carry on portable AC

[viajero33]

I have a rather old Carry on portable AC made by cruisair which is now dometic? and I wonder if anyone has ever recharged one with coolant or had one recharged can't seem to get Dometic to reply to my e mail?

[deniseO30]

Not likely it would need charging unless it's be dropped or worked on before. there should be a rating plate somewhere on the machine, it will give the information needed.

[AirbusDriver]

I found a Cruisair carryon hatch unit on craigslist for free. It was not blowing cold air. I took the plastic case off and I had a local air-conditioning guy drain and 'recharge' the unit with freon plus he plumbed in a fill port for future work. I think he charged me $100. It works OK but I would really like a fixed plumbed system. It gets HOT during the FL summers.

[JimMcGee]

I'm in the process of installing AC in my boat. If you want to replace your carry-on PM me. I'm in Jersey and will be selling my old CruiseAir carry-on unit.

Jim

[waterwks4me]

Viajero33, I too have tried to contact Dometric twice but never received a reply. I was looking for the air intake cover and the filter.

[viajero33]

Thanks to all your replies to my thread, sorry I didn't get back on line sooner but had a family emergency which distracted me.

[hellosailor]

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There WILL be a metal plate, usually on the compressor, that has ratings and says what gas the unit uses. R12, R22, R134a, there are a number of them. All can be recharged, but the problem is that usually if it needs a recharge there is a leak--and it will need refilling again and again unless you find and fix the leak first. And "plus he plumbed in a fill port " if there is no fill port on the system, someone needs to be soldering.
Are you up to leak detecting, evacuating (you don't just fill, you evacuate first), soldering...it ain't rocket science but it can become expensive. If you can find a good AC shop and take it in for repairs, that really may be the best way. If you can't find a GOOD shop...replacement time.