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Bus Discussion => Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) => Topic started by: onrwey9 on April 25, 2011, 05:40:01 AM
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My roof air just give up the ghost & I;m in Florida. It is a Coleman 13,500 Mach? .Fan works ,but blows warm , seems like compreesor kicks in ,but onlly for a second or two then stops ,reycles try again & stops.I could smell something ,inside coach , maybe r22, thinking maybe a leak. Any ideas about fixing or more cost effective to replace compressor or whole unit.It is about 9 tyrs old
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where are you in florida
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St. Augustine
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3528751040 Give Marvin a call he may be able to help you he is about 100 mile away and is a bus guy Sound like it might be just be low freon if there is no humming. good luck Bob
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Where is Marvin I;m Heading Northon 95
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due west at Ocola don't know anyone north. maybe someone else chime in here now. Camping world off exit to left at St. Augstine behind outlet mall on left
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http://bryantrv.com/roofac.html (http://bryantrv.com/roofac.html)
Good description of basic trouble shooting. I have never heard that these types of units can really be recharged very successfully. I have heard that low voltage can make them unhappy.
Brian
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Tried to post once and it didn't work. Arrgggh!
I'm no HVAC expert but I have owned a few motorhomes and several houses. It doesn't sound like a compressor problem. More likely a low freon problem with the low pressure switch stopping the compressor. You could try locating a leak on the tubing by looking for rub points where it might have worn through. If it's a coil leak, that would be tough to fix. At 9 years though, you're probably money ahead to replace it. Since warm weather is just arriving, I'd hate to start the year with a suspect AC unit. Just my opinion. Good luck.
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Camping world shows a Coleman Mach 15 for $746.99, Not sure on installation charge?
9 year old AC, I would not want to spend money on it unless it was something simple I could diagnose and fix myself, it would have to be real simple!
HTH JIm
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Not sure about low voltage in a park with 50 amp & a lot of high end S&S checked hook up for correct voltage & amps when 1st got here 4days ago everthing seemed to be ok? then
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Don't fool with it-go to Camping World and have a new one installed. You'll be the happiest camper for the rest of the year. If the 13,500btu does the job, save your money and not buy the 15,000btu. Good Luck, TomC
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Have some one check it (Marvin) it could be as simply a 10.00 start run cap. I have known Colemans to run for over thirty years. Don't jump to soon. Tony
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http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&biw=836&bih=472&q=Coleman+Mach+15&btnG=Google+Search (http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&biw=836&bih=472&q=Coleman+Mach+15&btnG=Google+Search)
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Tks B. K. lok there later
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Curious
How big is your camper and how many a/c's do you have on it?
I know a nice shady campground in St Augistine ;)
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thanks J,C were in a campground called ocean grove bus is 40 ft. 2 airs.were heading north morror so it should be cooler farther north we go .Back to Ontario .probably need heat before we get home lol .Going to wait till I get home to fix thanks to all who replied
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Onrwey you can probably guess where I was going with that question.
Have a safe trip home.
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Thanks J.C. yes IM probably tkinking its yours or someone u know & I,m grateful for the offer if we were staying longer I would take u up on the offer.Thanks again will keep it in mind for future mishaps
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Have some one check it (Marvin) it could be as simply a 10.00 start run cap. I have known Colemans to run for over thirty years. Don't jump to soon. Tony
This brings up an interesting though:
Things I bought 30 years ago hoping they'd last 30 years usually did. Things I buy today hoping they'll last 5 years usually don't. Guess that's progress.
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We have a black 40ft, 2 A/C will just barley cool it on a hot day in the sun.
That means we never leave home without all 3 in working order. You do not want to be in ours on a hot day with only 1 A/C
and I would never assume that anything on board is ever going to make any trip without some sort of failure because something always does.
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There is a new one for sale near Gainesville,FL listed on busnut.com