Truma Aventa

[svIntuition]

We have been beta testing Truma's Aventa Eco air conditioners for the last couple of years. Received a production model in August and recently wrote up our initial experience.

https://www.svintuition.com/2022/10/...ma-aventa.html

[@Michael]

Very interesting. I'm a fan of Truma's Combi's, and hope that the AC is as well designed and implemented.

[dmb496]

I currently have an RV with a 12v air conditioner. Do you have energy consumption data so I may compare with my system?

[Rlum]

Originally Posted by svIntuition

We have been beta testing Truma's Aventa Eco air conditioners for the last couple of years. Received a production model in August and recently wrote up our initial experience.

https://www.svintuition.com/2022/10/...ma-aventa.html

I have the Houghton AC for over 2 yrs now. Purchased before Truma became available. I do have the Truma tankless water heater. Upgraded from Girrard. Truma makes great products. Very satisfied with their products. Although, I think the Houghton may not be as robust as the Truma AC? The HB is actually made in China? This is what I have read from people who sourced parts. I think the HB is maybe 30 percent less expensive than Truma?

[Davydd]

That Truma is a nice looking unit. I would be curious to see how it compares in quietness.

We have the Australian Houghton AC. Advanced RV introduced it for their vans about 4 years ago. I think they were the only distributor at the time and were putting them in for other vans and selling to other manufacturers. I don't know if they have that exclusivity now.

It is as they say 3 times quieter and 20% more efficient than I assume Dometic. You can definitely tell the difference and carry on a conversation. Though we have it, we have yet to use it in over 18,700 miles of travel in two years. That said, we in the past didn't use our past Dometic's either. We needed our Dometic once and found it didn't work, probably from no use in four years. We now do test the Houghton on just about every trip.

This is their 4 year old video on YouTube. If you can't find it just search Advanced RV on YouTube. However, I can see it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zQkBDPOLW4

Ours is forward on the roof where Mercedes Benz installs their AC units on passenger vans and not in the back where the bed usually goes in Class B's.

[jrobe]

I see that Ebay has a listing for one from Australia for $1389 US dollars just for an idea on eventual pricing.

[svIntuition]

Originally Posted by dmb496

I currently have an RV with a 12v air conditioner. Do you have energy consumption data so I may compare with my system?

The consumption info is in the manual linked in the blog post.

Here's an excerpt:

Cooling capacity equivalent 13,500 BTU/h
Electrical rating 120 VAC, 60 Hz +- 5 %
Compressor Rated Load 8.8 Amp
Compressor Locked Rotor 56 Amp
Fan Motor Rated Load 2.9 Amp
Fan Motor Locked Rotor 3.0 Amp