odd dometic B3200 air conditioner behaviour (1 Viewer)

[thelears]

Hi

Whilst away in the South of France we had the air conditioner on max fan/max cooling pretty much constantly. After a period of time (anywhere between 2-4 hours) the unit would 'throttle' itself back to barely an idle and remain there. This would also happen during the night.

I haven't tested yet in this country.

Has anybody else had similar experience ?

Thanks

 

[eddie]

The temperature inside the van was down to that required by the thermostat? If it happens again, request that the unit supply a lower temperature, using the remote control.

That will force the unit to start the compressor again.

Other than that it's faulty.

 

[DanielFord]

You have set it to auto, on the fan speeds as you get to max, the next step is auto. The unit will throttle back the fan as it gets near to temperature. On the remote you should see a little icon that says auto.

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[thelears]

Interesting you say about the remote as I had forgotten that......We have tried to use the remote with no response. The display on it works but there is no response from the air con itself. Where should I be pointing it ??

I've spoken to Dometic who suggested replacing the battery in the remote itself as a first step.

So far we have only been able to control the air con using the dials on the unit itself.

Thanks

 

[eddie]

The remote has a "I FEEL" button. That allows the unit to use the thermostat in the remote as opposed to the thermostat in the roof mounted unit.

This means that if you put the remote in a rear bedroom for example, the roof mounted unit will work harder, longer to try to bring the temperature in the bedroom to the temperature selected on the remote control.

Conversely, if the temperature on the remote is "higher" than you would feel comfortable with the unit will appear to be shutting down prematurely

 

[thelears]

Ok, thanks. Will try that.

First step will be to get a responsive remote. Where is the remote receiver on the air con ?

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[eddie]

In the shroud so just point it at the Air Con

 

[DanielFord]

We found that our remote seems to have a very narrow beam, so unless we point it directly at the roof unit, the roof unit can't 'hear' it.
We tended to set our fan to about stage 3 non automatic whilst we were away recently, this meant we had a continuous breeze of cool air through the night, but the noise was not so much that it kept us awake.

 

[EuroTrotters]

I repair these units.

They are very fussy about voltage, if it drops too low it can have trouble starting and running the compressor.

As the compressor starts, it draws high current through the start and run windings, then drops down to low current on the run winding. If the voltage is low, the PCB cannot control the unit.

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