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Old 06-04-2021, 12:29 PM   #341
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Old 06-04-2021, 01:33 PM   #342
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Did you do it your self Or have a professional do it?
If you are referring to me, I had the dealer do it as a warranty item. But that was 16 years ago and a different Montana from what I have now.
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Old 06-16-2021, 11:24 AM   #343
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Remote Thermostat

So I finally tackled the changeover from that ridiculous remote thermostat to the 5 button CCC. The couple that I bought my 2006 3295RK in from early 2021 had replaced the A/C in 2019 and were still having problems in 2020 so they contacted Dometic and were told that he would have to change out the control unit and thermostat. They recommended the 5 button CCC. The part numbers are 3109226.005 for the control unit and then 3109228.001 for the thermostat/wall unit. The prior owner had ordered the parts but did not install them. Luckily he did not return the parts and I bought them off of him.

I keep my rig parked in an RV resort here in Lutz, FL and use it as a weekend/getaway place and needless to say, mid June is quite warm so I obviously must be crazy to tempt this now. Let me say I am not an RV tech but I am confident in minor home repair. With that said, anyone thinking about doing this project needs to go to Mazeef's description of his installation. It is located on page 4 post #64. I followed that step by step. I did miss the one part about the dip switches but I'll explain later. Unfortunately the pictures from that post are no longer visible but his description was enough for me to see what he was doing.

The entire install took me about an 1 hour and 30 minutes. As of right now the A/C is working. Now for the explaination.

I missed the step to check that dip switch #5 was to be on. After I had made all of the connections and buttoned up the filter, I replaced the 12 volt fuse and threw the 120 volt circuit breaker. Just as Mazeef said the CCC read EE and I followed his instruction and rebooted the thermostat. I went through the modes and it showed Cool, Fan and Off. There was no display for Furnace. It was then that I recalled the step about the dip switches. I again killed the 12 volt and 120 volt power, removed the cover and found the switches. It looked like all 8 were in the same position and assuming they were off, I flipped #5. Reactivate the 12 and 120 volt, no furnace. Deactivate 12 and 120. After I looked at the control unit manual and oriented myself, I realized that the switches were all on and I had turned off #5. I then turn them all off except for #5. Reactivate the 12 and 120 volt and now the thermostat shows EE but the A/C isn't working. I try to reboot but when I release the Mode and Zone buttons the EE reappears. Deactivate again and put the swirches all back into the on position, reactivate and the A/c comes on. The thermostat is in EE again but the reboot works. I go through the modes and still no furnace. Remember I said that I am in Lutz, Florida? Well the outside temperature at 11:30 A.M. is at 88. It was 82 outside when I started at 10:00 A.M. and the inside temp was at 75. At 11:30 the inside temp was climbing to 85. Luckily the A/C is still working but the CCC wont show the furnace. I let it run for about an hour and at 12:20 the inside temp is at 79. Still a little warm but hey we're in the sub tropics, right. So I called Dometic and after waiting 5 and a half minutes, finally got through to that danged automated customer service crap. When I got to the part that I believed was where I needed to be the message was that they were closed for their hour lunch from 12:30-1:30 EDT. So I will call again later but in the mean time I may make sure that the furnace wires are attached to the blue wires before I speak with Dometic. I hope to have good news and be able to post it.

Don't fear this project as long as you have a basic understanding of home wiring and mechanical abilities.
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Old 06-25-2021, 10:46 AM   #344
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Just an update to my last post.

I will try to make this brief. I called again at 2:00 P.M. and was on hold for one hour and 15 minutes before getting connected to a live customer service rep. After explaining the entire situation to her she informed me that they are not technicians and really are not able to answer technical/installation questions but would do as much as possible. I explained that the A/C appeared to be working but the 5 button CCC was not recognizing the furnace. After being on the phone with her another 30-45 minutes, the final outcome was that she could not find any answers to solve my problem. She asked me if I had verified that the furnace was working prior to swapping out the control box and thermostat to which I had explained with 90 plus degree, I did not try the furnace however it did work fine in March when we needed it while still using that remote system.

