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Old 05-08-2016, 03:59 PM   #1
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Front Air Conditioner Failure

Front unit stopped working, hear a click when trying to turn it on. It's hot in Louisiana. Any reset switch or something?
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Old 05-08-2016, 04:29 PM   #2
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Front unit stopped working, hear a click when trying to turn it on. It's hot in Louisiana. Any reset switch or something?
The only thing you can check is the thermostat power and thermostat setting are correct then the 120 volt circuit breaker.

How old is your rig?
Do you have 2 AC units?
Does the other one work ok?

Have you tried resetting the circuit breaker for that circuit inside your rig?
Have you verified you have 12 volt DC to the thermostat?

Please let us know.
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Old 05-08-2016, 06:32 PM   #3
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2015 Georgetown XL Black Diamond Edition 377 where is the reset switch for the air conditioner?
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Old 05-08-2016, 06:39 PM   #4
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2015 Georgetown XL Black Diamond Edition 377 where is the reset switch for the air conditioner?
What do you mean by reset switch. I know of none.
Now if you are talking about the 120 volt circuit breaker that may be tripped it should be behind the brown plastic panel in maybe the bedroom floor level.
This is mine after I removed the brown front faceplate.
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Old 05-09-2016, 01:50 PM   #5
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Hi RDG384.
Bad news and good news. I assume you have Dometic A/C's? Bad news is there is nothing you can reset. Good news is that a 2015 is under a 2 year limited warranty.
Hope that helps - I live in Louisiana and I know that you have to have two working A/C's.
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Old 05-09-2016, 02:08 PM   #6
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My '14 415AMP is on it's third main a/c unit. On this forum someone has mentioned he's on his fourth. It's a Dometic issue.
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Old 05-09-2016, 03:24 PM   #7
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Dometic air conditioners

It has to be a Dometic issue. From what I researched, they are manufactured in China and there is no means to service them, the techs can only remove and replace. I would like to know if I could upgrade to a Coleman by just paying the difference. I will inquire and post feedback.
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Old 05-09-2016, 06:06 PM   #8
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That would be either yes or no. Depends whether you have a heat pump, heat strips or just an A/C and what you want to replace it with.
You should be able to with someone qualified to do the work. Now just payingthedifference, generally it doesn't work that way unless it is under an extended warranty, then they may work with the repair facility.
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Old 05-10-2016, 12:42 AM   #9
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Hi Wrapperman. You are right, the decision to allow a credited switch to a Coleman unit would be up to Forest River. I'm just wondering how long Forest River will continue to replace the Dometic units. Oh, by the way, my units are A/C only, no heat strip and no heat pump.
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Old 05-10-2016, 05:46 AM   #10
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My front unit went out in a year and a half, so it wasn't Forest Rivers warranty that took care of it. Dometic's have a 2 year warranty so they replaced it. So if it is over a year old I wouldn't think Dometic would want to pay someone "extra" to replace it with another brand.
My units have heat strips. At first I thought I wanted heat pumps as the heat strips do not get very warm but I found that if I closed 90% of the vents the air is really warm enough to heat the coach.
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Old 05-10-2016, 07:26 AM   #11
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Thank you
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Old 04-21-2023, 04:20 PM   #12
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Thank you for this information. It helped solve my problem before I even asked it.
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