Tuesday, August 29, we drove from Montague, MI to Cruising America RV Service in Celina, OH. This is our most-trusted repair facility, and we wanted the owner, Kevin Mallory, to investigate our continuing problems with the rooftop front A/C unit. The symptoms seem to indicate that the unit is freezing up which shuts off the compressor, then attempting to restart the compressor after only a few seconds. But before restarting compressors are supposed to stay off long enough for the back pressure to bleed off. This is not happening and when the compressor attempts to restart against that back pressure it draws a huge amount of current and trips the overload protection in the coach. The protection system then shuts down some loads, including the A/C, in order to reduce the current load. After a several minute time delay it turns those loads back on and the A/C starts back up - but soon freezes up and starts the cycle all over again.
Kevin was unable to come up with a definite fix. We had to leave on Friday afternoon, September 1, due to upcoming commitments elsewhere. He said he will contact the manufacturers of both the A/C and the overload protection equipment to see if they have seen this before or have any suggestions. If he gets any potential solutions we'll return in mid-September.
Another of our day/night shades had broken, so while we were there Kevin removed that item for us and reinstalled it after Hank replaced the strings.
Also during our stay, we enjoyed a dinner outing at the local Moose Lodge with Kevin and his wife, and several other customers. The special was 15 wings, french fries and coleslaw for $6.95 - quite a bargain!
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