September 11, 2018

Dometic Thermostat Control Kit for A/C

September 11, 2018/ Kyle Acker

We decided that rather than having to reach up to the ceiling to control the A/C and heatpump that we’d put the thermostat on the wall in the living room space. Well, that and Jackie is 5’1” so reaching the ceiling wouldn’t have been easy for her.
We elected to go with the Dometic unit that is matched to our Brisk Air II A/C. It’s attractive, works great with the unit that we have and will be a great addition to our Airstream.

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August 26, 2018

Microair EasyStart 364

August 26, 2018/ Kyle Acker

Our plan for Wally the Airstream is to have a system that will normally be on the grid, but will have significant off-grid or "boondocking" capabilities when full hook-up utilities aren't available. We have hopes of one day visiting all of the national parks where some of the remote camp sites are pretty primitive. One of the things that we need to be able to use our AC in hot environments on battery/generator power alone is a system that slowly cycles up the compressor on our air conditioner.
The EasyStart 364 does what we need. For around $300, this system installs into the air conditioner and slowly brings up the a/c compressor as to not overload your battery system, inverter, or generator. I'll be posting an installation video soon to show how it's done, but for now, I wanted to get this item on our build list!

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August 26, 2018

Dometic B59516.XX1J0 Brisk II Black Air Conditioner (15,000 BTU 410A)

August 26, 2018/ Kyle Acker

We elected to go with the Dometic Brisk AIR II air conditioner for a couple reasons:
1) I only intend to do a single air conditioner on the Airstream. So, I knew that I wanted a 15,000 BTU unit to make sure we could keep the whole thing cool.
2) We're trying to keep the Airstream really light. The more weight, the less fuel efficient our tow vehicle will be. Further, I like the idea of being able to tow with a small SUV (Jeep Grand Cherokee)
3) This Dometic unit has a nice thermostat unit that I intend to use with it.

So, we went with this unit. It should be here in a few days. Since it's 9 billion degrees in the storage unit, don't be surprised if this is one of the first things that I install.

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