Why not: becasue hot air rises and cold air drops. Next time ou get a beer from the fridge, sit on the floor when you open the door. Gotta blow the cold air hard enough from under the back seat to get cold air to the windsheild. Ultimately, Jeff has the right idea and Stacy mentioned to use the Air Cooled model van ducting. Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: "BenT Syncro" <syncro@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 1:14 PM Subject: Re: AC under rear seat?
> On 7/9/08, 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 > > > > Kim Springer put his AC under the seat of his Tristar as well. Afterall, VW > put > rear heaters in there. Why not AC? > > > BenT > |
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