Atwood Air Command Roof AC

[belfert]

Guys, we've been running twin 15,000btu air commands in our bus for a year now. They are perfect. Two different models: one needs a 12 volt power source and the other doesn't. My advice is to only buy the ones that don't need the 12v source. They work perfect, and I have used them to heat our bus down to 0 degrees F successfully. They are awesome.

You got your Attwood to produce heat at zero degrees?  I stayed in my bus one night when it was around 30 degrees outside.  At that outside temperature the Attwood was making a lot of noise and producing almost no heat.  I finally shut it down and turned on an electric heater instead.

Does anyone else have problems with the Attwood not maintaining the temperature when in heat mode?  The temperature reported on the display will drop well below the set point before the unit starts producing heat again.  There is no such issue in cool mode that I know of.

[DoubleEagle]

Those are amazing heat pumps if they put out heat down to 0 degrees F, sure it's not Centigrade? I had three Duo-Therm heat pumps that would quit putting out heat when it got down to the low forties F. I returned all three of them under a satisfaction guarantee (Camping World) and got the Penguin low profiles with heat strips (which are still great twenty years later).

[muldoonman]

Any of these ac's have a smaller footprint inside the bus on the ceiling, where controls are located?

[luvrbus]

On page 37 here I believe Scott has a photo of -4 in Michigan of the Atwood's working says the bus was 75 degrees inside with the bus covered with ice   

[muldoonman]

For folks that go up in the cold country that would be nice. I want something other than these cruisairs here in this Texas heat that works. My problem is I'm gonna have to redo my ceiling as they have lights down the center.

[luvrbus]

The installers did a number on the Cruisair I had 3 in the Eagle that never missed a beat in 10 years and Matt has owned the bus for 7 years now and they are still going strong in the AZ heat down in Yuma.My installer knew what he was doing though,I seen some that were major problems because of the installation.The Cruisair are high dollar for someone to screw up I paid $9000.00 for 3 installed in 1999 

Glen if you go to roof tops spend some of money and duct the units they cool and heat better duct it more even and most of the time when it takes 2 non duct units 1 unit will give the same results.I have 5 duct roof top and parked in the AZ heat I never use over 2 @ 110 degrees to reach 75 degrees in the DL3 45 ft  

[muldoonman]

The installers did a number on the Cruisair I had 3 in the Eagle that never missed a beat in 10 years and Matt has owned the bus for 7 years now and they are still going strong in the AZ heat down in Yuma.My installer knew what he was doing though,I seen some that were major problems because of the installation.The Cruisair are high dollar for someone to screw up I paid $9000.00 for 3 installed in 1999 

Glen if you go to roof tops spend some of money and duct the units they cool and heat better duct it more even and most of the time when it takes 2 non duct units 1 unit will give the same results.I have 5 duct roof top and parked in the AZ heat I never use over 2 @ 110 degrees to reach 75 degrees in the DL3 45 ft  

Thanks for the info. Just kicking it around. Thinking about selling and buying a truck conversion.

[luvrbus]

LOL you may be one of the lucky people and get your money back on that bus

[Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM]

I have had one for two years now, but one year the bus was in storage. But so far, I am very impressed with how quiet they are, how well they disperse the air, and the remote control which allows me to turn it on and off and adjust the temperature without having to set my cruise control and leaving the comfort of my captains chair. :-)  I plan on buying two more soon as soon as they go on sale in my area.  What are others paying for these so I will have a ballpark of what I should spend?

[luvrbus]

Hammer on the RV supply Gary they have a 60 to 80% markup on those

[Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM]

Thanks Cliff.  I am working on my advertiser Pacific RV Parts for a good deal for everyone. He is discussing this with his distributor and can drop-ship them directly to anyone interested.