Air Conditioning

[Pete Masterson]

When I got my coach, the PO had converted the chassis AC to R134a but
it wasn't working. When I had my radiator work done, I also had the
AC serviced. Took $$$ of R134a. Worked ok, but not great. About a
year later, it wasn't working quite so well. (No leaks were found at
the time the system was recharged -- but, I wonder, are there
inaccessible hoses where a leak could be hiding? In any event, I'm
now at CCW in Riverside having several things attended to -- and I'm
thinking about recharging the AC again ... but I'm not sure I want to
spend another $600 or so on R134a...

I did add a $12 oscillating fan that plugs into the cigarette
lighter. It actually does a great job in keeping me cool until the
coach warms up enough to turn on the genny and the roof-top units.
Often, my heat discomfort is mostly from the radiant heat affect of
the sun beating into the "fishbowl" up front more than the ambient
temperature in the coach being too warm...

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
aeonix1@...
On the road at CCW in Riverside, CA



On May 31, 2008, at 11:36 AM, Don Bradner wrote:

> There've been a few A/C discussions in various threads recently -
> must be a calendar thing. I thought I would add my own.
> <snip>
> I know there are a number of folks who have posted that their dash
> air does not work, and they just use the generator/house air
> solution. We considered that, but even with the high cost of repair
> the economics appear to be in favor of the repair route. Our
> generator pulls about 1/2 gallon per hour when doing light work
> like a single air conditioner. At $5 per gallon that would mean
> $600 would run the A/C for 240 hours. At most that would be a
> couple of years for us, and probably less. We will be traveling to
> the East Coast in August, and are likely to be in hot weather until
> we leave Florida in November.
>
> I'll be sorry if it turns out that I have a leak somewhere else,
> but I'm fairly confident that I don't. The tech put plenty of
> fluorescent dye in with the refrigerant, and nothing has shown up
> anywhere.
>
>