Recpro AC Unit Installation (with heat pump): Easy step by step guide

This unit was an upgrade for my client who originally had a heating element (not a heat pump). Unit is from @RecProUSA Use code FALLEN2CAMP for 5% off!

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[fallenintocamping]

Just a note: the only thing I would have done differently is using wire nuts instead of crimps on the electrical wires.

[verbdairy]

This is one of the best videos on how to install a rv ac I have seen. You did a great job.

[tim_g]

Great video! Very clear, concise and logical. I hope you do more future videos on other subjects.

[godrulesme]

Too funny...great video as always and thank you for making them for us!

[curty]

Wow thats super straight forward. Thanks for the vid!!

[Bajabob]

So my RecPro was sitting on the garage floor for a month before I saw your video and gave it a go. We followed your rigging technique and my wife and I had it on the roof in a few minutes. The mailman and a neighbor driving by both offered to help but we were good to go at that point. Thanks for an inspiring video. Got me off the couch and on the roof and now we have AC!
Note: I didn't get the low-profile unit because it was $500 more and just got the AC unit without the heat pump because we have a great heater (radiant heat in the camper) but looking back I'd probably have gotten the heat pump just to heat things up really quickly in cold weather.

[aleckelsey]

There is no stopping you❤️
U sure u weren't in the Marines🤣
Your awesome 👍

THANK YOU!!!! So nice to see another female doing RV repair/installs! Many kudos!!

[cosiogalko]

Most Excellent and Very helpful. A Big Thank You

[jamilrehman]

thank you for this putting this clip together. you did a great job and made me more comfortable to install it on my own. Your humor and clear instructions made it even more enjoyable to watch this video. Good Job !!!

[craigcederburg]

Great job on the video. Short and thorough without time wasting fluff.  

In regards to your sealant comments, I wanted to mention that I did have an internal leak in our RV coming from a bad A/C roof seal. I still wouldn't muck things up with sealant, but wanted to let others know that if they have an older RV, it might be a good idea to inspect or swap that seal out if its over (10 years?) Ours is a 2011 Navion

[charliemarchand]

Thank you for the great video! I tied knots in the rope after failing to lift the AC unit past the halfway mark. My plan was to surprose my wife when she came home, but I could not get a good enough grip on the slippery rope.

[nickolassoliz]

“You don’t need sealant because you are a professional “”””””👍👍👌👌👌

[gefbfhq]

Smart cookie, using the ladder as a ramp, would suggest using a pulley on a shackle on the top rung and pull the rope from the ground, easier on the back and you get the mechanical advantage of the pulley, used that way to hoist rooftop condensers and skylights with heavy curbs onto rooftop especially alone. Good video

[frankwright]

Props for pulling that up on your own! My wife and I tried doing it together, thank God the neighbor came and helped us. No clue how you pulled that up on your own lol... Im about 230lbs and my wife is about 120. We pulled the 15k version of the recpro up on top of our Avalanche 390ds... about 14' up in the air. I about died 🤣🤣🤣

[jerryjenkins]

Good video but have a couple of comments. I replaced a loud Colman a/c with Houghton 3400 from RecPro and it is much quieter and has heat pump but I also replaced a Onan generator that was gas carburetor with the new inverter style Onan QG2800i generator that is fuel injected. BOTH Houghton and Onan/Cummins say that a soft start is not required but I had the generator in Cummins shops 8 times being rebuilt/repaired and finally replaced since it would quit within 20 hours of run time. I ordered and installed a soft start from RecPro for the a/c unit and both have been working fine for the last 50 hours run time.

[CharlesinGA]

My small 9500 btu Houghton called for the self leveling sealant but it does not use the traditional foam seal, rather it uses a hard plastic frame that has a lip that fits down into the hole about a quarter inch and a lip that sticks up about a quarter inch. I think the instructions are in reference to the units with the plastic mounting ring. I used butyl tape under its flange and a filet seal of Geocel around it.

[HapaHaoli]

Extending the ladder out reduces the angle, thus reducing pulling weight. Just a thought.

[DoRC]

I've got the low profile version of this air conditioner on my camper and overall I've been very happy with it. It is so much quieter than the stock Coleman Mach 3 style air conditioner that my camper came with. You can actually carry on a conversation with it running.

[marginbuu]

Nice. Didn't think it'd be that easy.