She then suggested that maybe my furnace wires were possibly faulty and that I should reinstall the old system and try the furnace. Needless to say, I was not pleased to hear that and quite disappointed that I was not referred to a technical department person to bounce this off of, not mention that I just spent almost 2 hours on the phone with DOMETIC only to be told to reinstall the old system to verify that the furnace worked.

So I thanked her for her time and hung up. I did do a temporary installation of the old system. I was able to get the unit to cool and then I shut down the air conditioning and turned the "desired" temp high enough to start the furnace and bada-bing, the furnace kicked on. So much for faulty furnace wires.

I already wasted half a day so I was not about to call again and be told that they had no solution. I reinstalled the new system since at this time in Florida, heat is the last thing I need. I went onto the Dometic website and found a contact us email address for technical service: TECHNICAL SERVICE - Phone: 800-Dometic E-Mail: techservice@dometic.com I sent them a very detailed description of the problem on the following day (June 17, 2021).

Well here we are, July 25, 2021 and still no response from them. I re-sent the email to that web address and I hope to hear something from them soon. I really believe that the control box is faulty since it does not seem to recognize the furnace. The dip switches are all on because that's the only way I can get the A/C to work. If I turn all of the dip switches off except #5, the one dedicated for the furnace, the entire system won't even boot up.

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Old 10-02-2021, 10:00 PM   #345
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Going to try a new upgrade .

Soo im going to attempt the upgrade on my 2005 Keystone Big Sky Montana 3295RK, the Existing remote control one is very frustrating. Sooo I contacted Dometic and they had me order Control Box 3312020.000 and 10 button wall thermostat 3314082.000. They don't make the thermostat suggested in the above posts anymore. I couldn't find it anywhere, says it was discontinued. Soo anyways. Is there a manual for this new conversion with these items and detailed instructions? I'm kinda lost here and don't know where to start. I also have a new RV rj-11 cord to do this. Do I need to somehow pull the cord through the roof and wall to connect the new thermostat to the new control box, how in the heck do I get this done??? Any help would be extremely appreciated!! Soo lost right now.
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Old 10-02-2021, 10:31 PM   #346
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You will be pioneering this conversion AFAIK. It sounds like Dometic thinks it should work, so there is hope. Here is a link to the installation manual for that thermostat that may help.

https://www.dometic.com/assets/28/57...nual_62857.pdf


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Old 10-03-2021, 08:45 AM   #347
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Thankyou soo very much for the link Carl N Susan. I really appreciate it lot. I'm going to attempt it today.
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Old 10-03-2021, 08:52 PM   #348
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Ok, update, we used the info you sent the link for and Yay, we now have the wall thermostat and not the remote one and we tested the heat and a/c and they both came on, soo we wired it right. Soo happy, Thankyou for your help Carl n Susan, I really appreciate it alot!!
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Old 10-03-2021, 08:55 PM   #349
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Well we got it all working with the help of the link you told me to look up. Soo happy, Thankyou Carl n Susan!!
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Old 10-04-2022, 03:55 PM   #350
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Biggest problem I found today is that the CCC unit used to replace the remote POS is no longer available. I think I'll call Dometic tomorrow and see what is the replacement for the remote unit now.
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Old 10-04-2022, 05:44 PM   #351
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Strange as someone else investigated this a couple of months ago and I thought they got a CCC replacement from Dometic.
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They have a replacement but I think I would rather call them and see what they suggest. https://pantherrvproducts.com/3109228-001/
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Soo im going to attempt the upgrade on my 2005 Keystone Big Sky Montana 3295RK, the Existing remote control one is very frustrating. Sooo I contacted Dometic and they had me order Control Box 3312020.000 and 10 button wall thermostat 3314082.000. They don't make the thermostat suggested in the above posts anymore. I couldn't find it anywhere, says it was discontinued.
I found both units at Camper World @ $432 https://www.campingworld.com/cart
Will wait till I talk to Dometic.
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They have a replacement but I think I would rather call them and see what they suggest. https://pantherrvproducts.com/3109228-001/
The Micro-Air is a popular thermostat and avoids the issues with the newer touch sensitive Dometic models. But I am sure Dometic won't tell you that.
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If I understand correctly and locate a T-stat 3109228.001 and control board 3109226.005 along with a Freeze Guard sensor 3312303.005 I could install this in place of the remote control unit presently installed as OEM? Would this new system be then the CCC1 system and a 1 zone system? Trying to figure out what Micro-Air unit I would need and how to install it. The present remote system is not working, night time temps are in the high 40's and we bought an electric heater to provide enough heat to survive but the POS remote has to be replaced ASAP. I have found DOMETIC 3109226.005 Electronic Control Kit and Freeze Control Sensor 3312303.005 on Amazon but no T-stat 3109228.001. Would a Micro-Air work with these Dometic parts then?
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If I understand correctly and locate a T-stat 3109228.001 and control board 3109226.005 along with a Freeze Guard sensor 3312303.005 I could install this in place of the remote control unit presently installed as OEM?
The numbers you have don't match what was recently purchased in Post #345

