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Old 09-05-2007, 07:25 PM   #4
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We have the side mount, and it's OK, but I would rather have the top mount. The additional storage would be nice and I think the top mounts are more powerful. But, no plans to replace the current trailer.

We had a problem with water pooling in the bottom of our side mount A/C. This was not a problem with the drain hose but rather a design "feature" of the A/C unit. It was made to keep about a half inch of water in the bottom. I do not know why but speculate that in less humid climates retaining this water may prevent the constant dripping you see from some window a/c units. The trailer drain hose would not start to drip until this 1/2 inch deep receptacle overflowed.

Since we camp often in the humid southeastern summer, at the end of each trip, we would have a 1/2 inch of water in the A/C, unknown to us. On the drive home or to another campsite this water would slosh out into the inside of the trailer where we would find it soaking the carpet and discoloring the cabinet. It took us a long time to figure out where this water was coming from.

Once the clue-bird landed on me, I pulled the unit out of the trailer and carefully drilled many drain holes in its built-in "pan", then re-installed it. Ever since then the drain hose drips constantly and no more water in the trailer. That was about four years ago.
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