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Subject:A/C for the Inuvik trip
Date:Fri, 5 Apr 1996 14:43:01 +0500

A.C. in Inuvik????   Now there's someone who likes it COLD!!!
:-)

Cetin

>Message-ID: <v01540b02ad89fb43fb39@[128.83.251.103]>
>
>Hey now,
>        Ok, folks. Time for me to show my ignorance and let some of y'all
>clue me in.
>        I'm thinkin' about this long trip to Inuvik in the middle of the
>hot summer, and I'm thinkin' about how nice it would be to have AC. Of
>course, I don't want to run it off my poor little old DP1600, so I'm
>thinking shore power. Maybe a window mount unit, or one of those RV units
>that sit on top. The other idea is a small generator to power the dumb
>thing. Maybe in that left hand corner of the engine compartment which is
>empty at the moment.
>        The most obvious drawback to this is the heat from the generator,
>I'd probably want to somehow vent it to the outside rather than let my
>engine draw cooling air from it.
>        This is more theory than anything else, as I seriously doubt I'll
>have the cash to do this, and am not even sure if I would do it given the
>cash. But theories are fun to kick around. How big a generator would be
>needed for this? Would it fit in that little space? How much gas would it
>suck up? Any other comments? Have at it boys and girls...
>
>

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