[Rhodes22-list] Brad - Air Conditioning

[brad haslett]

Phillip,

Here is a better website: 

http://www.rvmarine.com/staticpages/index.php/carryon/print

They advertise the price over $1100 but the going rate
is $800.  I've watched the used sales on e-bay at
around $450.  The home-made window unit solution is
substantially cheaper and lighter, plus, you can get
one with remote control.  In July and August in
Tennessee, there is very little wind to sail with
anyway and I want some cool air dockside.  I could
care less what it looks like!  

Brad
--- brad haslett <flybrad at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Phillip,
> 
> The RV units are 120V as well and are heavier.  Here
> is a link to the boat specific units:
> 
> www.cruisair.com
> 
> The compressor on any A/C unit is a high amp draw
> item
> and that is the problem.  My boat is 30 feet and I
> couldn't fit enough batteries on it to run a DC unit
> or AC through an inverter.  When you get to about 40
> feet you can go with a genset and produce all the
> power you want.  I'm looking at developing a
> muffler/exhaust system for the Honda EU1000 that
> would
> vent the exhaust underwater, same as the engine, and
> avoid the problem of exhaust backdrafting through
> the
> hatches and A/C unit.  Again, for the way I use my
> boat, ie, sleeping mostly dockside, the window unit
> on
> shorepower will do the trick.
> 
> Brad
> 
> 
> --- Philip Esteban <3drecon at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Brad,
> >    What about those streamlined AC units you see
> > atop RVs?  Are they also
> > 120V?  I guess power is always an issue.
> > 
> > Philip
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> > [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On
> Behalf
> > Of brad haslett
> > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 2:17 PM
> > To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> > Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Brad - Air
> Conditioning
> > 
> > 
> > Philip,
> > 
> > It is a standard 120v AC.  Even the boat specific
> > A/C
> > reverse cycle systems are 120v and thus can only
> be
> > used dockside.  The problem with them is that
> while
> > quite small, they still take up room.  More
> > importantly, the installation requires another
> > thru-hull.  Holes in boats are not good things! 
> You
> > can buy portable A/C units that fit in the hatch
> but
> > they are about $800.  The unit shown in the photo
> is
> > about $80.  If you have to leave your unit
> dockside
> > while sailing I'd rather leave the unit that costs
> > 1/10 as much.  We had a major windstorm here two
> > years
> > ago, "Hurricane Elvis" and lost power for several
> > days.  I was able to power the window AC using my
> 26
> > pound Honda 1000 watt generator.  That was a good
> > proof of concept for the boat.  The remaining
> issue
> > is
> > "how safe is it with the exhaust fumes?"  I've
> been
> > researching 12V A/C systems for a good while and
> > haven't come up with a viable alternative.  You
> need
> > a
> > lot of batteries or run your engine.  Let's face
> it,
> > if you are sailing, you don't need A/C.  The way I
> > use
> > the boat right now, I only need A/C at night and
> > usually sleep at the dock.  It would be nice to
> have
> > A/C in anchorage but short of the portable
> > genset/window unit combo, I don't know how to pull
> > it
> > off.  Which leaves us with the exhaust fumes
> issue.
> > 
> > Brad
> > 
> > 
> > --- Philip Esteban <3drecon at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > Brad,
> > >    Is that a twelve volt system or is it only
> for
> > > when you are in the slip?
> > >
> > > Philip
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> > > [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On
> > Behalf
> > > Of brad haslett
> > > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 1:54 PM
> > > To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> > > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Alex - Sailing and
> Sewing
> > > Question
> > >
> > >
> > > Alex,
> > >
> > > Rik's e-mail jogged my memory.  Didn't you and
> > > Pamela
> > > start a boat sewing business?  Forgive me for
> > being
> > > to
> > > lazy to look it up in the archives.  Here's what
> I
> > > need.  In my continuing tradition of "Jed
> Clampett
> > > Goes Sailing", I bought a small window
> > > air-conditioner
> > > to cool my boat.  Here is a link to what I had
> in
> > > mind.
> > >
> > > http://www.kaholee.net/ac.htm
> > >
> > > I bought a sewing machine on e-bay and got
> screwed
> > > on
> > > the deal, like I know how to sew anyway.  If I
> > sent
> > > you the dimensions, do you think you could pull
> > this
> > > off?
> > >
> > > Brad Haslett
> > > "CoraShen
> > >
> > >
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