AC Replacement

[lewster]

Originally Posted by whitefawn

After reading the "replacement AC" threads here through several times, my husband and I decided on a Dometic unit with heat strip for our newly aquired 71 Overlander, based on the following rationales:
1) heat strip is preferable to heat pump, because we will not be paying for electricity at a campground, and will probably rarely use it anyway
2) Dometic has wall thermostat, and since we already have a wall thermostat, we would like to preserve that feature; with wall thermostat, fan turns off when AC is not engaged
3) Dometic allegedly has better customer and warranty service- and I have already found that to be true- all I got from Carrier was voice mail, and spoke at length with a Dometic Tech, no problem...
4) The Dometic has 3 speeds- and others only two (and I am hoping that translates to a lower speed if needed)
My husband is a HVAC tech and we will see what he encounters with the drain pan issue when we install the thing- I neglected to order one if it does not come with it, and at any rate perhaps he can adapt it to connect to the internal drain which we have been told is still patent and working. The Dometic is on order... I am going to post a thread soon about WHY we opted to replace the old unit, even though my husband is fully capable of repairing it... and will also post our adventures when we install the new one...

Whitefawn,

Dometic makes an auxiliary drip kit, which uses 2 little molded cups that attach to the underside of the unit to catch the condensate, pre-cut tubing that will connect to the cups and a union to join it all up to your internal drip hose. The kit also includes a second AC gasket which gets added to the existing one on the bottom of your AC unit, and you might just be able to get by with this kit and no drip pan.

I've used lots of these kits on large MoHos that have internal drain hoses. They work great!

[whitefawn]

Thanks, Lew! I should have re-read the relevant threads before I ordered our unit-I now remember you mentioning those cups, etc. in a past post. This weekend I suspect Joe will attack the project and solve the issues as they arise without the kit- or at least temporarily make the new unit work because we plan on attending the VAC Rally in Central VA next week and need AC; the 90+ temps will likely continue. He looked at the box tonight and said he thought the pan WAS included with the unit. I will post the results of the installation efforts...

Kathy
Whitefawn

[Overlander & Sea]

Originally Posted by Inland RV Center, In

Currently, the best unit is a Carrier, low profile, 15,000 BTU, with a heat strip.

Andy

I agree with Andy. This is the unit I installed on our '61 26' Overlander. It cools great on these hot Mississippi summer days and the low profile looks good. The heat strips are OK, will warm it up some on cool nights.