Sick and Tired of sweating...

[azloafer]

When it is 105 here in AZ our basement air does not do the job. Now we are into our hot and humid part of the summer which lasts thru July and August before drying up again and cooling off. We decided to get an estimate on having a roof top air conditioner installed to supplement the basement air. We may have it put in place of the kitchen exhaust fan to save a little money. We rarely use the fan. There is a sale at Camping World for the air conditioner and the installation. The vent is the standard 14" X 14" and that is what is required for the roof top unit. I'm scheduled for an estimate in a couple days. DW says to go ahead unless the cost is outrages! Joe

[two-niner]

Keep us posted.
If you go to RV. Forum and scroll down to the Winnebago site, John Canfield has done that. I believe he posts here also. He's currently at GNR and may not be reading anything.

Kerry

[RCtime]

http://http://www.rvforum.net/SMF_fo...?topic=32847.0

Check this out, John Canfield did just that

[azloafer]

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Originally Posted by RCtime http://http://www.rvforum.net/SMF_fo...?topic=32847.0 Check this out, John Canfield did just that

I just read John's post. Very interesting and he sounds satisfied. That helps me make a decision. Joe

[Rich_in_Tampa]

I'm surprised. Our basement AC in the Itasca Suncruiser 35L seems to cool her down in no time flat, and just a 5 minute boost every 15 minutes or so keeps it cool. Not 105 degrees, but a good 95 degrees with 70% humidity, direct sun.

Just saying -- I assume you had the unit fully inspected and topped off. In any event, I hope you keep us posted on how the roof air works out.

[RickO]

It is really amazing how widely coach owner satisfaction varies when it comes to their ability to stay cool. In hot, direct sun (our grandkids are in Buckeye, Az) count us among those who have a hard time keeping the coach much below 86 degrees inside.

[azloafer]

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Originally Posted by Rich_in_Tampa I'm surprised. Our basement AC in the Itasca Suncruiser 35L seems to cool her down in no time flat, and just a 5 minute boost every 15 minutes or so keeps it cool. Not 105 degrees, but a good 95 degrees with 70% humidity, direct sun. Just saying -- I assume you had the unit fully inspected and topped off. In any event, I hope you keep us posted on how the roof air works out.

Yes, the unit has been checked and is fine. If you do a search in this forum you will find many dissatisfied owners. I know of two people who have added roof air and according to John canfield's post he knows of others who have done the same thing. We were out recently and it was 108 and sunny. It was not fun. At night it was fine. I noticed a lot of heat coming from the end walls of the slides. You could barely touch the black trim around the windows. I don't want to give up using the coach just because of our normal summer temperatures. We have two months of this heat, along with humidity, and the rest of the year is heaven. In my opinion we have no real off season. No winterizing. We just need a little more cool in the coach and we'll be fine through these two months. Joe

[Sammie]

The more window and patio awnings you have out helps alot. Also a windshield cover or sunscreen really helps to keep the inside temps down. But I'm with you, if your HOT it's not fun. Adding a roof air unit would surely cool the coach down. The only problem I see is how they would run the electrical wiring up to the roof unit.

Sammie

[two-niner]

Sammie: If you would hit the "clicky" by Rich in Tampa and read it, you could find many ways to "wire" it.
A 13,500 btu ac will NORMALLY be okay on a dedicated (or not) 15 amp circuit.

Kerry

[safari1]

We live in Chandler, AZ and I thought our roof air just was not doing the job. Seemed to be blowing cold air but not cooling down our small motorhome. This past Saturday I brought it home and took cover off roof air and blew dirt out from condensor, then used the water hose. Lots of dirt and dust came out. Now it is working great, doing a good job of cooling our 22ft. Safari Damara. Its is a Carrier 13,500 BTU.

[azloafer]

I put in a search for "Winnebago Basement Air" and found 104 Starter Threads and each one has numerous posts. I now know that there are more than a few owners complaining about the unit in real hot weather. One post said that Winnebago put in a higher efficiency unit starting in 2009. I don't know the details about that. Joe

[azloafer]

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Originally Posted by Rich_in_Tampa I'm surprised. Our basement AC in the Itasca Suncruiser 35L seems to cool her down in no time flat, and just a 5 minute boost every 15 minutes or so keeps it cool. Not 105 degrees, but a good 95 degrees with 70% humidity, direct sun. Just saying -- I assume you had the unit fully inspected and topped off. In any event, I hope you keep us posted on how the roof air works out.

One of the posts in "Winnebago Basement Air" said that starting in 2009 the compressors were made larger. Each compressor went from 13500 to 15000. You lucked out! Joe

[David and Fran]

Keep us in the satisfied with basement air group. We have an 07 Vectra and our basement unit cools very well. We keep it at 78 degrees and sometimes we are downright cold. Last summer we thought we would hang out in Tucson during the inferno season (June, July and August) and found that the a/c kept the coach at about 80 degrees with the outside temps averaging 105-112 degrees. We have a dark coach with dark awnings. We did keep the awnings out and the night shades down on the sunny side of the coach and used our windshield cover.

[azloafer]

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Originally Posted by David and Fran Keep us in the satisfied with basement air group. We have an 07 Vectra and our basement unit cools very well. We keep it at 78 degrees and sometimes we are downright cold. Last summer we thought we would hang out in Tucson during the inferno season (June, July and August) and found that the a/c kept the coach at about 80 degrees with the outside temps averaging 105-112 degrees. We have a dark coach with dark awnings. We did keep the awnings out and the night shades down on the sunny side of the coach and used our windshield cover.

One thing that is different in the 2008 Latitude...There are no day/night shades. There is one shade and I would describe it as being somewhere between a day and a night shade as far as opacity. Joe