John Tell us more about this 2nd condenser. Where did you install it and how? Where did you find it?
Keith O. 90 Westy Syncro On Jun 29, 2006, at 11:05 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:47:14 -0600 > From: "John Connolly, Aircooled.Net" <john@AIRCOOLED.NET> > Subject: Re: Subject: getting cooler air to the front in a Westy > > I doubled the cooling capacity of my stock 90 Vanagon A/C by adding a > 24k > BTU condenser, in series with the original one. You can hang meat in my > vanagon now in 100F weather without an issue. > > I haven't gotten around to removing the dash to re-seal the fresh air > vents, > which are leaking in a big way. It's tough to keep the interior cool > when > hot air is blowing in replacing the cool air in the interior. Once I > do this > it will be amazing. > > I strongly recommend the 2nd condenser, it's a huge increase in > cooling to > the van, and it's "free" (no additional power or strain on the rest of > the > system) once you pay for it. The unit was around $350 (dual fan, > relays, > etc), with a few hours for the installation. > > John > Aircooled.Net Inc. |
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