Date:         Fri, 29 Mar 2002 20:55:07 -0600
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
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From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Air conditioner for camping
Comments: To: edsato@juno.com
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With a little engineering and some high volume (but silent) vent fans
that could be ducted through the dead space in the drivers side under
seat secret compartment and out from there this would be a viable AC
implant. Tim Hannink has a good idea and I commend him for his efforts.
It is certainly a neat appearance and won't adversely effect your hernia
like my hang on unit does.
I saw one unit in a Mexico (license plates) van that was mounted under
the sink with the evaporator showing through the side of the van. It only
extended out about two inches and the opening was very neatly dressed
out. Its one of the few permanent installations that I could consider
living with.
I experimented with the possible placement of an AC unit under my rear
Westy seat and various other locations. After I got dimensions on about
five units I created cardboard boxes to those sizes and tried different
placements of my box selection.
Since I've got an Air Cooled, I found that many of the units could sit
above the spare tire carrier (Panisonic units) but it came around to
making wiring jumper sets and ducting into my fresh air ducts. The only
problem that couldn't be solved was that I never found a filter that
could be serviced with a unit mounted there.

Stan Wilder



On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 15:35:06 -1000 Ed Sato <edsato@JUNO.COM> writes:
> Tim
> No way would this work!  Is this a Friday joke or are you really
> serious?
> Aloha, Ed
>
>
>
> On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 19:41:42 -0500 Tim Hannink
> <tjhannink@EARTHLINK.NET>
> writes:
> > My latest project is installing a window air conditioner that can
> be
> > used
> > while parked in a campground. It is now installed under my
> jumpseat
> > as
> > shown in the following photos:
> >
> http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/photos/CampingAirConditioner1.jpg
> >
> http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/photos/CampingAirConditioner2.jpg
> >
> http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/photos/CampingAirConditioner3.jpg
>