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Date:         Mon, 3 Oct 1994 16:20:30 -0700 (PDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Wes Neuenschwander <wesn@eskimo.com>
Subject:      Re: '91 Camper Comments

On Sun, 2 Oct 1994, J. Walker wrote:

> Date: Sun, 2 Oct 94 16:35:24 CDT > From: J. Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu> > To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu> > Subject: Re: '91 Camper Comments > > On Sun, 2 Oct 94 16:09:08 CDT Stuart Redford said: > >> 2. The air conditioning is sub-marginal. Cold air on the back of the neck, > >> no air to the face. > > > > The A/C is pretty poor especially in hot weather and a complete waste > > with passengers in the back seat in hot weather. They sit under all that > > noise while the driver+ sweats. > > If I had kept mine, I had planned to port the right-most duct into the > > side vent nearby, seal off the fresh air intake in the grill and use > > the ventilation ducts to route cool air to the dash. > > the only problem i can see with this idea is the distinct possibility of > condensation on the metal ... rusting the roof out from the inside. if you > could manage to plastic-coat it somehow, or run some plastic tubing ... > > in the pictures in the german books i've seen, there are buses with the > a/c vent running along the sides of the roof ... so they can have front face > air AND the sunroof (or camper). :( why do they get all the good stuff? :( > > joel > Actually, the air being discharged from the A/C vents should be pretty dry. Most of the moisture will be condensed out when the air passes across the A/C evaporator coil. As the air travels through the duct it will warm slightly, bringing the residual moisture content well below dew-point and avoiding any further condensation.

-------------------------------------------- Wes Neuenschwander Seattle, WA

(wesn@eskimo.com)


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