[tcb] Re: Window A/C units mounted in your bus?
- From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:48:29 -0500
The first time I removed it, it completely soaked me from head to toe!
Mike Hayes wrote:
> Ya, if it's really humid it will have allot of water. I had to drill
> a 1/8 in hole in the lowest part of the unit so it would drain
> better. Plus I was tied of getting wet everytime I took it off the bus.
>
> Eric Woodall wrote:
>> Well mine is pretty much parallel to the ground, slightly tilted to
>> the outside.
>> What's strange is that the first time we hooked it up (at home) when
>> I went to remove it, a ton of water spilled out of it.
>> On Saturday when I removed it hardly any water came off, like the
>> compressor wasn't running (no condensation).
>> I need to set it back up in the driveway and see if it's broken or not.
>>
>> Neil wrote:
>>> Someone may have already covered this, but I discovered that if the
>>> unit isn't tilted JUST right (toward the outside so water won't come
>>> in the bus) it won't cool right.
>>> I had the unit tilted too much toward the outside of the bus...it
>>> ran but did not cool at all...I thought the A/C unit was bad. Kevin
>>> Evans (Kaveman on the aircoolers.org site) set me straight. One
>>> slight adjustment and it was in the 60's in the bus!
>>>
>>> --- On Mon, 6/1/09, Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Subject: [tcb] Re: Window A/C units mounted in your bus?
>>>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Date: Monday, June 1, 2009, 11:59 AM
>>>> Are you over your snake bite Denis?
>>>> Did it hurt pretty bad?
>>>>
>>>> Denis wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> There is a vent somewhere that will let in outside
>>>>>
>>>> air.
>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Woodall"
>>>>>
>>>> <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>>> To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 11:55 AM
>>>>> Subject: [tcb] Re: Window A/C units mounted in your
>>>>>
>>>> bus?
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> What do you mean by "vent open on the unit"?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Denis wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You should feel very cold air from the unit.
>>>>>>>
>>>> Maybe you had the vent
>>>>
>>>>>>> open on the unit. Every bus I have ever been
>>>>>>>
>>>> in with a window unit was
>>>>
>>>>>>> like a meat locker.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric
>>>>>>>
>>>> Woodall" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>>>>> To: "Texas Coalition of Buses" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 10:42 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: [tcb] Window A/C units mounted in
>>>>>>>
>>>> your bus?
>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hey everyone,
>>>>>>>> As you may or may not know, we camped at
>>>>>>>>
>>>> Lake Somerville this weekend
>>>>
>>>>>>>> (all sick with a cold - yuck).
>>>>>>>> On Saturday, when we were trying to put
>>>>>>>>
>>>> Gray down for a nap, it was so
>>>>
>>>>>>>> hot in the van that it just wasn't gonna
>>>>>>>>
>>>> happen.
>>>>
>>>>>>>> The window unit that we have installed is
>>>>>>>>
>>>> a 6,500 BTU Haier unit. Now
>>>>
>>>>>>>> either this unit completely sucks, or
>>>>>>>>
>>>> cooling a Vanagon in the heat of
>>>>
>>>>>>>> the day is an impossible proposition.
>>>>>>>> So, my question is this to all you window
>>>>>>>>
>>>> mounted A/C people.
>>>>
>>>>>>>> Does your air conditioner allow you to
>>>>>>>>
>>>> stay uber-cool in the heat
>>>>
>>>>>>>> of the
>>>>>>>> day inside your vehicle?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Eric
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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