Currently have a Dometic B3000 Plus in a 20ft van, only 12months old,
USELESS!!!! Have only travelled SE Aust to SW Aust so far, cannot cool van with Dometic. Have been advised Air Command Cormorant may be way to go. Appreciate any input or advice before heading north. Dometic defintitely would not handle hot weather.
Vic said
02:19 PM Dec 20, 2011
Hi LD and welcome to the forum;
I have only ever had Air Command (Heron etc) but not roof mounted ones but the ones I had were ok for me, including Darwin in humid weather.
Others on here may have used others etc and can give more feedback.
Have also sent you a pm.
ledavidson said
05:12 PM Dec 20, 2011
Thanks Guru, all positive helps.
have a great Chrissy
the rocket said
05:53 PM Dec 20, 2011
We have a Wren and it is lovely and cold if you want that and lovely and hot if you want that. After sales service is tops as well.rocket n Strop
milo said
08:47 PM Dec 20, 2011
get the air con checked out before heading off, we have a dometic in the tardis , motor home was in kimba (SA) a couple years back , 40odd degrees and it was great, ..
ChiChi1 said
09:12 PM Dec 20, 2011
Have an Air Command Heron 2.2. Does a good job. It was quite warm in Goodinwindi this afternoon. Mind you the van is only 5.7mtrs.
ledavidson said
09:32 AM Dec 21, 2011
Thanks, have had it looked at under warranty, reckoned it working to capacity but still taking hours to cool and NOISY. had looked at independently and same.
Cupie said
11:34 AM Dec 21, 2011
My Australian made roof top Air Command (Wren) has worked a treat for 13 years.
In the real hot country we sometimes leave it on during the day while we are out. Come home to a cool van. Not to green I suppose.
Have even used it to cool the annex area when using that area for visitors. Just open the awning side windows.
I run it regularly .. at least once a month. Even carried out repairs on a noisy internal fan & busted external fan mounts. Simple design & construction.
-- Edited by Cupie on Wednesday 21st of December 2011 11:35:11 AM
jonathan said
12:18 PM Dec 21, 2011
If its any consolation, I too have a Dometic brand aircon .. useless as t1ts on a bull !
Fortunately I mostly free-camp, but when on power I find it will only drop down about 4C at the best ..
Will look at the Wren next year ..
Jon
ledavidson said
03:02 PM Dec 21, 2011
We are looking at the Air Command Cormorant. Apparently has best cooling/heating capacity and two fans.
Joe said
03:14 PM Dec 21, 2011
Interesting.
I was going to suggest that your installation maybe a little "dodgy" (perhaps a Jayco standard installation?) and they you should look at the routing of the cooling air over the heat exchanger, but if Jonathon is getting the same issue then perhaps it is indeed the poor quality of the Dometic.
One day we will probably get a van with a/c. At the moment we just use a fan, but being Darwin residents we are acclimatised to warmer weather so perhaps we won't need it.
I'll remember the thoughts on the Dometic though.
Geoff n Jen said
08:51 PM Dec 21, 2011
Ours is a Dometic too, don't think it's very good either - noisy and the heater is rubbish, it will only just take the chill off the air after it's been going for a while and you freeze worse till it warms up. They say it is working how it should. Haven't tried it in the heat yet though.
cannylass said
08:55 PM Dec 21, 2011
We have a friend who but a small house on in his van the main unit sits on the tow bar frame, he gets a lot of lookers
golivers travels said
11:58 AM Dec 22, 2011
We have an Ibis Aircommand, reverse cycle. It is brilliant, used extensively on both heating and cooling over the last 12 months around Aus. Also has a dry cool function for humid weather. We found we were also able to run the air con with our Honda 2 geni if everything else electrical was off. Had a Heron 2.2 in our last van, was efficient but noisy. Good luck ledavidson Cheers Glenda
Currently have a Dometic B3000 Plus in a 20ft van, only 12months old,
USELESS!!!! Have only travelled SE Aust to SW Aust so far, cannot cool van with Dometic. Have been advised Air Command Cormorant may be way to go. Appreciate any input or advice before heading north. Dometic defintitely would not handle hot weather.
Hi LD and welcome to the forum;
I have only ever had Air Command (Heron etc) but not roof mounted ones but the ones I had were ok for me, including Darwin in humid weather.
Others on here may have used others etc and can give more feedback.
Have also sent you a pm.
Thanks Guru, all positive helps.
have a great Chrissy
We have a Wren and it is lovely and cold if you want that and lovely and hot if you want that. After sales service is tops as well.rocket n Strop
was in kimba (SA) a couple years back , 40odd degrees and it was great, ..
Thanks, have had it looked at under warranty, reckoned it working to capacity but still taking hours to cool and NOISY. had looked at independently and same.
My Australian made roof top Air Command (Wren) has worked a treat for 13 years.
In the real hot country we sometimes leave it on during the day while we are out. Come home to a cool van. Not to green I suppose.
Have even used it to cool the annex area when using that area for visitors. Just open the awning side windows.
I run it regularly .. at least once a month. Even carried out repairs on a noisy internal fan & busted external fan mounts. Simple design & construction.
-- Edited by Cupie on Wednesday 21st of December 2011 11:35:11 AM
If its any consolation, I too have a Dometic brand aircon .. useless as t1ts on a bull !
Fortunately I mostly free-camp, but when on power I find it will only drop down about 4C at the best ..
Will look at the Wren next year ..
Jon
We are looking at the Air Command Cormorant. Apparently has best cooling/heating capacity and two fans.
I was going to suggest that your installation maybe a little "dodgy" (perhaps a Jayco standard installation?) and they you should look at the routing of the cooling air over the heat exchanger, but if Jonathon is getting the same issue then perhaps it is indeed the poor quality of the Dometic.
One day we will probably get a van with a/c. At the moment we just use a fan, but being Darwin residents we are acclimatised to warmer weather so perhaps we won't need it.
I'll remember the thoughts on the Dometic though.
Had a Heron 2.2 in our last van, was efficient but noisy.
Good luck
ledavidson
Cheers
Glenda