Insulate the inner walls of your van. I have done this, and yesterday checking with an infrared temp reader, van was 140 F outside wall, 97 F inside, with temperature outside a 97 F. Adam Puzerewski 81 westy 74 beetle 86 cabrio Vanagon Partsmobiles ----- Original Message ----- From: <KENWILFY@aol.com> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [VANAGON] A/C performance with Freeze-12
> The A/C system in any vehicle is only setup to do a temperature difference, > not super cool the interior of a vehicle. Around 30 degrees is what is > expected, although you can get better. Some things that contribute to > getting better A/C performance are: > 1. Color of vehicle- the darker it is the harder the A/C system has to work > to cool the van. I have seen a bunch of buses with white roofs lately and I > think this is the reason. VW used to do this before they offered A/C and > maybe they should have kept it up later (would have looked strange but been > cooler). > > 2. Tint on windows- when sunlight comes in and hits the interior of the van > it heats things up. Tint on the windows helps reflect this radiation to an > extent (I have heard this new tint with the metal in it is the best). > > 3. Move to colder climate- Scientist have proven without a doubt that moving > from the southern part of the United States up to a far northern state (Maine > or Alaska for example) can drastically increase the performance of you air > conditioning system. In fact, for about 10 months out of the year, you will > getting freezing cold air without even having to turn your A/C on (it works > that much better!). (I am busy on Fridays OK) > > Hope this helps, > Ken Wilford > http://www.vanagain.com > John 3:16 > > New Phone (856)-327-4936 > Shop: (856)-765-1583 > Fax: (856)-327-2242 |
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