Dometic air conditioner?

Hitch Pin · 07-07-2012, 12:22 PM

Hi all

I have a question about our new Freedom Express Travel Trailer. I never had a Dometic air conditioner before, when I had it running the other day, it sounded like the fan on the outside that blows on the condenser was running in water, does anyone else’s sound like that?

Thanks!

steeleshark2 · 07-07-2012, 01:09 PM

Hmm, I do not recall that but if it is, maybe your ac water drain got plugged by some debris. If you get a chance to record a small video or audio of the sound, it may help.

RedLance · 07-07-2012, 02:29 PM

I know one of my window units on my house does that. It's supposed to. Instead of letting the condensation drain out, they make it evaporate, which in theory improves the heat transfer out of the condenser. So the air it pulls in to blow out through the condenser makes the condensation evaporate, cooling the air, so it can pickup more heat as it passes through the condenser.

On really humid days, the evaporation can get really behind, and I believe that's when you hear the fan hitting the water. Either that, or they are using the fan to "pump" the water up so it can evaporate better.

Of course, I could also be completely wrong.

Hitch Pin · 07-07-2012, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by steeleshark2

Hmm, I do not recall that but if it is, maybe your ac water drain got plugged by some debris. If you get a chance to record a small video or audio of the sound, it may help.

You wouldn't think that the water drain would be plugged up on a new TT.