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12 volt compressor location?

My 98 270 has no 12 volt compressor (at least I can't find one) If my coach had one where would it live?
Do 270s not have them? Can one be added? My first post so be gentle as this could be a total newbie question. :o

Re: 12 volt compressor location?

Reply #1 –
on my 98 it is behind the inverter

Re: 12 volt compressor location?

Reply #2 –
On my 2000 U270, it is in the first (front-most bay) in the opening toward the front of the motorhome. You have to be inside the bay to see it. And you have to have long arms to reach it.

Bob
2000 U270
Winter: Texas Rio Grande Valley or Foley, AL
Summer: The Gardens RV Community of Crossville, TN
2000 40 FT U270, Xtreme FBP
2017 C-Max Towed

Re: 12 volt compressor location?

Reply #3 –
On our 1997 U295 it is in a cubby with the inverter. To get to it on our 36' coach, I open both sides of the main storage bay, slide out the joey bed, crawl into the bay, remove a panel above the inverter, and lean over the inverter to find the compressor.

If the 12VDC compressor runs, you may be able to find it by sound. Shut down the main engine, bleed off the brake pressure, then try to raise the coach with the HWH control pad. That should call for pressure from the 12VDC compressor. I can hear the compressor run on our coach if all other systems are quiet.
J D Stevens
1997 U295 CAI 36' Build #5085
2002 Subaru Outback
Motorcade 16869
Bellville, TX

Re: 12 volt compressor location?

Reply #4 –
JD's description is a good one for the 1998 U270's, as well.
Neal
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Neal (& Brenda) Pillsbury
'02 U320 SPEC, 4200, DGFE, Build #5984
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Exeter, NH & LaBelle FL
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Re: 12 volt compressor location?

Reply #5 –
It is likewise behind the inverter in our 99', Which you can see hanging from the main floor on the street side frontmost corner of the basement storage compartment.
Don
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Don & Tys
1999 U270 3602 WTFE #5402
Xtreme Stage 1 w/Headlight, Step Conversion, etc.
2009 Honda Fit Sport with Navi
Freedom is NOT "just another word for nothing left to lose"... with apologies to Kris Kristofferson

Re: 12 volt compressor location?

Reply #6 –
It seems to me that on my '96 295 it is in the back of the compartment above the house batteries
You have to unscrew the gray rug covered plate. It is the same compartment that the Amp-Hour shunt lives in.

YMMV
Elliott & Mary Bray
ex. 1996 36' U295 - Build 4879
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