caravan A/C
Submitted: Sunday, Apr 19, 2009 at 18:17
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The Geriatric Gypsies
goodday all
well we went to use the air con (full reverse cyle) on heat the other morning as it was a bit cool air con wouldnt go, got out my faithfull tester yes we have powe.r get out manual seems Dometic wont go under 4 degrees they have an ambient cutout so at this point of time it seems i have a piece of junk sitting on the roof when it is cold just finishes me with WINDSOR and thier Dealer Southern Windsor we wanted the IBIS remote control unit but between them they were full of excuses why they couldnt fit IBIS
anyway WHAT WOULD THE CONSEQUENcES BE IF I BYPASS THIS CUTOUT SO WE CAN USE THE HEATING WHEN COLD
temperature cutsout at 4 degrees and back in at 7 degrees makes it totally useless as is
steve
Reply By: Best Off Road - Sunday, Apr 19, 2009 at 19:25
Sunday, Apr 19, 2009 at 19:25
Steve Old Boy,
The curse of RC aircons is that they rely on extracting heat from the air to warm. When it is bloody cold they can't find much heat to salvage and go to sleep. That is to say they struggle when you need them most.
We had a an unpleasant stay at a resort in
Mansfield during winter a few years back when the RC aircon couldn't keep the unit warm.
The much maligned Heron units use a different principle. They are an aircon for cooling, and for heating they simply use an element much like a conventional fan heater. We had one in our van and it kept us warm all night long in "knacker" weather.
Cheers,
Jim.
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Follow Up By: Roughasguts - Sunday, Apr 19, 2009 at 20:10
Sunday, Apr 19, 2009 at 20:10
Thats right Our Heron has the element for heating and thought How cheap is that!
I only found out after looking parts up for the Heron on the net. Thing is I was trying to work out why there was so much condensation in the van when using the Heat setting Now I know.
I still think it a cheap and noisy unit though.
Sorry for the gripe.
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