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Date:         Fri, 5 Apr 1996 14:43:01 +0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         cetin@seas.bellcore.com
Subject:      A/C for the Inuvik trip

A.C. in Inuvik???? Now there's someone who likes it COLD!!! :-)

Cetin

>Message-ID: <v01540b02ad89fb43fb39@[128.83.251.103]> > >Hey now, > Ok, folks. Time for me to show my ignorance and let some of y'all >clue me in. > I'm thinkin' about this long trip to Inuvik in the middle of the >hot summer, and I'm thinkin' about how nice it would be to have AC. Of >course, I don't want to run it off my poor little old DP1600, so I'm >thinking shore power. Maybe a window mount unit, or one of those RV units >that sit on top. The other idea is a small generator to power the dumb >thing. Maybe in that left hand corner of the engine compartment which is >empty at the moment. > The most obvious drawback to this is the heat from the generator, >I'd probably want to somehow vent it to the outside rather than let my >engine draw cooling air from it. > This is more theory than anything else, as I seriously doubt I'll >have the cash to do this, and am not even sure if I would do it given the >cash. But theories are fun to kick around. How big a generator would be >needed for this? Would it fit in that little space? How much gas would it >suck up? Any other comments? Have at it boys and girls... > >


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