Peteandsharon
Well-known member
I know we've had many threads about this A/C issue in some of the Heartland trailers. This is our second season with the Bighorn and frankly the very first time that our A/C got challenged in the least. Last year our big trip was to South Dakota and the furnace came into play. The A/C didn't. Our earlier trip this year was to northern Wisconsin with temps in the upper 70's. Again, A/C was not an issue. The past few days we have been out at Illinois Beach State Park and the BH was out in the open with no trees, temps around 83 and relatively high humidity. What I found is that by mid afternoon I couldn't get the inside temp to get below about 78 degrees. Without cranking up a good fan it was actually a bit uncomfortable in the rig. I'm asking about this because I hesitate to think what it would be like if the temps were in the mid 90's instead of the mid 80's. After reading last year about the issues that others were having, I built my own "tent" contraption in the A/C compartment similar to the one that others have built. I also added a bedroom A/C but with a 30 amp park connection, I couldn't run both A/C's.
So...... my question to some of you is whether this performance is "typical" of what you have been seeing. My BH has the standard 15 K BTU Dometic A/C. I know that with both A/C's cranking I would not have this issue but you don't always have 50 amp service. Even though the rig is unprotected in the open sun, should I be having trouble getting it down below 78. Should I be able to squeak some better performance out of this unit or is this typical of what you guys have been getting on one A/C?
Thanks, Pete
So...... my question to some of you is whether this performance is "typical" of what you have been seeing. My BH has the standard 15 K BTU Dometic A/C. I know that with both A/C's cranking I would not have this issue but you don't always have 50 amp service. Even though the rig is unprotected in the open sun, should I be having trouble getting it down below 78. Should I be able to squeak some better performance out of this unit or is this typical of what you guys have been getting on one A/C?
Thanks, Pete