Date:         Sun, 29 May 2011 22:01:10 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Needed: DoubleCab Air Conditioning In Uganda
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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never thought I'd see these words !!  ( anti-idling )
re
"The DC 9000 is a roofmounted air Conditioner for anti-idling applications
like trucks and campers."

Man is that nice ..
some thought to keeping people cool in vehicles without idling the engine ,
particularily diesels !!!


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: Needed: DoubleCab Air Conditioning In Uganda


> http://www.dcairco.com/index.php/products/trucks
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Derek Drew
> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 2:27 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Needed: DoubleCab Air Conditioning In Uganda
>
> My son (and now me and my wife) are going to be driving a 2.1L Double Cab
> 16" Syncro in Uganda, Africa, which lacks air conditioning, starting in
> about a month.
>
> The locals there say its unthinkable to drive without the AC because of
> the
> amount of dust in the air, which would come into the cabin if you try to
> drive with the windows open, but if you close the windows at the locations
> we will be at, you can hardly survive the heat buildup inside the vehicles
> due to the sun at the equator.
>
> Is my best option to buy a generator and a window AC unit, and then mount
> the AC unit in the rear window?
>
> Or is there some more elegant way, such as to buy a factory used AC setup
> from a dead doka?
>
> The A/C setup unit has to be operating by July 1.
>
> I know nothing about Dokas, so I don't even know if there is such a thing
> as
> an OEM Doublecab 16" A/C setup.
>
> Another route, which I know nothing about, is one of the after market
> units
> that install under the dashboard in the USA. Would this be an option?
>
> I am doubting that an evaporative AC unit would have enough BTUs, but
> maybe
> one of those things that blows air across ice blocks would help a little
> if
> all other ideas proved unfeasible.
>
> The length of the trip is 3 weeks, driving through lions, elephants, and
> extremely bad roads, testing some special VCs my son is working on.
>
> We are going to try to drive around the riots, tear gas, and Ebola
> outbreaks
> they are having in Uganda at the moment.
>
> And we still have to figure out some way to keep humans and primates from
> grabbing our bags out of the back of the Doka in the cities and in the
> jungle.
>
> I am going to bring some spare inner tubes and futz around with them after
> the bald tires go flat in the bush.
>
> Here is a picture of another Vanagon family in the bush, terrified, after
> their van broke down in the middle of a pack of inquisitive lions. A brave
> guy with a pickup truck tows them out:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w73wIjdv9qE
>
> Unfortunately, their rig looks a lot more luxurious than the work truck we
> will be using, which is used to haul food to market.
>
> It takes a week to send parts ahead for installation on the van before we
> get there.
>
> Any and all ideas welcomed.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Derek Drew
> Founder, ConsumerSearch.com
> Washington DC / New York
> derekdrew@derekmail.com
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