An RV washer/dryer installation connects a compact 24 inch laundry appliance to four systems your coach may or may not have: hot and cold water, a drain routed to the gray tank, a dedicated 120 volt circuit, and either an exhaust path or an internal condenser. The appliance itself is the simple part. The common assumption is that a prep closet means a drop-in, and sometimes it is. More often it has water stubs and a drain but shares its receptacle with another load, or sits on a floor never rated for a loaded machine. Splendide specifies that the floor under a WDV2200XCD support at least 280 pounds; the machine alone is 148 pounds dry, and the Furrion FLC03ACAFE-SP is 161 pounds. Water and a wet load land on top of that, so check it against your cargo carrying capacity. Apex does not do tires or chassis work, so if that math points at your axle rating we report it and refer it out.
A washer/dryer prep is a builder promise, and what sits behind the panel varies enormously. At its best it is a framed 24 inch opening with capped hot and cold PEX stubs, a drain tee into the gray line with an air break, a 120 volt receptacle on its own breaker, and on vented coaches a sidewall or floor penetration already cut. At its worst it is a framed opening and nothing else. Establishing which one you have decides the entire scope of the job, so it is the first thing to settle. Pull the closet panel and look for two capped stubs, a standpipe or drain tee, and a receptacle, then trace that receptacle back to the distribution panel. A plug-in receptacle tester and a clamp meter such as a Fluke 323 answer it in minutes. A closet sharing a circuit with the microwave is not a prep, it is an opening near an outlet, and the fix is a new home run.
This is where most washer/dryer plans come apart, and it is worth understanding before you buy. A combo dryer's heating element is a large continuous load, not a momentary surge. Splendide rates the WDC7200XCD at 120 volts and 12.5 amps with a maximum absorbed power of 1,300 watts, and calls for a separate 15 amp branch circuit. Furrion's instruction manual for the FLC03ACAFE-SP asks for a dedicated 120 volt, 60 Hz, 15 amp circuit and lists a 1,140 watt heating element. A 30 amp coach has roughly 3,600 watts at the pedestal in total. A 13,500 BTU rooftop air conditioner plus a 1,300 watt dryer element consumes nearly all of it, with the converter, water heater and refrigerator still drawing behind them. The predictable result is a pedestal breaker tripping partway through a dry cycle, which is the most common disappointment after an otherwise clean install.
Two numbers govern the plumbing side. Splendide asks for inlet water pressure between 7.5 and 100 psi, while Furrion is stricter at 20 to 100 psi, which matters when you run off the onboard pump or a low-set pressure regulator. On the drain side Splendide calls for a minimum 1 1/4 inch standpipe with a carry-away capacity of 7 gallons per minute, with the top of that standpipe between 25 and 34 inches from the bottom of the washer, and the drain hose outlet at least 20 inches up to break the siphon. Furrion specifies a 2 inch standpipe between 23 1/2 and 39 inches. Undersize either one and the machine backs up into the closet floor. Capacity is the other half: Furrion's spec sheet lists water consumption at under 15 gallons per cycle, so on a 35 gallon gray tank, two loads is most of your tank.
This is the real fork, and it is settled before any tool comes out of the van. A vented machine needs a 4 inch metal duct, rigid or flexible but never plastic, no longer than 7.9 feet, and no more than two elbows. In a coach that means the closet has to sit close to an exterior wall or the floor, and the run has to be short and close to straight. A ventless condensing combo removes that constraint completely, with no wall or roof penetration to cut and seal and no lint duct to clean. What you trade is time per load. Splendide's energy certification for the ventless WDC7200XCD is based on a 2 hour 35 minute timed dry, and Furrion lists its Auto Dry program at 4 hours 19 minutes for a 13.2 pound load.
The usual worry about ventless is that it dumps its moisture into the living space. That is not how a condensing combo works: Splendide states the humidity is condensed and pumped out through the drain rather than exhausted into the room. The two genuine problems are different, and both are worth knowing before you commit. First, Splendide notes the WDC7200XCD uses up to 2.5 gallons of water per hour during the dry cycle, so on a ventless machine the dryer fills the gray tank as well as the washer. Second, the drum, the door gasket and the closet stay damp between loads. A closed coach in a storage lot with a wet gasket behind a shut closet door is where a mildew problem starts, and Furrion's manual asks that the room have sufficient ventilation. Leave the door and the closet ajar.
These jobs arrive as a symptom rather than a diagnosis: the breaker trips ten minutes into the dry cycle, clothes come out soaked, or the closet smells. The order of checks is fixed. First the circuit, with a clamp meter on the branch conductor under load, looking for a real dedicated home run rather than a shared 15 amp circuit. Second the water supply, measured against Splendide's 7.5 to 100 psi window and with the inlet screens pulled, since they scale up quickly on hard Florida water. Third the drain: standpipe diameter, height and air break. Fourth, on a vented machine, the duct against the 4 inch, two elbow and 7.9 foot limit. Our service call covers the trip out and the first hour on site, and the current rate is in the pricing table on this page. Anything past that hour depends on what the diagnosis turns up, and we quote it for your approval before carrying on. Left alone, a restricted duct or a backing-up drain turns a laundry complaint into floor and wall repair.
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Call 888-759-1438You can run it, but not alongside the air conditioner. Splendide rates the WDC7200XCD at 12.5 amps with a maximum absorbed power of 1,300 watts, and a 30 amp pedestal supplies roughly 3,600 watts in total. Add a 13,500 BTU rooftop unit and there is nothing left for the converter and water heater. Plan laundry for hours when the air conditioning is off, or upgrade to 50 amp service.
Only a vented model does. Splendide's vented WDV2200XCD calls for a 4 inch metal duct no longer than 7.9 feet and no more than two elbows. A ventless condensing combo such as the WDC7200XCD needs no penetration at all, which is why it is the usual choice when the closet sits away from an exterior wall.
Furrion's spec sheet for its 2.7 cubic foot combo lists water consumption at under 15 gallons per cycle. On a ventless machine the dry cycle adds more, because Splendide notes the WDC7200XCD uses up to 2.5 gallons an hour to condense. Against a 35 gallon gray tank that is roughly two loads before you are dumping, which is the number that surprises people boondocking.
Longer than a residential pair, and this is the real cost of going ventless. Furrion lists its Auto Dry program at 4 hours 19 minutes for a 13.2 pound load, and its Perm Press wash-and-dry program at 4 hours 27 minutes. Splendide's energy certification for the ventless WDC7200XCD is based on a 2 hour 35 minute timed dry. Small, frequent loads work far better than one large one.
Scope drives it, so the honest answer starts with a look. Our service call covers the trip out and the first hour on site at the rate shown in the pricing table on this page, and anything past that hour is quoted after the diagnosis and approved before we start. A true drop-in into a complete prep is short work. Running a new 15 amp circuit, adding a drain, or cutting and sealing a vent penetration are each separate jobs.
Every figure on this page comes from a manufacturer document or a standards body, not from another repair site. Here is where each one comes from.
| Item | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Service call | $299 | Includes the trip out to your RV and the first hour on site |
| Work past the first hour | Quoted after diagnosis | We tell you what it will take before we carry on |
| Parts | Quoted per job | Special-order parts may need a deposit before we order them |
| Written estimate | No charge | You approve the estimate before any work starts |
The service call covers the trip out to your RV and the first hour on site. Anything beyond that depends on what we find, and we quote it and get your approval before carrying on.
The price ranges on this page come from our own recent jobs across Florida, not from an industry average. What you pay depends on the rig, the parts it needs and what we find on site, so we give you a written estimate before any work begins and you approve it first.