC worked fine.

THEN....I moved on down to Florida for several months. A couple of months parked there and my AC wouldn't cool.

Called Mobile Repair and the first thing he did was show me the coils that were completely covered in Florida's famous green mold! He washed the coils off and I had cold air again.

So if you are RV'ing in the South cleaning the coils often is paramount. :C

[DutchmenSport]

time2roll wrote:
...
Probably last 8 to 20+ years.

I guess stretching it to 100 years is a bit much, isn't it? :B

[time2roll]

It is a machine, it does not get tired. It is good to run 24/7/365.
Probably last 8 to 20+ years.

[Wild_Card]

its better for it to run than repetitive start stop.

[wsc7050]

Thanks everyone! I won't worry about running it 8-10 hours at a time anymore!

[D_E_Bishop]

Our first rig, a 1990 Bounder had a failure within a month or so of purchase and the replacement was running well when we sold it two years ago.

[darsben1]

I just replaced the Coleman A/C on my 1990 rig. It was working fine until I snagged a low hanging overhead cable wire on a street I was on