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Just installed a Dometic Harrier a/c today in my 5'er [other one died] turned it on and in one hour it dropped the temp 6*C. Plus it's as quiet as a mouse. I'm parked in full sun at Caves Beach NSW temp was 33*C now 26*C.
Five years ago I bought a camping chair from Darios SA. with a lifetime warranty two years ago it broke. I have carried it for the two years and in January I contacted "Phoenix Leisure Group" at Ingleburn NSW. They said that if I throw the old chair out they would send me a replacement. It arrived this week, Now That's service.
"tanks" here---
I have a Dometic Harrier in the Tank.
Great air con and quiet after the previous old rooftop rattler.
I can highly recommend them. My bro-in-law liked mine that much he diced the rattler in the Sprinter and put a Harrier in its place.
Keith.
I can run the onboard generator to run the Harrier while I am driving. It is that efficient that it only takes a few minutes to lower the temp.
I'm now 87 years old, having experienced another birthday, and I'm still living in WA, single (gave up looking), white hair, no teeth, no money, no worries.
I plan to have another birthday next year.
vik351 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:32 pm
Heard about those, can ya run it when driving for a nice cool humpy when ya stop...???
vik...
We would have to redesign the solar framework because the offset forward and back from the hole in the roof is different from the roof top rattler you have now. Personally, if I was going to go to that much trouble I'd put a ceiling cassette and split system inverter air con mounting the outside part into the false wall in the back of the Avida.
T1 Terry
A person may fail many times, they only become a failure when they blame someone else John Burrows
Those who struggle to become a leader, rarely know a clear direction forward for anyone but themselves
When I ran the roof top rattler for two hours [some time ago] the batteries went down to 50%.
I have just run the new Harrier for five hours before the batteries went down to 50% and it is a cloudy day [off & on].
vik351 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:32 pm
Heard about those, can ya run it when driving for a nice cool humpy when ya stop...???
vik...
We would have to redesign the solar framework because the offset forward and back from the hole in the roof is different from the roof top rattler you have now. Personally, if I was going to go to that much trouble I'd put a ceiling cassette and split system inverter air con mounting the outside part into the false wall in the back of the Avida.
T1 Terry
or get a ute
Vik...
Merk 4x4 VF30 519 CDI 2020 LWB V6TD 3 ltr 6 wheeler ,Tenorite Grey ... yep, it's not white ...!!!
Back before I was banned from the Caravanner forum, there was a whole thread about how someone installed a unit in their caravan, I thought it was on this forum as well but I can't find it now. If you do a Google search you will find there are a lot on manufacturers offering them now as an alternative to the wall mounted head unit. Far more practical in an RV, less weight on the roof and a lot more cooling power, yet the outside unit uses a fraction of the power the newest inverter Harrier uses.
Peter, could the 50% battery use with the old air con been around the same time as the problem with the solar fuse? Now the solar is working again properly it would be powering the air con along with the battery and topping the battery up when the air con cycled out for a while.
The 5'er we did for John Lange ran the 3.5kW dual head split system air con continuous for 3 days while we were testing it parked up beside the workshop and the battery still returned to 100% before the end of the day, so split system air con uses a lot less battery power than the new Harrier
T1 Terry
A person may fail many times, they only become a failure when they blame someone else John Burrows
Those who struggle to become a leader, rarely know a clear direction forward for anyone but themselves