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Would this new system be then the CCC1 system and a 1 zone system?
That is what the old POS system was. A second AC, if installed, had manual controls on it. This is before two zone thermostats in RVs.

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Trying to figure out what Micro-Air unit I would need and how to install it.I have found DOMETIC 3109226.005 Electronic Control Kit and Freeze Control Sensor 3312303.005 on Amazon but no T-stat 3109228.001. Would a Micro-Air work with these Dometic parts then?
I can't help here, but I am sure Micro-Air will be happy to help. You might also try PMing member NicL2479 as they made this change a year ago.
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The numbers you have don't match what was recently purchased in Post #345
The numbers I have are from Post #336, the "first" Dometic replacement I believe. Those numbers (control box and freeze Guard Sensor) I can purchase on Amazon. The T-stat can be bought from a firm in California.
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OK so now I have control board 3109226.005 and Freeze Guard sensor 3312303.005 that I ordered from Amazon. I was not able to get Dometic T-stat 3109228.001 (white) or Dometic T-stat 3109228.019 (black) primarily due to cost although a search on the internet found some sources. I did learn that a Dometic Comfort Control 5 Button direct replacement from Micro - Air is their EasyTouch RV 357 (Black) ASY-357-X01 and is supposed to work with the control board 3109226.005 and Freeze Guard sensor 3312303.005.

I chose to use the Micro-Air T-stat due to the Enhancements of Bluetooth and WIFI connectivity standard in all thermostats. Control your RV A/C remotely anywhere right from your phone or tablet. A large color touch screen with High and low temperature notifications. Multiple zone control remotely (needed when I add an A/C unit to bedroom) plus all the features of the original 5 button thermostat.
http://www.micro-air.com/support documents/EasyTouchRV/EasyTouchRV_357_Manual_1.7.pdf

I have received everything I need now to make the conversion and as soon as I have time will proceed, probably after I arrive in Gulfport, MS around Nov 9th as I will be there for 3 weeks.
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Well, having all the parts for the remote POS thermostat was a really good thing. We left Ohio for Kentucky and waking up in Frankfort, KY with the trailer at 57*F convinced me to get moving on the project. Took me about an hour as I went slow and had download all the instructions for a CCC conversion. I chose to use the older control module 3109226.005 and Freeze Guard sensor 3312303.005 that I ordered from Amazon. Rather then the Dometic T-stat 3109228.001 (white) or Dometic T-stat 3109228.019 (black) I chose to go with a modern state of the art (at least compared to a CCC) Micro-Air T-stat EasyTouch RV 357 (Black) ASY-357-X01 . Went slow and verified wiring and dip switch settings before restoring 120V AC and 12V DC power. Took me a couple minutes to figure out how to work the thermstat and there is lots to learn as this T-stat will allow temp settings based on time factors. Bottom line is the electric heaters went back into storage, glad I thought to bring them with us.

On edit: Set t-stat for 68*F for the night and woke up to 68*F in the trailer. Later I raised the temp to 72*F and watched it hit 73*F and shut off. Came back on at 71*F and climbed to 73*F. It has an adjustment where I can increase or decrease the temperature span 2-5 degrees. Presently just too happy to have the furnace back on line to change anything just yet.
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