Some adise RE: Boats A/C , Tired of waiting for techs too call back . ,

alan ber

Petty Officer 2nd Class
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I know its summer , these guys are on over load , all I ask is for them too return a call.
I have worked on car a/c units, I made a pledge too myself not too call anymore repair guys that advertise on Craigslist
Seldom turns out good , I called 2 legit companies , voice mail , sorry we cant get the phone , leave a message we will return calls , 14 hours later I am still waiting , I can respect them more if they returned my call , tell me your so busy might have too wait a few days , Leaving me hanging , I HATE , Too bad common in boating , Back too my situation
I have a Marine Air which is now Demetric , Don't know the model number but Regal said its a 9000 btu unit ,
Normally it works great , cooling cabin fast ,
Other evening I woke in a puddle of sweat , temp was 100 , Opened filter door and coils was frozen , A layer of white ice ,
Closing I let defrost few hours, Started up and ran fine , brought temp down too 85 , Hour later cabin getting hot ,
Shortly temp was 100 ,
Did not hear Compressor kicking on , Water is pumping out the side of boat ,
Like everything on this Regal Commodore , Model 2860, everything is impossible too get too , Unit in aft cabin and I am hoping it will not bad too pull out ,
As I said I worked on car a/c but never on this type of unit , Is there a fitting too fill using car a/c fitting ?? or is it a specialty fitting ??
I don't have any more info on model number of unit ,
I am in Daytona and if your reading this knowing anybody that works on these units let me know ,
 

JoLin

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Does it still freeze up if the "filter door" is left open or removed? You need good air circulation around the unit to prevent freezing. Is anything blocking air flow? Is the air filter dirty? These are the simplest reasons for frozen coils.

Next simplest would be low freon. Not empty, but low. A recharge might "fix" it, but you'd want to find out why it leaked out.
 
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