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Originally Posted by llinderman
I have a 2016 16' Scamp and the A/C is very noisy. Actually it's impossible to sleep with it on.
I have read various posts on the subject. I recall one that referred to a fix for Coleman A/Cs whereby a kit was available to reduce the noise.
Does anyone else know of a fix for a noisy Dometic A/C?
Larry Linderman
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Dometic sells an anti-vibration damper kit which consists of some rubber bushings that go under the compressor mounts, some small foam blocks, and some zip ties. It runs about 20 bucks. But, if your unit is a 2016, it may already have the kit installed, since Dometic started doing that a few years back.
I'm afraid it's the nature of the Dometic units, combined with being mounted directly on a thin
fiberglass roof. They're all noisy. You might be able to reduce the noise somewhat by wrapping the compressor in some
fiberglass insulation, followed by a wrap of rubber sheeting, and then using some sort of rubber bushings or foam blocks along the pressure lines leading to the compressor to keep them from moving. Some have done so and achieved about a 5dB noise reduction. But, you really can't do anything about the roar from the air. The only reasonably quiet roof mounted units these days are the ones that are ducted, and you won't find those on a single hull
fiberglass trailer.