ac replaced or repaired

[Ed S]

From reading some of the posts here seems a good number of members have had ac issues and to resolve the problem the ac was replaced rather than repaired. My dealer is repairing mine (not real sure right now what is wrong with it) rather than replacing with a new ac under warranty. Almost sounds like from some of the posts here these are throw away ac units on Monaco products. Would like to hear from you if you have had ac issues and if they fixed or repaired.
Thank you

[Ed S]

From reading some of the posts here seems a good number of members have had ac issues and to resolve the problem the ac was replaced rather than repaired. My dealer is repairing mine (not real sure right now what is wrong with it) rather than replacing with a new ac under warranty. Almost sounds like from some of the posts here these are throw away ac units on Monaco products. Would like to hear from you if you have had ac issues and if they fixed or repaired.
Thank you

[itdave]

I have had problems with both of my A/Cs. A year ago the rear one started starting and then immediately shutting down. Problem was found to be a bad compressor start capacitor. They repaired it and it has worked fine since.

This year when the outside temp was 110 the front A/C started tripping the 20 Amp breaker. Testing showed that in high temps the compressor motor was drawing 17 Amp spec calls for 12 Amp. So this time it is being replaced under the two year Dometic warranty.

I have been told that the Dometic Freon line are sealed so when they need to be recharged they have to add fittings.. Most RV repair shops seem to want to replace the unit rather than adding the fittings.

Hope the info helps

[Ed S]

Thanks Dave for your reply........helps a bunch I think. We also have an 06 paq that seems to have spent more time at the dealer than with us (except for winter months. Seems to me the dealer said the capacitor was fried but not sure at this time. 2 years on the ac??? I like that.
Thanks so much for you post!!!!
Ed

[ronboc]

Hi Ed -

As Dave already pointed out, if it's the compressor, lines or the coils themselves, it's a Dometic/Coleman/whoever-deal. Most repair-facilities won't/can't guarantee a good job when cutting into the plumbing to replace components or recharge lines. The AC-mfgr has the special tools/know-how to get the job done right (ok, let me add: 'most' of the time).

Parts like the start-capacitor, fan-motor and ancillary items, however, can and are usually replaced locally. Those are bolt-in or wired-in parts by design. They are typically the things that fail most often, and therefore are made easier to access.

I don't think it's necessarily a Monaco problem per se, but more the vendor. Sure, Monaco spec'ed the AC unit(s) that go on top, but they don't build 'em. Looking thru the other forums, I see a lot of those AC-mfgrs getting bashed for the same thing too.

It's probably more of an industry-issue, perhaps related to bouncing an appliance around for mile after mile. Overall design-quality?

All that said and done, I know it doesn't make it any better for you. I'm sorry to hear your AC has failed, hopefully you'll get it back again and soon.

Thanks!
Ron