[Rhodes22-list] Brad - Air Conditioning

[Bill Effros]

Thanks,

A lot of people think I am the box.

Bill Effros

brad haslett wrote:

>Bill,
>
>That's brilliant, so simple and so, Jed Clampett!  I
>love it.  Click this for your present for your
>creative thinking.
>
>http://www.cartoonbank.com/product_details.asp?mscssid=QXGHPJ4WV9C49LFK12RG26XCJNN5BVS6&sitetype=1&did=4&sid=40533&whichpage=1&sortBy=popular&keyword=cats+box&section=cartoons
>
>Brad
>
>--- Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>How about hoisting the generator up the mast?
>>
>>It only weighs 20 something pounds.
>>
>>You could connect the output to your shore power
>>input.
>>
>>Bill Effros
>>
>>Always trying to help.
>>
>>brad haslett wrote:
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>>>Bill,
>>>
>>>I hadn't really thought about it that way.  What's
>>>      
>>>
>>the
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>>>name of that new Jane Fonda flick?
>>>
>>>Here's what I had in mind, found this on an RV
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>>site.
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>>>http://www.magnacoach.com/genturi.html
>>>
>>>The people that flock to NASCAR races have the same
>>>problem, lots of RVs in close proximity with
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>>exhaust
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>>>gasses down low.  In fact, the RV market has had
>>>      
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>>some
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>>>cases of sucking generator fumes in open windows. 
>>>That's why most keep CO alarms on board.
>>>
>>>Frankly, I'm more than happy to spend overnights at
>>>the dock.  This research is more for my friend Ken
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>>>
>>and
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>>>his anticipated boat purchase.  He's already
>>>      
>>>
>>survived
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>>>being hit by a train, running his airplane out of
>>>      
>>>
>>gas,
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>>>and at least one jealous husband.  He'll be fine!
>>>
>>>Brad
>>>
>>>--- Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>>
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>>>
>>>>Brad,
>>>>
>>>>I see your point.  It appears there are only about
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>>>>
>>2
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>>>>deaths a year from 
>>>>carbon monoxide poisoning in airplanes, and you
>>>>would normally have 3 on 
>>>>board, so your odds of everyone on board dying in
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>>>>
>>a
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>>>>single incident in a 
>>>>single year look pretty remote.
>>>>
>>>>On the other hand, the FAA frowns on airplane
>>>>exhaust systems that rely 
>>>>on coffee can masks and lines holding hoses up
>>>>masts.
>>>>
>>>>Did you ever think that maybe, just maybe, the
>>>>stifling heat and lack of 
>>>>wind are God's way of telling you that a given day
>>>>with your family 
>>>>might better be spent at an air conditioned movie?
>>>>
>>>>Bill
>>>>
>>>>brad haslett wrote:
>>>>
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>>>>>Bill,
>>>>>
>>>>>"Children and small wives die faster?"  I hadn't
>>>>>really thought of that but there may be a
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>business
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>>>>>opportunity here. 
>>>>>
>>>>>Actually I'm well aware of the dangers of carbon
>>>>>monoxide risks, remember, my first job in the
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>aviation
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>>>>
>>>>        
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>>>>>industry was as an airframe and powerplant
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
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>>>>mechanic. 
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>>>>        
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>>>>>Small airplanes use a shroud around the muffler
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>>>>>
>>to
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>>>>>warm ambient air and pump it into the cabin.  Any
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>leak
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>>>>
>>>>        
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>>>>>in the muffler provides a straight flow of
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>>exhaust
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>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
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>>>>to
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>>>>        
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>>>>>the cockpit.
>>>>>
>>>>>My boat doesn't have an in-cabin location that
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>would
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>>>>        
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>>>>>be suitable for locating a genset without using
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>up
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>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>too
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>>>>        
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>>>>>much space or being to noisy (same as the R-22). 
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>The
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>>>>        
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>>>>>only logical location for the Honda would be
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>topsides.
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>>On larger boats, sailboats included, the genset
>>>>>exhausts via an underwater thru-hull, same as the
>>>>>engine.  The bulk of the deaths from gensets have
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>been
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>>>>        
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>>>>>on houseboats that port exhaust near a swim
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>platform
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>>>>        
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>>>>>where it accumulates.  The beauty of Bob's design
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>is
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>>>>>that it takes the exhaust up high where it would
>>>>>dissapate.  The attraction of mounting the Honda
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>in
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>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>an
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>>>>        
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>>>>>industrial storage bin or cooler is to quiet it
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>even
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>>>>        
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>>>>>more but might require installing a cooling air
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>intake
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>>>>>fan and perhaps an exhaust fan as well.  Really
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>pretty
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>>simple stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>>We motored today for about an hour until the wind
>>>>>picked up.  My little 13hp diesel starts to smell
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>in
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>>>>
>>>>        
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>>>>>the cabin after awhile.  There are no exhaust
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
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>>>>leaks,
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>>>>
>>>>>diesels just stink (unless they are running on
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>used
>>
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