Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
 
Old 09-23-2011, 02:32 PM   #1
Lieutenant
 
bkgoodman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Nashua, NH
Posts: 64
Default Air Conditioners - Recomendations?

I'm thinking about putting an A/C in my 2300 SCR. It is a pretty small cabin - so I don't need anything too big. Obviously space (and cost) are the two main considerations.

I am open to entertaining all options - 12v, AC - Things I can use on the water, or at a marina only, etc.

Anyone have any suggestions, ideas - or warnings!?

-BKG
__________________

bkgoodman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-23-2011, 03:21 PM   #2
Admiral
 
biggerseagar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: central Illinois
Posts: 2,279
Default

BK.........I have seen a'c units small enough for a 23 footer and that they are hooked up to an inverter plus shorepower. It can be done.

I don't know if you have seen the TV show Ship Shape TV? The guy that host the show is a riot to watch and the show does have alot of good info on it.... but......if you go to the website www.shipshapetv.com you can order a DVD of that show where he put an a/c in his 23 footer, if that helps.

To do this all yourself is where you will save your money. I would venture to guess you will be spending somewhere between 4 and 5 grand to do all this......a/c unit, inverter and electronics, batteries and hardware.

Hopefully someone can help you with the details, but for a fact I know it can be done.........do you what to spend that kind of money is the other question?

Good Luck...

Roger
__________________

biggerseagar is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-23-2011, 03:42 PM   #3
Lieutenant
 
bkgoodman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Nashua, NH
Posts: 64
Default

Quote:
do you what to spend that kind of money
Definitely not! ;-)

I had see a bunch of other stuff - like some weird electrical units that are like 1500 BTU for a couple hundred. I don't know anything about them though. Again - a lot of other pumps and hoses and stuff to connect up with these. I guess I'm looking for a more "creative" solution than the standard $5k A/C systems ;-)
bkgoodman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-23-2011, 05:30 PM   #4
Admiral

 
seapuppy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Everett Wa
Posts: 4,681
Default

try this company....give them a call and talk specs too them....they make small units for small boats all the way up to full up refridgeration units.......saw one at the boat show last winter that could fit into the seat stowage of a 24ftr...pretty awesome..


http://www.dometic.com/enus/Americas...elf-Contained/

or this place...

http://www.wrightmarine.net/

I don't know what they cost..but at least this will give you an idea of WHAT to install..

SP
__________________
Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
------------------------
SSN683 Association member
Par Excellence
------------------------------
2008 Bayliner 340 - "Wild Whim"
--------------------------------------
I live in my own little world....but it's okay-they know me here!!!

Avid practitioner of the martial art: KLIK-PAO.
Tap-Rack-Bang

Anyone that sez "Size doesn't matter" has never owned a boat!
seapuppy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-23-2011, 08:55 PM   #5
Admiral
 
biggerseagar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: central Illinois
Posts: 2,279
Default

Some boaters use a home window unit..........the creative part is figuring out where to mount the thing.

Roger
biggerseagar is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-24-2011, 01:00 AM   #6
Lieutenant
 
bkgoodman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Nashua, NH
Posts: 64
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by biggerseagar View Post
Some boaters use a home window unit..........the creative part is figuring out where to mount the thing.

Roger
I was thinking about that. For use in our home marina - mounting it on the dock box and running an air duct to the boat. :-O
bkgoodman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-24-2011, 01:40 AM   #7
Admiral
 
biggerseagar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: central Illinois
Posts: 2,279
Default

I have seen windows units being mounted into your cabin door or a aft window.
biggerseagar is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-24-2011, 02:19 AM   #8
Lieutenant
 
bkgoodman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Nashua, NH
Posts: 64
Default

Anyone have any experience with any of these?

http://www.swampy.net/
bkgoodman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-30-2011, 03:27 AM   #9
Admiral
 
biggerseagar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: central Illinois
Posts: 2,279
Default



here is the ship shape TV show about putting in A/C
biggerseagar is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-30-2011, 06:10 PM   #10
Lieutenant
 
bkgoodman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Nashua, NH
Posts: 64
Default

In the spirit of doing evertyhing as cheap as possible - I bought a small floor-standing A/C unit for $125. It's 11k BTUs (well overkill) and about 40 pounds - but something I can leave in my Dock Box for when I sleep overnight, or stow when I go away on trips. It comes with some ducting (hot-air output) I can easily rig a thing to exhaust out the top part of me entry door.

Maybe if I get ambitions, I can rip the unit apart and interminably mount it in my cabin - somehow!

-BKG
bkgoodman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-30-2011, 07:48 PM   #11
Lt. Commander

 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Southwestern Ontario
Posts: 125
Default

Just have to get imaginative... A dehumidifier can also be used as an A/C unit if one does the right tear down and set up (yes I know this first hand). The biggest thing to remember is that the piping can contain high pressure fluid (oil and colant) depending on which one gets kinked the wrong way (also know this first hand). If you do want to jury rig it be sure to go slowly and plan it out.
__________________
1997 1700SR "MaKs RAT attack"
VFF
vffb507 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-03-2011, 05:06 PM   #12
Lieutenant
 
bkgoodman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Nashua, NH
Posts: 64
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by vffb507 View Post
Just have to get imaginative... A dehumidifier can also be used as an A/C unit if one does the right tear down and set up (yes I know this first hand). The biggest thing to remember is that the piping can contain high pressure fluid (oil and colant) depending on which one gets kinked the wrong way (also know this first hand). If you do want to jury rig it be sure to go slowly and plan it out.
I was looking at a dehumidifier yesterday a home depot. They are a bit smaller and lighter than the A/C unit I'm looking at. I was indeed wondering how well it would work in eliminating the discomfort - and also - what exactly the difference is in how an A/C operates vs. a humidifier.

So - is there a way to get a dehumidifier work as an A/C? How do you do it??
__________________

bkgoodman is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v3.2.3

All times are GMT. The time now is 05:38 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.