[tuga]

Jimmy,

A long time ago one of the AC techs at Newell told me that 80% of all of the air conditioner issues could be fixed by changing the circuit board. So I bought 2 extra circuit boards as spares. The next time I had a problem, I changed the circuit board - he was right - problem solved.

I called SCS (Southern Climate Systems) and they had 15 circuit boards left. So I bought one and kept it as a spare. Then I met an electrical engineer thru this forum, and he told me that the wires on the circuit boards were too small to carry the loads. He recommended installing heavy gauge wires with rubber connectors. I upgraded the circuit boards on the coach and the spare with the new heavy gauge wire - END OF PROBLEMS!

I am going to let the spare circuit boards go with the sale of my coach. I have not had 1 minutes trouble with the basement ACs since they were upgraded with the heavy gauge wire and the rubber connectors.

Personally, I feel that the manufacturer used light gauge wire so that the circuit boards would fail and they could sell replacements at a high price. I consider $234 for a circuit board a high price.

So in summary, if you want to have trouble free basement ACs re-wire them with heavier gauge wire.