Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:41:10 -0700
Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
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From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Subject: Re: Need to cool off!
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Before I fixed the AC, we would bring along spray bottles, like what you
would use for cleaning solution. Sprayed each other every so often. We'd
arrive looking like salty drowned rats, but fairly cool. Can be bad with
hearing aids, though.
Karl Wolz
|-----Original Message-----
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|On Behalf Of OlRivrRat
|Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 9:15 AM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: Need to cool off!
|
| Recently met a Vanagon couple from the PNW that were
|spending the Summer in ElPaso due to WorkRelatedStuff ~ Their
|AC consisted of a bucket between the front seats that was
|filled with BottlesOfIce & the Lid had a couple of IntakeHoles
|& 2 12v ChassiFans that blew the CoolAir in their Direction.
|They said it worked amazingly well.
|
|
| ORR ~ DeanB On 26 Jul , 2013, at 9:58
|AM, Jeremy Stovin wrote:
|
|> Ahh. No. Could not sell Lola. She is great, except the lack of AC.
|>
|> Shifting conversation.. what about those portable evaporative AC
|> units. Fill with Ice & Water, etc...
|>
|> Any feedback on those?
|>
|> From: chris and/or ruth <populuxe59@YAHOO.COM>
|> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 8:45 AM
|> Subject: Re: Need to cool off!
|>
|>
|> This may, or may not be an option.
|> Sell your existing '87 and buy one with a good AC already working.
|> You'd be $2,000-$5,000 ahead with money your not spending on your
|> '87. It would be like a credit you apply to the new rig.
|> I have no idea what type of condition your present unit is
|in, or what
|> expenses you've got into it. Notice I didn't use the word
|> "investment". If it is an investment that will make a return
|for you;
|> go ahead and upgrade.
|> Unlike me, there are plenty of potential owners that will buy a
|> Westfalia without AC and the price added for existing AC is near
|> nothing.
|>
|> Chris C3
|> ---------------------------------------------------------------
|>
|>
|> Need to cool off!
|>
|> Ok, the family has put their feet down. There were too many
|hot times
|> in our= last trip. (Got up to 105F at one point.) windows open, not
|> much help. I n= eed to cool my '87 Westy. While on the road.
|>
|> Is it realistic or reasonable to try to install an AC in her?=20
|>
|> Any recommended solution?
|>
|> Thinking about the evaporative cooler. Pros or Cons? Recommended
|> models? Whe= re could I get one not on line? Saw one from GoCool,
|> anyone else see this?
|>
|> If I can't cool the van down, then I will be traveling alone. Your
|> help is a= ppreciated!
|>
|> Jeremy
|>
|> Sent from my iPad=
|