Can't speak for others, but this one lives in Phoenix.  110 degrees.  Hot.

It takes a certain amount of convincing oneself just to go out the front
door in the morning.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Fortino" <fortino1@ONEBOX.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: insane AC idea

> 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..
>
>
>
> --
> Joseph  Fortino
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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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