Thanks Jeff. I know that when I had my tiny 12V heater up front, that putting up a curtain helped. I imagine that would also help with the AC..... if one routed ducting to the cab. Cheers, Neil. On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Jeff @ Autostadt West <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote: > Neil, > > That's where I'm putting it in my Tristar. But, a doka cab is much smaller > and the rear seat is right behind the front seats so it's probably not a > good comparison. > > I've often considered the possibility of mounting an a/c under the rear seat > but running insulated vent hoses under the van and up into the heater box. > It should be doable, but you've got to be willing to cut some holes in your > van. The obvious advantage would be to have a/c coming out your stock > vents. > > Cheers, > > Jeff > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf > Of neil N > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 12:15 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: AC under rear seat? > > > Hi all. > > Anyone running an AC unit under the rear bench seat? > > If so, how effective is it? > > I know it's not the best location, but am curious. > > Cheers, > > Neil. > > -- > Neil Nicholson '81 JettaWesty "Jaco > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engine > s > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ >
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