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06-13-2021, 11:27 AM
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Getting ready for maiden voyage and AC is very loud
Hello everyone, we are Getting ready for maiden voyage in our no boundaries 19.8 trailer with a 13.5k air conditioning unit which is running very loud. I measured about 75 dB inside the trailer. Is this normal? Should I have it looked at? Any help would be appreciated.
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06-13-2021, 11:37 AM
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Is it a Coleman or Dometic? I have a 15000 Dometic now and it is quieter and smoother than our previous 13500 Coleman. Our Coleman seemed to vibrate a lot with quite a bit of noise as well. Not sure of the decibels. Our dealership said that is how they tend to run. Certainly keeps the outside noise outside when on.
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06-13-2021, 11:44 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by offgrid1
Hello everyone, we are Getting ready for maiden voyage in our no boundaries 19.8 trailer with a 13.5k air conditioning unit which is running very loud. I measured about 75 dB inside the trailer. Is this normal? Should I have it looked at? Any help would be appreciated.
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If you don't have ducted a/c, the "Blast from the Center" air conditioners have always been loud. Not sure whether yours is louder than normal.
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06-13-2021, 01:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tkemnitzer
Is it a Coleman or Dometic? I have a 15000 Dometic now and it is quieter and smoother than our previous 13500 Coleman. Our Coleman seemed to vibrate a lot with quite a bit of noise as well. Not sure of the decibels. Our dealership said that is how they tend to run. Certainly keeps the outside noise outside when on.
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It’s a dometic unit 13.5 unit, With my husband because he is a carton it is loud and it’s got a little bit of a cling to it but I wouldn’t be surprised if this is normal from the sounds of it.
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06-13-2021, 01:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bikendan
If you don't have ducted a/c, the "Blast from the Center" air conditioners have always been loud. Not sure whether yours is louder than normal.
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It’s not ducted, it is a center blast. I’m beginning to think this is normal.
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06-14-2021, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by offgrid1
It’s not ducted, it is a center blast. I’m beginning to think this is normal.
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Mine's a ducted 13500 Coleman. I added one of those Airflow systems to it which helps but I believe that's just one of those necessary evils of TT life. Better 'loud and cool' than 'quiet and hot.'
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06-15-2021, 07:40 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by offgrid1
It’s a dometic unit 13.5 unit, With my husband because he is a carton it is loud and it’s got a little bit of a cling to it but I wouldn’t be surprised if this is normal from the sounds of it.
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Sorry, but what is a “carton”?
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06-15-2021, 10:25 AM
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Normal noise. My biggest issue was that the air from our ceiling unit pretty much just skimmed across the ceiling and into the open storage bay over our bed. Made a defector to aim the air downward towards the bed. Now one cool cucumber!
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06-15-2021, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by pdqparalegal1
Sorry, but what is a “carton”?
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She meant 'cartoon'.  Like Roger Rabbit. I want to know what 'a little bit of a cling to it' means. Like peaches?
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06-16-2021, 01:43 PM
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My Dometic 13.5 got really noisy and it turned out to be wasps building a mud nest on one of the fan blades...Removed the cowling, removed the mud nest and it quieted right down.
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