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Vantare A/C
The 97-2000 Featherlite Vantares I am looking at say they only have 2 Cruise-Airs, I recall reading about the newer coaches having 4, maybe 4 zones? Is this different from Featherlite house air? Is 2 enough?
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I’ll let the Featherlite folks jump in here, but usually for that vintage they have the Rvac and 2 Cruiseairs.
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MK,
Triple Foxtrot is much more knowledgeable than I regarding Featherlite coaches, but the early Featherlites had Two crusisairs and one basement unit.
The problem with the basement units is no one currently repairs them and to replace them with cruisairs or roof A/C’s is major money.
To answer your question, two cruisairs would not be enough, but to my knowledge, no Prevost converter ever put just two in a coach.
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Thanks, I did not read it right and understand the basement unit was another A/C. Fred & I are communicating through email.
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The Vantare has 2 cruise airs, one front and one aft. It has a 2 ton basement unit with 2 compressors, each on a different inverter. The basement unit also has a heat pump on each circuit and will utilize the aqua hot for serious heat if needed. It also has a built in fan booster that will blow your wig off. There is a Coleman drop in unit that easily replaces the basement air if it needs replacement. Price not much more than a cruise air.
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Our 2000 Vantare has OTR and 4 roof airs.
Doug
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Fred, that’s good to hear about the Coleman drop in, otherwise it could be scary.
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I think one thing that we all can appreciate is there are likely no deal breakers on any conversion. Every conversion and converter has some areas that could be potential problems, but for every one there seems to be a way to deal with the shortcomings.
It has to be said that none of us likes to spend money to fix or replace something but no matter what the problem is on any conversion the cost to deal with it is not unreasonable when we consider how much the coach is worth. Until coaches reach a value in the mid to high five figures our greatest expense still is going to be depreciation.
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MK,
Our friends have the basement AC with two CruiseAirs. They have had trouble with the basement unit since they bought the coach. They had the recommended repair done, but it keeps burning up the control board. Based on their experience, I would hesitate recommending a coach with the basement AC.
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Mine works great Per. Cools, heats keeps temp right where I set it in Arizona, Florida, Colorado in the snow. I, as well as a lot of others, have no complaint. I have had more trouble with, and spent more money on, my Cruise-airs.
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My basement AC doesn’t blow hard out of the vents. Any suggestions and where is this booster fan located? Thanks
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Some Featherlite’s were built with booster fans, some without. Mine doesn’t have a booster fan (wish it did).
Had my basement unit rebuilt at Featherlite in Fl (new compressors, new blower fan motors, new capacitors, new control board), Colman no longer makes the replacement unit. I installed the Micro-Air soft starts (requires 2, one for each compressor) and it makes a big difference, never exceeds 12 Amps during startup or run. Used to have almost 40Amp startup draw for the first in rush.
Considering installing a booster fan but not sure I am that ambitious LOL.
Chuck
2000 Featherlite H3-45
2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Leesburg, FL
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