Air Conditioning

[Don Bradner]

Did they put dye in yours when charging? I can see how that can be/will be a
great help in finding a leak, if I have one other than what I already knew about
and they fixed.

On 5/31/2008 at 5:58 PM Pete Masterson wrote:

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