Is there any way to mount a unit on the luggage rack
with some sort of duct the would blow through the
window in the pop-top?
Ed

--- Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM> wrote:
> Yo! I got one that came off a 32 foot motor home,
> it'll allow you to hang
> meat in your Westy.
> Just one problem, the Flat Roof units will only work
> flat. Raise them the
> 20 or so degrees on a Westy top and they soon fail
> because the
> compressors don't oil properly.
> There are units made for specified inclines but they
> are very expensive
> and you'll have to travel with Charles Atlas to get
> your pop top up.
> I considered using my flat roof unit with a hinge
> devise and expanding
> bellows to prop it at the right flat position but
> the unit weighs about
> 110 pounds and I felt that it would soon reduce my
> Pop-Top to fragmented
> glass.
> With summer temperature here in Texas as high as 112
> degrees I mentally
> wore this A/C thing out before I went out and
> started to just waste money
> on the project.
> The roof A/C would work good on the strong steel top
> of a standard
> Vanagon.
> There are also smaller A/C roof units in the $700.00
> range like used on
> the Scamp and Casita small travel trailers. (never
> seen them for angle
> applications)
> I'd like to see how others have addressed this need
> for A/C but so far
> I'm the only one that has been able to post any
> pictures or construction
> methods to handle the problem.
> It was my singular goal to not cut any holes in my
> Westy to get some A/C
> working for me.
> I even had window units sitting on top of my spare
> tire trying to
> engineer a way to make them work.
> You better believe that I've beaten that dead horse
> right into potted
> meat.
>
> Stan Wilder
> 83 Westfalia Air Cooled
>
> On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 12:42:59 -0500 Ryan Heidcamp
> <RHeidcamp01@COMM-WORKS.COM> writes:
> > Maybe, I'm beating a dead horse.  But has anyone
> looked into the
> > typically
> > self contained roof top ones on normal RV's?  Of
> course I assume
> > this mean
> > cutting a hole in the fiberglass top.  They might
> be heavy as well,
> > or not
> > run at an angle.  Just wondering.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stan Wilder [mailto:wilden1@JUNO.COM]
> > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 12:24 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: AC in a westy?
> >
> >
> > I went through the process of buying several A/C
> units trying to
> > accomplish the installation you mention.
> > I tried and returned several small 5000/6000 BTU
> units but most had
> > plastic cases that prohibited them from any
> practical mounting that
> > I
> > felt would be durable.
> > I opted for the removable unit in this picture.
> >
>
http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/ac_unit.htm
> > Its heavy to hang (50 pounds) and I normally get
> very wet removing
> > it
> > because the tray is full of ice cold water when I
> wiggle it off the
> > hanging devise, but its cheap and works good.
> > I saw one unit on a Mexican (Mexico License
> Plates) bus that was
> > mounted
> > to pass through under the Westy sink area. It was
> a very nice
> > installation but I'd never cut a hole in my Westy.
> > I experimented with A/C units under the rear seat
> but every one
> > required
> > cutting a big hole.
> >
> > Stan Wilder
> > 83 Air Cooled Westfalia
> >
> > On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 12:44:33 -0400 Matthew Libby
> > <MLibby1@CFL.RR.COM>
> > writes:
> > > I saw a vanagon today with a small ac unit
> mounted in the window!
> > > Anybody know anything about window unit ac for
> when you're
> > camping?
> > > This thing only stuck out about 8", so you could
> drive with it in
> > > place!!!  Anyone got one for sale!
> > >
> > > Matt
> > >
> >
> >
>
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