Micro-Air EasyStart Installation on a Leisure Travel Vans Dometic Penguin ll Air Conditioner

[@Alohakoa59]

Good to know, I’m getting ready to put another one in👍🏼

[@DrDGr2]

Essential addition ….

[@ianmyslinskibriankoberstei7802]

Another great video!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@SSTraveler-Sandy]

Thanks for watching!

[@traildadd]

I watched a factory technician install one and he said the second install location in front of the blower fan is not recommended. The warm air from the fan blows on the easy start box and can cause it to overheat. @ 6:00 minutes in your video.

[@SSTraveler-Sandy]

I don't install mine in front of the fan, but I know folks who have with no issues. You make a good point and certainly something to consider.

[@stevesanders2972]

A 5/16" nut driver will make those electrical enclosure screws much easier to deal with. You've got your capacitors backwards. The big silver one is the dual start capacitor for the compressor and the fan motor. The smaller black one is the compressor's run capacitor.

[@SSTraveler-Sandy]

I bought a replacement for my Silver one and the manufacturer calls it a Dual Run Capacitor. It is a good thing that one doesn't need to know the names of the internals to install and EasyStart correctly.

[@stevesanders2972]

@@SSTraveler-Sandy Interesting. I thought the replacement I recently bought was referred to as dual start capacitor, but despite my efforts to the contrary it's always possible that I could be wrong! It certainly doesn't care what you call it. ;-)

[@stevesanders2972]

​@@SSTraveler-Sandy​, you are absolutely correct. I don't know if you noticed or not, but I updated my document about replacing the fan and capacitor to include your correction of my misunderstanding. Thanks!

[@mikemadden865]

I just had to reapply the double sided tape because it fell off the styrofoam. Any thoughts of taping a small screw through the styrofoam into that plastic “wall” at the top of the box?

[@Alohakoa59]

Should t stick it to styrofoam either, won’t stay stuck long😬

[@SSTraveler-Sandy]

@Alohakoa59 You'd be surprised. When I replaced my Dometic after 10 years the MicroAir EasyStart was still very strongly stuck in place.