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03-06-2012, 07:41 PM
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Air conditioning
We are new owners. How do you turn on the air conditioning? Don't laugh...
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03-06-2012, 08:00 PM
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Location: Pensacola, FL
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What year, make, model?
Engine driven "dashboard" A/C or the "House" A/C that cools the rear of the coach?
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2008 Itasca 37H
2011 & 2012 Len & Pat's "One lap of America"
27K miles & 41 states in 13 months
Yellowstone Lake 6-1-2012
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03-06-2012, 08:55 PM
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Junior Member
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bluepill
What year, make, model?
Engine driven "dashboard" A/C or the "House" A/C that cools the rear of the coach?
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2003 alpine 40 ft diesel. It's the house ac with "comfort control"
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03-07-2012, 06:10 AM
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Senior Member
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Location: Winter Haven Brownsville, TX
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At the comfort control thermostat turn the on off switch to on, it is on the bottom. You have 2 active zones . Zone 1 is the front and zone 2 is the rear. Push the zone button until the zone number you want is flashing. Use the mode button to select cool, use the the up down button to set the desired temp.
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Wayne & Kathy
05 Alpine 40FDQS #75330 Towing 24' car hauler, 2012 Spyder, 2003 Harley FatBoy
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03-07-2012, 07:17 AM
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Location: Charleston, WV
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Here is a link to the operating instructions. http://www.dometic.com/FileOrganizer...eration_EN.pdf
If you have the older 4 button unit you press FAN and MODE together to change zones.
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John and Mary Knight
2015 Newmar Ventana 4311 - wheelchair accessible
2015 Cadillac SRX Luxury AWD
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03-07-2012, 08:12 AM
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Location: Sonora, CA
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On my 2001 it sometimes takes around 5 min. before it comes on.
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2001 Alpine Coach 36'
2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee Towed
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03-07-2012, 08:32 AM
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There is a built in delay on one unit, usually 2 minutes, so that they do not come on together and overload the breaker with the surge current.
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John and Mary Knight
2015 Newmar Ventana 4311 - wheelchair accessible
2015 Cadillac SRX Luxury AWD
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03-07-2012, 08:41 AM
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Alpine Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Surprise, AZ
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GO ... You've not identified your power source and since you're a new owner ... neither AC units will operate with just the Inverter .... both units should work with 50 amp service ... both units should work with the generator ... not sure about 30 amp service but atleast 1 - unit at a time should work ... and as Algoma stated there is a time delay after the power source is properly established ... the generator takes a while to take over the load but once it takes over there is a 2 - minute or so delay.
I also have a 2003 model so PM me with any specific questions and I'll try to help.
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2003 Alpine Coach 40' FDTS
2014 Jeep Cherokee Lattitude
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03-07-2012, 03:30 PM
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Senior Member
Alpine Owners Club
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Olympia
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GeorgieO,
One last quirk. If zone one is on furnace mode, zone # two (bedroom area) will not come on. It's not necessary to ask how I learned this!
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'99 Alpine Coach
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03-07-2012, 05:11 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeff and Cheryl
GeorgieO,
One last quirk. If zone one is on furnace mode, zone # two (bedroom area) will not come on. It's not necessary to ask how I learned this!
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Also, the furnace will work on the 12v system; the generator does not need to be on, but the propane does need to be on.
Enjoy the motorhome.
Oh, in case you had not noticed the sticky at the top of the forum, here is a lot of good info:
http://www.irv2.com/forums/f104/alpi...eal-38184.html
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2014 Phaeton 36gh
2008 Jeep Rubicon or 2012 Ford F150 4x4 Lariat towds
or a couple of different trailers
Retired in Apple Valley, California
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03-07-2012, 09:50 PM
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Senior Member
Alpine Owners Club
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Long Beach, CA
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GO:
Welcome to the Forum. I have a 2003 40' FDTS. You have all the info you'll need now, above, especially the manual. Feel free to PM me if you have any problems.
Also, please add your coach to our Alpine Register ( http://www.irv2.com/forums/f104/alpi...ter-78224.html). We are trying to verify the existence of every Alpine Coach, Apex and Avalanche ever produced. Thanks!
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2003 Alpine 40FDTS (400HP)
Long Beach, CA
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