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C Boyd is currently offline  C Boyd   United States
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A friend is looking to add rear roof AC in place of the vent. His coach is a 26 wired 50 amp, so the wire should be there? what size, brand would you recommend? Heat pump, low profile, quiet, dependable, fits forward, are preferences.
Thanks..


C. Boyd
76 Crestmont
East Tennessee
Re: [GMCnet] Wanting Roof air recommendations [message #318863 is a reply to message #318862] Sun, 11 June 2017 18:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
USAussie is currently offline  USAussie   United States
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Chuck,

All three of my Avions were wired at the factory, I don't know if it was
done by GMC or Avion. I don't know if GMC did it for their models. The CB
panel in the Avions came with a breaker for both even if the A/C wasn't
installed.

Brisk Air models can face forward as the distance from the part that passes
through the roof to the back of the unit will not interfere with the
clearance lights. I believe that measurement is 14 inches. Any of the others
will have to be turned around but that really doesn't matter as you don't
need to run it going down the road.

I like the A/C units that have two fans, one for the condenser and one for
the evaporator, unfortunately the best model is no longer made; the Carrier.

I put two Dometic 13,500 BTU units on Double Trouble which I got from
Adventure RV, they work fine; however, the alignment of the control knobs
(attached to the upper unit) and the internal ceiling unit left a LOT to be
desired. Being the anally retentive bugger that I am I HAD to fix that and
it took quite a bit of fiddling around.

IIRC all the low profile units need to be turned around.

Regards,
Rob M.
The Pedantic Mechanic
USAussie - Downunder
AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
USA '77 Kingsley - TZE 267V100808

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Subject: [GMCnet] Wanting Roof air recommendations

A friend is looking to add rear roof AC in place of the vent. His coach is
a 26 wired 50 amp, so the wire should be there? what size, brand would
you recommend? Heat pump, low profile, quiet, dependable, fits forward, are
preferences.
Thanks..
--
C. Boyd
76 Crestmont
East Tennessee

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Regards, Rob M. (USAussie) The Pedantic Mechanic Sydney, Australia '75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428 '75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
Re: [GMCnet] Wanting Roof air recommendations [message #318894 is a reply to message #318863] Mon, 12 June 2017 14:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
C Boyd is currently offline  C Boyd   United States
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Thanks Rob. I'll pass it along to Lebraun. He says Hi..

C. Boyd
76 Crestmont
East Tennessee
Re: Wanting Roof air recommendations [message #318900 is a reply to message #318862] Mon, 12 June 2017 18:54 Go to previous message
Scott Nutter is currently offline  Scott Nutter   United States
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Chuck,
I have a 15k up front, and a 15k in the rear.
If I was to do it again, I would go with a 8k to 10k in the rear. It is my bedroom, and I think the smaller one would be plenty and quieter.
Scott.


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