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Date:         Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:14:59 -0400
Reply-To:     dvdclarksn@AOL.COM
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From:         David Clarkson <dvdclarksn@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
Comments: To: camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM
In-Reply-To:  <4C387B77.5030302@gmail.com>
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The PO of my 90 Westy installed a small oscillating fan just ahead of the overhead tray on the drivers side. This fan does a great job of moving the cool air from the rear to the front and cooling the back of my neck and the front passenger. You can usually find a good fan like that one in the link at any major truckstop if it is not available online or at your? FLAPS. This morning I checked my temp up front with everything running full blast with an outside temp of 78 F and 80% humidity it was 56 F up front. I am getting 34 F air at the vents on the 2 speed setting not in direct sun. Not to shabby after being sans a/c for about 10 years in this van. ? David Clarkson

-----Original Message----- From: Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" &lt;camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM&gt; To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Sat, Jul 10, 2010 10:03 am Subject: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan

Maybe someday the air conditioning fairy will pay a visit and tell me? that because I've been a good boy I'll have A/C in all my cars? forevermore. More likely not, though.? ? I have a dash-mounted fan like this one:? ? &lt;http://www.overstock.com/Auto-Parts/All-Metal-12-volt-Dash-Fan/2672978/product.html&gt;? ? And while it makes a quite pleasant whirring sound, the air doesn't? reach the driver. I've tinkered with the curvature of the blades but no? matter what I do, the fan is best-suited for blowing stuff off the dash,? not cooling the driver.? ? Now, if you take off the chrome wire cage and remove the blade assembly,? then the blade assembly from one of these pops right onto the shaft:? ? &lt;http://www.amazon.com/Volt-Fan-12V-Suction-Base/dp/B001449QRY&gt;? ? Better blade design, it moves more air, and the air reaches the driver.? ? Rather than stop there, though, I thought I'd ask the group if they have? had good success with some other fan, or have come up with a good way to? ?break up that bubble of hot air that seems to surround the driver and? passenger's faces and heads. (And no, I don't mean the hot air that I? emit when I express opinions!). At highway speeds, the wind wings are? far too noisy; and not enough air blows from the defrost vents or the? dash vents to do much good.? --? Rocky J Squirrel? 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")? 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)? Bend, OR? KG6RCR?


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