Date:         Fri, 1 Jun 2007 07:47:54 -0700
Reply-To:     Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Who is making those new front AC units?
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Looking at this picture:

http://picasaweb.google.com/blakeheinlein/VanagonAC/photo?authkey=DwtniIla7C8#5043683279068686738

...where exactly do you mean?

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Forhan" <fourwdvw@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: Who is making those new front AC units?


> I'm a little late on the thread here, but did want to
> make a point.
>
> For those vehicles - and I am specifically thinking of
> Westfalias with the evap way in back here - there is a
> possibility of a very elegant and simple solution, but
> no one manufactures it yet.
>
> If you have had the pleasure of taking your dash
> apart, you know that there is a horizontal space in
> the body about a foot long and with vaguely a four
> square inch cross section: It the perfect place for a
> second evaporator.
>
> That evaporator could cool air before it comes  into
> the heater distribution box, so you would have all the
> distribution choices you know have for fresh air,
> including directing cooled air into the middle
> compartment side vents,  dehumidified air for the
> defrosters, and of course distribution to the two
> front passengers.
>
> For the later Vanagons with the a compressor like the
> Sanyo 708 there should be plenty of power for the
> system.
>
> I know nothing about engineering the sizing, stock
> evaporator sizes, getting a prototype made, or a small
> production run, but  I throw the idea out there. It
> seems like possible a relatively simple solution to a
> problem that has bugged Vanagon owners for years, and
> ursurped thousands and thousands of dollars with
> variable results.
>
>
>
> --- Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the photo show. I had been pondering one
>> of these, but now
>> realize it isn't what I want.
>>
>> On May 29, 2007, at 11:53 PM, Blake Heinlein wrote:
>>
>> > Jim,
>> >
>> > That was me. I actually installed an in-dash
>> aftermarket A/C system
>> > from
>> > Vintage Air. I have started posting stuff on my
>> website but it's not
>> > complete yet. I've had it running for about 2
>> months now and It's
>> > the best
>> > money I've spent on the van yet. Here is my
>> website
>> > http://blakeheinlein.googlepages.com/
>> > Here are pictures of the installation as I went
>> along:
>> >
>> http://picasaweb.google.com/blakeheinlein/VanagonAC?
>> > authkey=DwtniIla7C8
>> > I ordered my equipment directly from Vintage Air
>> www.vintageair.com
>> > but
>> > there are shops around that actually stock and
>> sell the equipment.
>> >
>> > I plan on finishing the A/C portion of my web
>> site, just need to
>> > find the
>> > time. In June, my wife and I are taking off for
>> three weeks to
>> > Arizona for a
>> > road trip from Sacramento, CA. Going to really
>> test out this new A/C.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Blake Heinlein
>> > http://blakeheinlein.googlepages.com/
>> >
>> >
>> > On 5/29/07, Jim Felder <felder@knology.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> A while back, someone posted about installing a
>> modern (not Behr)
>> >> underdash AC for the Vanagon. Can anyone give me
>> a link to the
>> >> manufacturer?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> Jim
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Blake Heinlein
>> > http://blakeheinlein.googlepages.com/
>>
>
>
>
>
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