Peteandsharon
Well-known member
With the winter being so cold for so many people and people writing so many threads about water lines freezing, an air conditioning question seems inappropriate. However, this summer I will be in the southeast Oklahoma and northeast Texas area with only 30 amp service.
So.... the issue of adequately cooling the rig comes back to mind. I don't want to revisit all the old threads and talk about making the A/C "tents" and all the clever workarounds that we have all used with varying degrees of success. We've beat that horse to death many times. I guess, what I'm still trying to get a handle on is what is different about a lot of these Heartland systems that makes all those workarounds necessary? As far as I know, this problem seems to be unique to Heartland. Is there something about the design of the ductwork? Is it primarily caused by poor design of the air exchange system where so many of us have built the A/C tents to try to properly divert the air? And more importantly, does anyone know if all of our previous threads have led to any design changes from Heartland? At the very least, I would have thought that they could have come up with an aftermarket installable diverter to get cold air properly into each side of the ductwork. Maybe do a better job of sealing up the insides so that the cold air does not leak back into the warm air side.
Anyway, if anyone wants to stop talking about the cold for awhile and can chime in, I'd like to hear about it.
Pete
So.... the issue of adequately cooling the rig comes back to mind. I don't want to revisit all the old threads and talk about making the A/C "tents" and all the clever workarounds that we have all used with varying degrees of success. We've beat that horse to death many times. I guess, what I'm still trying to get a handle on is what is different about a lot of these Heartland systems that makes all those workarounds necessary? As far as I know, this problem seems to be unique to Heartland. Is there something about the design of the ductwork? Is it primarily caused by poor design of the air exchange system where so many of us have built the A/C tents to try to properly divert the air? And more importantly, does anyone know if all of our previous threads have led to any design changes from Heartland? At the very least, I would have thought that they could have come up with an aftermarket installable diverter to get cold air properly into each side of the ductwork. Maybe do a better job of sealing up the insides so that the cold air does not leak back into the warm air side.
Anyway, if anyone wants to stop talking about the cold for awhile and can chime in, I'd like to hear about it.
Pete