What Kind and Color A/C unit?

[GoingNoWhereFast]

I do a lot of boondocking in my 2017 wolf pup 16BHS, so I don't use the A/C much. But I'm planning a long trip next summer and I'm checking out and doing maintenance on my A/C unit. So maybe someone would know some answers to some questions.

1st - My A/C is a Dometic, seems every one I talk to has a coleman. Is this a replacement or were Dometics also used?

2nd. - The cover over the A/C unit is black. Seems everyone elses is white? Do you think the color effects its efficiency? It would be a quick and easy rattle can job to make it white? Is it worth it?

So what do you think? Am I ok or should I paint it?

[Virginian]

Hey Rick,
I have a 2019 Wolf Pup, and it came with a Dometic A/C.
Mine is white, but I did recently see a lengthy discussion of white vs black on another forum, and one of the posters noted that it made a significant improvement on his when he painted the black cover white. It sounded like a worthwhile modification.
BTW, I've enjoyed a number of your videos on YouTube.

[GoingNoWhereFast]

Thanks Virginian. mine is actually a 2020, I thought I editted it and made it correct, but now it is too old. I think I will spray it white, or maybe yellow... Black just isn't my color!

[NXR]

Here, have five recent pages of differing opinions on whether the shroud color matters as well as several irrelevant examples of why it does or does not: https://www.irv2.com/forums/f59/the-...ds-651855.html

If you're going to be in 110+ temps it may matter but putting a sun shade or a camping chair over the top of the unit to block the direct sun may be a better idea.

A few people with the Atwood units very recently reported over-temp shutdowns when the outside air temps were 115 in Arizona and some place else. Their thermostat gave an error code indicating the outside coil reached 154 F. A white shroud may give you a few degrees more margin but a sunshade over the unit probably would be better.

The OP had a Sample Size of Two to prove his point and one was using 20 year-old HVAC technology. Not the best of statistics that...

Ray