Date:         Fri, 3 Aug 2001 01:35:45 -0400
Reply-To:     Joe Reed <joe.reed@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joe Reed <joe.reed@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      insane a/c project

Somehow it seems suited that I post this on a Friday...

Some other blokes and I are rigging my 87 Westy with a very small 6000BTU
window a/c....on a 15-amp inverter with a separate battery tied into
charging system, etc etc. so it can run while mobile, with only <4"
extending out the window. When parked, the unit slides out on a shelf (the
front of which is on casters rolling across the sink cover) and is
stabilized externally by an adjustable brace to the ground, and only <3" are
inside...since the window in question is the one behind the driver/above the
sink, this will allow the cover to open when parked. Obviously, while parked
it can run on standard AC power when available.

The unit weighs just 41 pounds (with the weight primarily in the front), and
is only 12" high by 16" wide and 14" deep. Heavy-duty cables as safety
straps and redundant locking mechanisms will be in place so that it's locked
down tight while traveling.

Sliding shelf will rest on a reinforced frame installed over the aluminum
window frame (protecting it) left once the sliding glass is removed
(stationary half of the window left in place).

In the winter, unbolt the frame, remove the a/c, and reinstall the sliding
glass. Turn on the heat.



Once we have it completely drawn up and ready to begin installation, I'll
take pix recording this absurd effort and set up a website or something.


~ Name withheld to protect the stupid
(oops it's in my e-mail address...I *am* stupid)
87 Westy