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I recently bought a Carrier AiRV 15,000 BTU a/c with heat strip from Palomino Parts for $475. That's about 60% what camping World charges.
This replaced the Coleman Delta T clunker in my 34 footer.
I installed the Carrier myself. I don't need a dealer. It works perfectly, cools the tube down very well, is both quieter and more powerful than the old Coleman. Negatives....I can't think of any.
Some dudes on here complain about the airsweep feature not working right. That is because they don't have the inside cover installed properly. It is a very simple mechanism....there's a wheel that sticks down vertically from the ceiling inside the a/c housing that is differing thicknesses all around it's circumference. It's like a cam. The airsweep arm lays against this and as the arm moves up and down against this varying thickness wheel, it works the louvers. If you don't line the inside unit up with the outside one properly, you get this out of alignment and it doesn't work. You get it lined up, and it works perfectly. It's very simple. Yes, I screwed it up initially, realized what I'd done wrong, fixed it, and it's worked perfectly every since.
The Carrier AiRV has a slinger wheel that throws the condensate over the coils to aid the heat transfer and reduce the amount of water running down the side of your coach. Actually, I have had zero water running down the side of my coach.
Dometic makes good stuff, and I just put a new DM2852 fridge in my coach. But you will NOT go wrong with a Carrier 15,000 a/c. You can always dial back the cold on a 15,000btu...you can't dial in more than 11,000 on the little one.
I wouldn't even consider anything less than a 15,000 btu a/c nowadays.
best of luck,
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- Jim
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