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Started installing mini split in motor home. Easier than I thought to install. Install video soon.
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- čas přidán 12. 08. 2023
- Finally started installing 12,000 btu mini split in 23 foot motor home. Much easier to install than I thought it would be. Will be doing a parts list in the install video, coming soon. No welding, just drilling a few holes in bumper and underneath motor home for refrigeration lines
and bellow cabinet where we installed inside head unit. Should be able to completely cool or heat motor home in less 15-30 minutes. Once temp is reached, hoping watts used should settle around 250-400 watts. If we can get that low, we will be able to use minimal solar panels and run in LiFePO4 battery overnight. We were able to purchase all products to install mini split at major Hardware chain. Parts are readily available at most hardware stores. All DIY. Please like, share, subscribe and hit notification bell to see new videos in future. Hope you have an extremely wonderful and truly wonderful blessed week.
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Looks awesome can't wqait to see the intall.
Just connected everything and running now, rooftop could only cool to 80 degrees inside motor home. It is already 78 degrees in motor home now after 1 hour of running mini split.
Hope you are doing well, finished the install and are now out enjoying the RV!
Wry nice, I installed the mini split in my motor home and it is working great. I might just run generator during the day to run mini split and charge LiFePO4 battery for overnight use. Then charge again next day while running propane generator again in day. Eventually I want to put solar on roof of motor home or set up at camp site. But the mini split really cools well. Much faster and colder that rooftop unit. Hope you have a wonderful and blessed time enjoying RV. I can’t wait to go camping. It nice in AZ this time of year in the mountains.
Hi there friend that s cool🎉
Done installing mini split, works great and so quite compared to roof top ac. Bought that unit at Lowes in clearance area for $74. Nothing wrong with mini split and all parts were there.
Awesome. The only thing I can think of is some rubber vibration/scratch isolators between the unistrut and the outside unit.
Cheers, keep it going
Thank you for your input. I have not used rubber isolators on 3 of my mini splits I installed 4 years ago to see if it made a difference, so far no difference between 3 mini splits with rubber isolators and 3 mini splits without rubber isolators. I will be putting something between cage I built and mini split to keep from rubbing metal against metal. Thanks again for your input. Hope you have a wonderful and blessed week
The compressor rubber isolators are best to use. It does make a difference because you do stop and go stop and go lotta vibration, hitting bumps up-and-down movements and vibrations.
Flexible lines on outside connections would be nice as well. The highest seer rating you could get would be best, lowers amps quite a bit lower watts as well like 900w all depending on temperature outside.
1,000watts of solar and 48v battery backup would be ideal. With these high watt draws 12v system isn’t the best or cost efficient.
This is a good one tho, cracking the RV mini split code, because we all know 120v A/C is best for RV air conditioning and 120v refrigerator. But running the generator is too loud and so is the AC, and plugging in shore power isn’t always an option.
Then there’s ROI 😂
Inside looks good. Outside not so much.
Have to put cage around mini split. The mounts on the bottom would eventually break away. The bumper is mounted onto frame so it is rock solid. I have 6 of these installed in my house and they are not built for camper or motor home. So you will have to build a cage to secure properly and also keep vibration to a minimum so refrigerant won’t leak out. I just finished installing and it is up and running. I ran my rooftop ac in motor home all day from 8 am to 5 pm, could not get it below 80 degrees in motor home. It was so loud running propane generator. Now it is extremely quite outside and very quite inside. All you hear running if the fan which is probably around 46 decibels. So much more quiet than roof top. This will heat motor home as well. Looks like I am using 1200 watts, 12 amps. staring up in at 5pm and 104 degrees outside with outside unit in direct sun for last 4 hours. Already at 78 degrees inside motor home. Just have to finish cage and cut off excess metal, then paint cage white. The roof top unit used 1700-2100 watts running and 16-18 amps. I think once this gets cooled down and especially when sun goes down, it will cool pretty quick and drop the amount of watts and amps to probably 1/3 of what it is using now. I’ve been wanting to do this for over a year. It is finished fir today.
What are you doing to keep the lines secure? These are pretty sensitive to movement and can leak pretty easily at fittings.
I actually finished installing and was able to install the refrigerant lines under the bed in an area of unused space. The mini split outside unit is rock solid bolted to frame and bumper. The extra length of tubing is bolted down to keep from allowing vibration. Mini split cools so much better, quieter and quicker than roof top unit. I can actually run rooftop ac and mini split at same time. That is equivalent to a 3 ton ac unit cooling a space smaller than 130 square feet. I also used a sealant on the threads of the refrigerant lines that I used on all 6 mini splits installing in my house and garage and have had no leaks in any system in over 3 years. I framed in the outside mini split unit so it can not move when driving. It stays solid when driving. So far no problems. I will do a video soon.
Is that enough room above it too breath?
It is not the best option but it is all the room I had to mount it. I seems to run just fine. I wish I could have dropped lower.
Now the next morning, I started mini split when it was 88 degrees in the motor home at 4 am, at 5:30 am the motor home mini split dropped the temperature down to 68 degrees and mini split went down to 600 watts then once and a while it drops to 38 watts for 10-15 minutes because it is lower than set temp by 4-5 degrees. Mini split compressor starts back up when it goes back up to set temp. So apparently the small of an area fir it to breath will be ok. I wish I could have lowered mini split but not enough room to run lines. Inside cabinet. So it should work just fine. Hope you have a wonderful and blessed week
I'm actually looking for a good used rv to convert into solar I'm leaving Toledo Ohio don't know where I'm going but I'm tired of being cold
Lol, I grew up in Michigan south of Detroit , I know what you mean. I love AZ. Much cheaper to live than up North East. I bought my used motor home from Cruise American RV rentals, they use for 3 years and sell. They refurbish to look like new with a complete new paint job on outside and new decals. I bought a 5 year warranty for inside and out and never had to use it. Great motor home. Climbs steep mountains very easily and engine brakes on going down steep slopes. They usually have around 130,000 to 150,000 miles on them when they sell. Check out cruiseamerica.com. I bought mine in 2019 for $34,000 out the door. It looks like and drives like a brand new motor home. That’s why I am installing mini split so we can use year round. I put a new set of tire on. Changed the shocks and struts. Loving it. Hope you can find a great deal like I did. Let me know if you have any questions. They always have inventory in stock to sell all over the United States. I believe if you buy motor home and live far away. They use to buy you a one way ticket to fly out and drive home. Not sure if they still do that. These motor homes were built to take a to. If abuse from people renting and abusing the daylights out of them. So everything is built to last a long time. I have had no problems at all.
@diy-solar-guy Aww thank you but Pappa I'm poor I don't have it like most ppl do I'm disabled on Social Security so basically a fixed income yes I managed to build me a nice lil off grid solar system here in Toledo but my plan was to sell it worth about 5-$6000 & find me a Rv from marketplace converted to solar then eventually leave Ohio I'll be on the road permanently til I find some land or something out here..
I understand, I am on permanent disability as well and on fixed income. I bought this mini split last year in Lowes in clearance area for $74 out the door. It is running right now. I could not do what I do unless I find insane deals, which I do.
@diy-solar-guy same here I look for insane deals to lol my Senville 12,000btu Mini Split only cost me $400 brand new I had to ride way down to Hocking Hills ohio to pick it up but it was worth the trip.