Health Checkup For Coleman RV Air Conditioners
Having a Coleman RV air conditioner installed in your RV is a tremendous convenience - and an expensive one. So it is understandable that, having paid for the unit, you would want to keep it running in tip-top condition. The problem with consulting your owner's manual is that they can be a difficult read - very technical at times. So I decided to write this article to share some of my own personal experiences -- I hope you find it interesting and helpful.
First of all, and most importantly: if you want your Coleman RV air conditioner to consistently operate at it's best, you will have to clean it regularly. You don't have any other option --and I'm not talking about only cleaning off the outsides.
No way: you will also have to take time to clean some of the things on the inside, like the air filter. In fact, if your unit uses disposable air filters, don't try to clean it at all - they can only be disposed of. Disposable filters should never be cleaned - they will not work properly if they are cleaned and reused.
If your air conditioner uses the washable kind of air filters, then of course you can rinse it out and reuse it. How often should you clean it? That depends on how much you have been running your AC - and also the general environment (whether it has been a dusty or dirty area). If you use it a lot, or where the air quality is poor, you will have to clean your air filter more often.
Don't forget to inspect the top of your Coleman RV air conditioner. That's the part that sits on the roof. Why do this? Because in the course of traveling, small things like sticks, leaves, and stones can get up in there and block the vents and coils. If you do notice that anything up there has become blocked, then clean those vents out right away.
And while you are inspecting the top, make sure to check the gasket. That's the seal-like thingy that your Coleman RV air conditioner sits on. If that seal gets dirty or worn out, moisture could leak in and drip down into the inside of your RV.
A final area to inspect: Your Coleman RV air conditioner has drainage holes. All AC units have them - it's where condensed water drains out safely to the outside.
If those drainage holes have become stuffed up - with things like sticks, or leaves, or mud or dirt - then the moisture can back up into your AC unit and perhaps even into your RV itself.
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