On Sun, 2 Oct 1994, J. Walker wrote:

> Date: Sun, 2 Oct 94 16:35:24 CDT
> From: J. Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu>
> Subject: Re: '91 Camper Comments
> 
> On Sun, 2 Oct 94 16:09:08 CDT Stuart Redford said:
> >> 2. The air conditioning is sub-marginal. Cold air on the back of the neck,
> >> no air to the face.
> >
> >	The A/C is pretty poor especially in hot weather and a complete waste
> >	with passengers in the back seat in hot weather. They sit under all that
> >	noise while the driver+ sweats.
> >	If I had kept mine, I had planned to port the right-most duct into the
> >	side vent nearby, seal off the fresh air intake in the grill and use
> >	the ventilation ducts to route cool air to the dash.
> 
> the only problem i can see with this idea is the distinct possibility of
> condensation on the metal ... rusting the roof out from the inside. if you
> could manage to plastic-coat it somehow, or run some plastic tubing ...
> 
> in the pictures in the german books i've seen, there are buses with the
> a/c vent running along the sides of the roof ... so they can have front face
> air AND the sunroof (or camper). :(    why do they get all the good stuff? :(
> 
> joel
> 
Actually, the air being discharged from the A/C vents should be pretty 
dry.  Most of the moisture will be condensed out when the air passes 
across the A/C evaporator coil.  As the air travels through the duct it 
will warm slightly, bringing the residual moisture content well below 
dew-point and avoiding any further condensation.  

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Wes Neuenschwander
Seattle, WA

(wesn@eskimo.com)