Cruiseair A/C Service and Inspection....just make it cold again
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2019
- Time is a dreadful taskmaster to us all I guess. But even more so when it's hot inside a recently purchased Bus Conversion that has to be somewhere in a few hours.
Please do not take my pressure readings as gospel. They were mostly known safe guidelines for me. Both these rear units have leaks that should be located and repaired in the future.
In this video, I quickly go about adding refrigerant to a couple of Cruiseair marine sytle A/C's in a 2004 Vantare Featherlite Bus Conversion.
Overall these are similar to residential A/C units. They are quiet and more efficient than standard RV roof A/C's. Generally I leave this to more specialized technicians, but no one was available for a week or so. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Nice A/C video. Thank you for your well rounded skills fixing everything and sharing them with us. Happy trails!
Thanks for watching!
fixin to service mine in about 20 min...thought id come look at your vid again...now that i know more about hvac...that compressor was pretty noisy!
you have the only vid on youtube regarding prevost cruiseairs😮
Enjoy your display of repair and explaining your methods. Thumbs Up.......
thank you very much!
Yes. I will start it this week.
I bitched about doing a heating and air service in my whole life. Being in type places, but those condensers are harder and hell to work on. I feel for you
R22 refrigerant oh my goodness you've got gold there
Yeah, I lucked out for sure.
R22 is now known as liquid gold. By the ounce...
68!!!!!
hell no!!
lol
i guess my front cruisair is fine then...she puts out 52 while outside is 100....the steel of bus holds heat for sure...thank goodness for awnings
Thanks for watching! :)
I must have your AC guys number! 😆 how you get that temp?!?!?
@@escapetoparadise2226 youre gonna laugh....i met the kindest angel in new orleans through google gps. 8 hvac companies hung up on me before i found him and his brothers biz. turns out the brother owns a tiffin motorhome and knew about rv's. got to my camp site and immediately knew how to fix my front cruise air....he saw it drawing power like a seizure and knew it was the low pressure valve from lack of freon. he filled it w r22 (r22 is no longer used and is super expensive due to supply)
he also found the leaks on condenser and fixed them....it was loose fittings.
all that service and when he was done he gave me the bill for 100 bucks!!!
I couldnt let him charge me so little...i gave him 350.
You need to replace your gauges and hoses... hoses become permeable after a couple years of light use. That discoloration is cause by the Refrigeration oils soaking through the inner liner...which means they are pretty useless to use while working on a system...
thanks
Any idea why my front cruise air won’t go to the heat mode? Thank you
Thanks
Thanks for watching! :)
Ok how do you find an ac tech ? my rear bedroom freezes and the front works ac works but not as well ... And it's a R 22 ....
That is the struggle I am sorry to say, most AC techs won't touch an RV and most RV techs have no knowledge of these systems. I would generally recommend a bus forum that could give out good recommendations for your area. As to the front A/C I would say check your air filter first before anything. Thanks!
Awesome, Ive learned a lot from your channel
If they are A/C systems like are in this video look for companies that work on refrigerated semi trailer.. there is one in Texas and Oklahoma called W & B ... but they are all over the country.... they may be able to convert your existing system to a different refrigerant but it would depend on you specific system... you can use r407C, or r427A... maybe even MO99 but it would depend on your system.... and always use pleated filter if you can...if you have them retrofit a different refrigerant keep in mind you will loose 5 to 10 % capacity.... so if the system doesn't get as cold as it used to that is why. The company's I have worked for will not use replacements for that reason. Just find a good company that can ensure no leaks and buy the R22...
How can I get ahold of you sir? Need help :)
I'm not currently accepting any jobs but you can email me through the email on my page. I answer as many as I can
@@AZExpert thank u sir!
Very few AC techs will even look at RV s because of no ports
AZ Expert - how bout pulling on that lineset when drawer is opened? Scary even if it’s got slack coiled up. System charge is probably 2lbs or some shit so 1/3lb is substantial. What is BTU rating/tonnage for one of those CruisAir condensers? They’re old school and have King valves like the Carriers. Seems like a PIA for an RV whereas the new norm are packaged rooftop units. I shot a screw through the elbow on my 1 year old AirCommand 18k and got to do a major repair on it. Sucked, little tiny ass elbows and super thin copper. It has held. System charge wasn’t much though, something around a pound or .9 lbs of 410.
These units were really intended for use on high end yatchs but range from 6k to 13k btu and are actually ran through the inverters. This unit had a leaking hose that needed to be replaced ultimately. I don't like them and would rather have a self -contained roof unit, rather than these as servicing is difficult and the lines run the full length of the bus with no access. If you don't mind me asking, how did you screw into your a/c?
Good question, what was I doing with screws and a year old AirCommand? I installed 45mil TPO, not the Dicor type that you just put on your hunting camper but the commercial roof - Johns Mansville type. Since I watched a lot of RVROOFINSTALL vids I wanted to mimic his process specifically where he’s using curbs for all the roof penetrations (14x14 holes, etc) they’re like 1.5” tall therefore the AC units needed some feet to raise them the height of the curb. I drilled holes in the AC units’ base pans and hit an elbow on condenser coil. Made me sick but I did HVACR for 11 years before becoming a factory service technician for a big manufacture so had all the gear. One benefit is now my system has service ports so that’s a good thing. Checkout the roof installs, pretty durable roofs.
@@ericstyer2890 that's very impressive that you were able to repair that thin copper. Even more impressive you built curbs...I'm not sold on them but nice job!