----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Drillock" <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: insane AC idea

> Anybody know offhand what the BTU rating is of the factory A/C in the
> Vanagon? If so, please give model year and source of the info if
> available. I am thinking that 6000 BTU is only a small fraction of the
> factory A/C capacity.
>
>
> Mark

I'm sure you're right -- but the factory a/c is dead in this one, and as we
all know the rear-positioned vents barely cooled the front anyway under the
best of conditions...and this has the advantage of being right behind the
driver's head. Since I almost never have passengers, that's right where I
want it!  :)

But most importantly, assuming all this "run while mobile" stuff completely
fails (and it probably will never pass long-term readiness testing) the
point would be that you can't run the factory a/c while parked without the
engine running. The worst-case scenario here is that I get an a/c unit that
will work fine where I tend to camp -- which is in the Appalachians, not
Bryce Canyon -- as long as I run a cord from my host's cabin.