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Old 11-05-2007, 07:23 PM   #1
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I have a 2006 Dolphin with basemant air, In the summer when the outside temp is in the 100's the basement air has a real hard time keeping up. My question is can you put a roof mounted air conditioner in the place of the fantastic fan, and run it in conjuction with the basement air.
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I have a 2006 Dolphin with basemant air, In the summer when the outside temp is in the 100's the basement air has a real hard time keeping up. My question is can you put a roof mounted air conditioner in the place of the fantastic fan, and run it in conjuction with the basement air.
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Old 11-06-2007, 03:51 AM   #3
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I had a similar issue with my '06 Dolphin this summer until I realized that the second compressor was blowing the circuit breaker whenever it would try to engage-making the system work on one compressor-are both of your compressors engaging?
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Old 11-06-2007, 08:30 AM   #4
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One easy tip to troubleshoot the compressors would be to run the generator and turn on the A/C. The gen. will have a slight surge when the A/C initially kicks on and an additional surge should be heard about 10-15 seconds later. Have you checked the return air filter?

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jagbuxx: yes both compressors are woring, on the generator and shore power, but just dosent seem to put out as cold of air as I would like. Fred: I havent cleaned the filter yet, that might be a place to start. thanks guys
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keep that return filter clean if you expect optimum performance out of your AC unit.
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Jestme13:
keep that return filter clean if you expect optimum performance out of your AC unit. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

This is real important if you travel with pets. I like to change mine every month, if the A/C or heat pump is used frequently.

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I have had the same issue on my Dolphin. Both compressors kick in, but it is just not enough in really hot Texas summer conditions. In my previous Dolphin, the a/c tech. that checked the compressors sugested that I put a roof air in place of the galley fan. I did not ask him if the 50amp shore power or the 7000 gen set could power 3 compressors. The basement unit might have to be switched to the 30 amp mode. This is something I will explore next summer.
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In my experience, high outside air temps require insulating the windows and vents against the heat & sunlight. I cover all the roof vents and place insulated blankets in all the windows, especially the front window. Yes, its dark, but it is cool inside. I have no problem maintaining 75-78º inside, when the outside temp is above 100º.

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Added roof air

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I have a 2006 Dolphin with basemant air, In the summer when the outside temp is in the 100's the basement air has a real hard time keeping up. My question is can you put a roof mounted air conditioner in the place of the fantastic fan, and run it in conjuction with the basement air.
I did it. Go here...there are four pages so far. Joe

http://www.irv2.com/forums/f101/sick...ing-71405.html
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Joe,
I clicked over and read the entire 5 pages, lot of good interesting information.
I assume you are still pleased with your set up and on problems have surfaced to date?
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I clicked over and read the entire 5 pages, lot of good interesting information.
I assume you are still pleased with your set up and on problems have surfaced to date?
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It has been partly to mostly cloudy with occasional isolated showers. The humidity is up and the temperature down some. We are going to a State Park this weekend for the first time with the added roof unit. We might not even need it in this kind of weather. It is not a real good time to test the unit. I am waiting for the return of the sunny hot weather for a real test. I'll post here when we can give it good workout. Joe
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Would you mind sharing what the additional A/C ran to have installed? Or at least a ball park figure.
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