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Dometic Soft Start for Penguin II Electronic Air Conditioner Setup - Qty 1
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Dometic Soft Start for Penguin II Electronic Air Conditioner Setup - Qty 1

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Reduce your RV air conditioner startup power demand by up to 75 percent and eliminate that loud, clunking compressor noise. Start and run your AC without the fear of tripping a breaker or overloading your generator. 1-800-940-8924 to order Dometic accessories and parts part number DMC77RR or order online at etrailer.com. Free expert support on all Dometic products. Great prices and Fastest Shipping for Dometic Soft Start for Penguin II Electronic Air Conditioner Setup - Qty 1. Accessories and Parts reviews from real customers.
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Dometic Accessories and Parts - DMC77RR

  • RV Air Conditioners
  • Soft Start Kit
  • Dometic

Reduce your RV air conditioner startup power demand by up to 75 percent and eliminate that loud, clunking compressor noise. Start and run your AC without the fear of tripping a breaker or overloading your generator.


Features:

  • Soft starter reduces the power needed to start your Dometic Penguin II air conditioner for a more efficient operation
    • Designed and tested for all RVs and motorhomes
    • Perfect for boondocking or supplementing generator power in high altitudes
    • 1 Soft start controller required per AC unit
  • Allows you to run your AC on a small generator or simultaneously with small appliances
  • Eliminates trailer shaking and loud, clunking start-up noise from your compressor
    • Won't jolt you awake in the middle of the night
  • Limits stress put on the motor, compressor, and drive train to extend the life of your AC
    • Built-in start capacitor controls torque to ensure smoother starts and stops
  • Shows operation status and alerts you to potential faults using 3 diagnostic LEDs
  • Prevents overheating using an integrated bypass contactor
  • Resists vibration, flames, and is IP65-rated against dust and low-pressure water jet spray
  • Pre-wired installation with included hardware
    • No cutting or crimping of wires required


Specs:

  • Application: Dometic Penguin II electronic air conditioner units
  • Nominal working voltage: 120 VAC
  • Maximum continuous current: 20 amps
  • Dimensions: 8-1/4" long x 3-1/4" wide x 3-7/8" tall
  • Maximum working temperature: 140 F (60 C)
  • 3.07 lbs
  • 1-Year limited warranty


9610004640 Dometic SmartStart for Penguin II Electronic Air Conditioner Models

Installation Details DMC77RR Installation instructions



Video of Dometic Soft Start for Penguin II Electronic Air Conditioner Setup - Qty 1

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Video Transcript for Review of Dometic Soft Start Penguin II Electronic Air Conditioner Setup - DMC77RR

Hi, everybody. Andy here with etrailer.com. Let's take a look together at this Dometic Soft Start for your Penguin II Electronic Air Conditioner setup. So this has been designed to work with your Dometic Penguin II Electronic Air Conditioner units. And this soft starter is going to reduce the power needed to start your Dometic Penguin II Air Conditioner for a more efficient operation. This is designed and tested really for all RVs and motor homes.

And this is going to be perfect for boondocking or supplementing generator power in high altitudes. This is going to let you run your air conditioner on a small generator, or simultaneously with small appliances. You will need one soft start controller per air conditioning unit. So one is required per AC unit. So this has several benefits.

This is going to limit the stress put on the motor, the compressor, and drive train to extend the life of your air conditioner. The built-in start capacitor controls the torque to ensure smoother starts and stops. So this is going to eliminate trailer shaking and loud clunking start noise from your compressor. You're not gonna be jolted awake in the middle of the night with this. This is also going to prevent overheating using an integrated bypass contactor.

It's gonna resist vibration, flames, and this is IP65 rated against dust and low pressure water jet spray. It's probably gonna be hard for you to see from that distance, but we do have LED lights here that's going to show the operation status and alert you of potential faults. This is gonna be a a pre-wired installation. It does include everything that you see here. The pigtails, the bracket, cable ties, and instructions.

You're not gonna have to worry about cutting wires or crimping wires or anything like that. And let me leave you with a few measurements just so you have a good idea of the size. So it might be kind of tricky here. I wanna give you the length, and I thought the best way to measure the length would be from end of post to end of post here where the cables start to go out. So lining my ruler up there as best as I can, hopefully you can see that. Let me move this, maybe that'll be a little bit better for you. So it looks like the width here, again, from end of post to end of post, we're sitting pretty close to eight and a quarter inches long. And then the width, we're sitting right at about three and seven eights inches, I'm sorry, three and a quarter inches wide. So about three and a quarter inches wide. And then the height, from bottom to top, pretty close to four inches. I'm gonna call it about three and seven eights inches tall. This has a maximum working temperature of 140 degrees Fahrenheit. And this weighs about two or three pounds, it's not terribly heavy. But again, it includes everything that you see here. I think that's gonna wrap up our real quick look today. I do hope that our brief time together was helpful for you. And again, my name is Andy. Thank you for joining me.


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Dometic Soft Start for Penguin II Electronic Air Conditioner Setup - Qty 1 - DMC77RR

Average Customer Rating:  5.0 out of 5 stars   (1 Customer Reviews)

Reduce your RV air conditioner startup power demand by up to 75 percent and eliminate that loud, clunking compressor noise. Start and run your AC without the fear of tripping a breaker or overloading your generator.

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I installed this device in a 2024 Airstream Caravel 16RB's Dometic Penguin II air conditioner.

As usual, etrailer did a great job. Fast shipping, at a reasonable price. Nothing to complain about.

My AC works great after the installation. I ran it for about 20 minutes in each (cool and heat pump) mode. During that time the power consumption never exceeded 1900 Watts. That means that you will be able to run this the air conditioner using power a home 15A outlet, or a Honda EU2200 power generator.

The following notes are tips for people who will use this product in similar applications.

1. If you're not electrically knowledgeable, hire someone to do it. The instructions in the installation guide (that you will need to download from the internet from Dometic) is not 100% correct.

2. The installation guide provide instructions for many Dometic air conditioners. Among others, it has one section for Penguin ii (Electrical) and one for Penguin ii (Mechanical). AFAIK, the latter type does not exist, mine is the former type.

3. I didn't need to use electrical tape to tape up the obsolete wirings, you can just unplug the whole wire and remove them for a cleaner installation.


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Employee Wilson B
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Wilson B
Employee Amanda M
Edited by:
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Employee Andy C
Installed by:
Andy C
Employee Ashley K
Written by:
Ashley K

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