I have a Palomino Bronco 1200 truck camper. Anyone have any experience with a roof top A/C unit on a pop up camper. I have a standard vent already on the roof toward the aft of the camper, so I think retrofitting a roof top A/C should be fairly simple. However, The Polar Cub I am looking at shows 101 LBS...sounds awfully heavy to be putting on the roof of a pop up truck camper. Anybody aware of lighter ones, I don't think I will need more than 6,000 BTUs. Thanks in advance.
I have a Polar Cub A/C on my Outfitter Apex 8 roof (although it was installed by them when my camper was built). I know that there is no problem with Outfitter's pop-up roof structure being up to the task of supporting the weight of the Polar Cub A/C. However, you will probably want to make sure that you check with either the factory or other Palomino Bronco 1200 owners to confirm that there will be no issues with adequately supporting the A/C on your roof.
When I bought the PU TC in the picture, it had a full size 13.5 AC on top. There was not problems with support, but you really had to be carefull lowering the top. You have to keep one hand on the top as you lower it, or it would CRASH down on your head. Then, when you try to poke the sides in before secuing down, you had to hold the roof up as well. The polar cub only weighs about 88 lbs really. It list higher for shipping calculations. I just put a cub on my hardsid TC in the vent. You'll have to run a new wire along the ceiling and down the fabric pocket. My PU had a new recepticle put in the panel where the outside refer panel is located.
dieselgrin wrote: You have to keep one hand on the top as you lower it, or it would CRASH down on your head. Then, when you try to poke the sides in before secuing down, you had to hold the roof up as well.
Mine is similarly exciting. At the "tucking-in" height mine weighs 140lbs!!! I'm working on a booster spring.
My roof is bouncier than I would like but it's been on there a long time.
My previous camper was a Palomino 1200, with air conditioning. The dealer installed it but I could have done it. Mine was a 1999 model and worked fine with the AC. I would get the smallest and lightest one you can find. My trick with lowering the top was to put the 2 pillows from the bed stacked under the top till I lowered it that far. Then I would tuck the canvas in and push up on the top and remove pillows and finish lowering the top.
Have a great time camping....
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Similar story: Mine had an A/C installed by the dealer. Careful when lowering the top. I doubt my next camper will have one, I'll probably just get a power vent.
I have an older Scamper Popup. I installed an AC myself. I did use a 10,000 BTU system, a small one. It was an easy installation. When lowering the roof I do have a stick to hold the crank in position to tuck in the canvas.
Some things I would have done DIFFERENT.
With my old camper, the roof now sags. It worries me in the long term. I will have to build an aluminum frame for better weight distribution, and remount.
This unit is VERY LOUD. The inside fan makes a lot of noise. Find one with more than two speeds.
It paid for it self with one trip to the Keys.
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