http://books.google.com/books?id=gpo3V8PPhFUC&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29&dq=rovac+corporation+florida&source=bl&ots=_pkvct9Vrk&sig=Gq2LD_11a3PCA0eSyqyVEEaFCM4&hl=en&ei=recQTNDwAcG88gbXq_mqBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=rovac%20corporation%20florida&f=false
mike
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 12:56 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>wrote:
> At 01:43 PM 6/9/2010, Rowan Tipton wrote:
>
>> Which you can do even if you have an a/c and generator for those times
>> the heat is to much. I don't seem to hear this argument about putting
>> a Propex or other heater in our vans so why do we have it about a/c.
>>
>
> When I was growing up and air conditioning wasn't all that common at
> least in the Northeast, it seemed to have a faint but distinct flavor
> of indulgence and moral decay to it, especially if it was in a
> car. Maybe that was just my family, but I wonder...
>
> As the fat heat-intolerant owner of a non-AC Vanagon who often drives
> alone, I've come to rely on the blast effect of the quarter-windows;
> and I was some dismayed to find that mother VW has become too
> concerned for my safety to allow me to open the darn things to a
> blast position. I've concluded there's no practical way to outwit
> them without drilling a hole in the outer door skin, and while I
> think about that I've been known to muse on the possibilities of some
> sort of personal cooling system. Which always leads me to wonder
> what happened to the ROVAC
> system.
> <
> http://books.google.com/books?id=WwEAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA84&lpg=PA84&dq=rovac+air+conditioner&source=bl&ots=VvTiK97nzA&sig=2MCLGpTq0lnWCCKsLv6nDvNvFmQ&hl=en&ei=DX0QTOeRCcP38AaVwOH-BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=rovac%20air%20conditioner&f=true
> >
>
> Yours,
> David
>