03-21-2013, 04:47 AM
Chuck,
On my previous four coaches I have had the a/c units built right into the ceiling where you control them individually. They blew air directly downward & were quite noisy. The Newell roof airs on my coach are thermostatically controlled and ducted. The ducting is plywood and them covered by the ceiling treatments. The vents don't point downward, but out into the coach from above the ceiling treatments. All of this quiets down the a/c units tremendously. I'm not saying you don't hear moving air, but I do in my home also.
Having 4 a/c units spread throughout the coach gives one a lot of flexibility. We don't run the a/c over the bed when we sleep. If we want air movement we run the ceiling fan. But we do run up to three, normally one or two, of the other units as needed. We are totally happy with the roof air setup!
Just for historical purposes, when my coach was built the basement airs were an upgrade. Three roof airs were standard. Adding a 4th roof air brought the cost up to the basement air cost. Once Newell started building 3 & 4 slide coaches ducted air was insufficient when the slides were in and they have gone back to roof airs.
Hope this is helpful............................
On my previous four coaches I have had the a/c units built right into the ceiling where you control them individually. They blew air directly downward & were quite noisy. The Newell roof airs on my coach are thermostatically controlled and ducted. The ducting is plywood and them covered by the ceiling treatments. The vents don't point downward, but out into the coach from above the ceiling treatments. All of this quiets down the a/c units tremendously. I'm not saying you don't hear moving air, but I do in my home also.
Having 4 a/c units spread throughout the coach gives one a lot of flexibility. We don't run the a/c over the bed when we sleep. If we want air movement we run the ceiling fan. But we do run up to three, normally one or two, of the other units as needed. We are totally happy with the roof air setup!
Just for historical purposes, when my coach was built the basement airs were an upgrade. Three roof airs were standard. Adding a 4th roof air brought the cost up to the basement air cost. Once Newell started building 3 & 4 slide coaches ducted air was insufficient when the slides were in and they have gone back to roof airs.
Hope this is helpful............................
Steve Bare
1999 Newell 2 slide #531