Hello all,
New to this sight, but been full-time RVing going on 17 years. Been RVing since I was 20. 63 now. I have a 5th wheel, 56' 2012 Recreation by Design, Monte Carlo. It has Dometic A/C heat pumps front and rear. I have replaced them a total of four times. Typically, they just won't cool and I find an A/C line has cracked and leaked all the freon. Being they are less than high quality (necessary for full-timers), IMO, it is cheaper to just replace the units. This time I have what seems to be a unique symptom. From the off position, I select cool on the thermostat (fan is on auto), set the cool at 72, and it comes on normally, runs, cools, and cycles approx. three times, shuts off, and will not come back on until I shut the thermostat off, and select cool again. I am looking to see if anyone else has had this problem and if there is a specific direction I need to look, or a specific part that causes this problem. I would really like to get this fixed long before the heat of summer shows up.
I am an electrician, if that should help. Thank you.
New to this sight, but been full-time RVing going on 17 years. Been RVing since I was 20. 63 now. I have a 5th wheel, 56' 2012 Recreation by Design, Monte Carlo. It has Dometic A/C heat pumps front and rear. I have replaced them a total of four times. Typically, they just won't cool and I find an A/C line has cracked and leaked all the freon. Being they are less than high quality (necessary for full-timers), IMO, it is cheaper to just replace the units. This time I have what seems to be a unique symptom. From the off position, I select cool on the thermostat (fan is on auto), set the cool at 72, and it comes on normally, runs, cools, and cycles approx. three times, shuts off, and will not come back on until I shut the thermostat off, and select cool again. I am looking to see if anyone else has had this problem and if there is a specific direction I need to look, or a specific part that causes this problem. I would really like to get this fixed long before the heat of summer shows up.
I am an electrician, if that should help. Thank you.
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