Did someone say not to long ago that carrier was going to stop production of RV rooftop units?
If I am thinking of another unit anyone have input on this model?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130394383489&_trksid=p2759.l1259 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130394383489&_trksid=p2759.l1259)
Thanks,
Bryan
they were talking about basement units,pretty sure
Carrier has a German made, roof top unit that is about 8" tall, for those of us with height limitations.
Model number is AC 350, or AC 353 and AC 313, if you need more than one unit to keep your coach cool.
I have been talking with them for some time now, and if you need details, let me know and I can send you a spec sheet.
Keith
PCC
I was thinking about two of the units for now and adding a third later. I like the idea of low profile 15,000 BTU w/ heat pump. Low profile is just to keep the roof from looking cluttered.
PCC
Are the specs for the same unit I posted the link to?
Bryan
No. The unit you posted is much smaller than the unit I have been talking with them about.
The unit Carrier and I are discussing is 181" long, 53" wide, and about 8" tall.
It is both heat and cool with an estimated 137,000 BTU.
PCC,
Holy smokes Batman :o thats allot of Heat & Air! Are you cooling 3 buses at once ???
I think that is a little more than I need. Will that not cycle way to much for a bus?
Bryan
I thought this was about Carrier brand AC's, not air conditioning a carrier!
Dometic makes a heat pump 15,000 that is 7" tall, I used three of them they also can be ducted and zoned!
Muddog,
Have you used the Dometics much while working on it?
Thanks,
Bryan
Bryan, Carrier has gone out of the RV roof mounted business but parts and service are easy to find.
Forgive me Nick but I thought Carrier had the best roof top on the market seriously Bryan they are a good unit and never a problem with water running down the side of your bus they used it to help with cooling
good luck
Clifford,
The company on ebay is saying they have just received Carrier units in June. Maybe Carrier is selling out already built units?
Bryan
Bryan, check the PPL web site a friend bought 4 of those units with the inside unit for a 500 bucks a piece last month don't believe much of what the ebay sellers tell you.
We drove 500 miles today to look at a 2001 H-45 that a seller told me was top notch just a little damage to the passenger side at the back rear wheels hell the whole side was gone from a brake fire.
One good thing happen my wife bought her a Safari MH on the trip that may be not so good huh nice little coach the bed drops from the ceiling.There are deals on the Carriers wait if you can till after summer never buy AC's in the summer or furnaces in the winter lol
good luck
Clifford,
I know about not buying air in the summer but if I want to use it this summer I have to. I am a bargain shoppe so I will look for the best deal. I will check with PPL
Some people see damage a little differently don't they, LOL!
Did she buy it for you two to use or to flip it?
Thanks
Quote from: luvrbus on June 19, 2010, 09:38:30 PM
Bryan, check the PPL web site a friend bought 4 of those units with the inside unit for a 500 bucks a piece last month don't believe much of what the ebay sellers tell you.
We drove 500 miles today to look at a 2001 H-45 that a seller told me was top notch just a little damage to the passenger side at the back rear wheels hell the whole side was gone from a brake fire.
One good thing happen my wife bought her a Safari MH on the trip that may be not so good huh nice little coach the bed drops from the ceiling.There are deals on the Carriers wait if you can till after summer never buy AC's in the summer or furnaces in the winter lol
good luck
People that lie are disgusting. >:( Good that it worked out.
Was the Safari a "TREK"model? They used to come with a IZUZU 4 banger D that was awesome and got 17 MPG or some such. It took off like a scalded cat and the engine looked like it should have been in a Kaboda lawn mower. With the bed arrangement, that coach was HUGE for it's footprint.
john
The disadvantage of the Carrier low profile rooftop is the exposed fan on the top. If you go through low branches they might get stuck in the fan.
Carrier is indeed out of the RV air conditioning business. You can find the press release with a minute of Google searching. PCC is talking a commercial type unit from Carrier designed for a passenger coach and not a an RV type unit.
I have ducted carrier Air V's on my 05. The panel on the inside has all of the controls in it. I was having trouble with the controls and went to a local Carrier dealer to get a new panel. They told me carrier no longer makes these units. I bought the last two panels they had. PPL is out of the panels but still has the upper units. I did not ask if they have the unducted control panels. Be careful the Air V units are good air conditioners but the control panels are very sensitive and will go out with a spike in the electrical system and there will soon be no more panels.
Good Luck Wayne
Wayne, I was talking to the guy at Dinosaur and he is going to start building those panels he will build them now on special order
good luck
Thank You Clifford I have a couple extra now. I think I have figured out what was causing the problem and maybe I won't need any more. FWIW I turn the 12 volt system off in the bus when not in use and I think I was getting a spike sometimes when I did this. So now I turn the 12 volt breaker to the air conditioners before I turn on the main 12 volt. So far it has not fryed any panels we will see.
Good Luck Wayne
Wayne,
Good that you are taking corrective action From what I am reading you are not alone in your history of failure. There are surge suppressors to eliminate this damage. Quality camp trailers of yesteryear, good old days or ? used to have huge capacitors strapped across the B+ 12 volts. That would serve as a surge suppressor. The modern ones are solid state and shunt spikes to ground. The old school items also eliminated "noise" on the line that had insufficient duration to trigger a solid state common suppressor.
Stocking up on PC boards is relieving the "symptom" and cleaning up the power would be solving the problem. Capacitors must have a down side and all suppressors are not created equal. I think someone like Sean should be able and interested in enlightening us all. I am sure you are not alone. If Clifford is verifying his parts replacement sources he just might be one of them.
John
I definitely don't want to buy something that I can't get parts for and if they are special order or only produced in small quantity (ie. supply & demand) I imagine they may be more expensive. I will have to do some more checking into this.
Wayne,
How have you been? Are you making progress on the new conversion?
Bryan
Bryan, the ducted units are the only ones that use the 12v board it is for the remote control
good luck
Clifford,
I did not know that. Can't you use a wall mount thermostat for the non ducted as well?
Thanks
For all of you who think that I am wanting too much air conditioning, allow me to suggest that if a disabled person has to sit inside my bus in Palm Springs,California on a day when the temperature outside is 110F, I will want ALL the cool I can get for this person, because many of them cannot just go outside.
My bus is being set up for disabled and critically ill patients, so they can go someplace they have always wanted to but have not got a way to do so comfortably, or just to get them to a medical facility miles away when an ambulance costs too much, or the family car gives them no way to move around without stopping, and lifting the out, and then the reverse, when the stop is completed.
I know it is overkill, but I know that they will be comfortable no matter the climate outside, and I like that idea, even if it is a few dollars more.
Keith
PCC
Bryan, Things are going well. Can't find enough time to work on the 15. The days are to short. I hope things are going well with you.
Thank You Wayne
is there a way to get a 12v basement model?
Quote from: desi arnaz on June 20, 2010, 10:34:19 PM
is there a way to get a 12v basement model?
Yes, but the 12 volt is only for the control circuit. Our RVP (formerly Coleman) basement AC requires 12 volt to the thermostat with controls the circuit board in the basement unit. Jack