Loose bolts on new AC unit

[Len and Jo]

Our AC is now repaired w/o a dealer trip. Because the blower motor mounting fasteners were loose/missing the cold air fan was rubbing on its black plastic housing and chewing it up. FYI. The pictures tell the tale in case you encounter the same problem. Our AC had this problem from day 1. Dometric should have not let it out the door. Fritz RV should have repaired it during their "inspection".

 

[John From Detroit]

Gee. Sounds like you had a screw loose.

Frankly given the lack of quality control at many companies.... no surprise.

 

[CharlesinGA]

Just now saw this. Great set of pics. This unit could stand a SoftStart or a Micro Aire Easy Start kit to make for a smoother, low draw startup. My older model Dometic Penguin made quite a good thump when the compressor started, now you can barely hear the compressor (the fan noise is another issue however).

Charles

 

[John From Detroit]

Reminds me of a neighbor. he had a Carrier unit that was very noisy.> Well I joined him on the roof and the blower end of Thing.. The blower was cracked all the way to the hub.
Late Friday afternoon. No place to buy a replacement within an hour's drive.
Wait a minute.. Back to Ground. back to myRV, open basement, grab replacement Carrier Blower (Genuine article) and he's good to cool.
(When I scrapped my first carrier I kept the blower, blower motor and fan)

 

[Old_Crow]

Reminds me of a neighbor. he had a Carrier unit that was very noisy.> Well I joined him on the roof and the blower end of Thing.. The blower was cracked all the way to the hub.
Late Friday afternoon. No place to buy a replacement within an hour's drive.
Wait a minute.. Back to Ground. back to myRV, open basement, grab replacement Carrier Blower (Genuine article) and he's good to cool.
(When I scrapped my first carrier I kept the blower, blower motor and fan)

You're as bad as I am. A few years back I was having a problem with one of my furnaces. My RV guy gave me a handful of good used circuit boards. Turns out the problem was just a bad connection, so I tossed the boards into my spare parts bin. Ended up needing one about a year later and gave one to my bro-in-law shortly after that. I've still got two spares I think.

 

[Domo]

My wife and I are getting used to buying something new, bringing it home and then fixing it.