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Subject:Re: AC Removal
From:Keith Hughes
Date:Sat, 28 Jun 2014 11:56:12 -0700

Well, "really works great" is really a matter of geography.  Trust me, hop in your van when it's 118F outside and 145F inside, and you won't be happy with the performance no matter how well sorted it is.  For years my van was a daily driver, and I had no covered parking, so all summer the Dometic fan ran all day long, with the fridge off, until I installed a cutout switch on it.  Until I did my Tiico conversion in 2002 I couldn't use the A/C during the hottest part of the summer since every time the radiator fan kicked into high speed, the compressor shut off (as it should) and at the end of a 16 mile stop and go commute, it was still as hot inside as out.  Granted the '87 up had a bit bigger evap and dual evap blowers, but the WBX cooling system is the same, and would cycle on/off just the same.

Keith Hughes
'86 Westy Tiico (Marvin)
 
 Date:� � Sat, 28 Jun 2014 07:55:06 -0700
 From:� � Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM>
 Subject: Re: AC Removal
 
 A little piece of me dies every time I hear of someone
 removing the AC from t=
 heir T3.� It really works great in a well sorted system
 running R12 or some e=
 quivalent.� In sunnier climes, try a good 3M UV window
 tint as a means of mi=
 tigating heat soak during brief stops
 
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