my factory setting are roll down the windows, if road rage persists
roll up windows and crack the wings.. ;)

I wonder why one would want to have ac on an older van, maybe euro
van.. but a vanagon..

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----         Joe Reed <joe.reed@MINDSPRING.COM> wrote:
> ----- 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.
>

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