[Rhodes22-list] Brad - Air Conditioning

[brad haslett]

Bob,

I think I got the gist of your setup.  A picture would
be worth a thousand words. How is the can attached to
the Honda? I've thought about various setups like
exhausting through the engines exhaust port, putting
the Honda on the dink downwind, etc.  Yours sounds
pretty simple.  A lot of my friends, mostly houseboat
and trawler types, raft up for long weekends and I'd
like to join them. I've even thought about just
stealing power from them.  The months of June through
mid-September here are so hot it is impossible to
anchor out unless you just enjoy sleeping in 90 degree
weather with 90 per cent humidity.  I have enough
battery to run two fans all night which is good to
spread your BO to the other cabin and visa versa.

Using your system  might make it possible to place the
Honda between my forward hatch (A/C location) and the
mast.  The A/C makes more noise than the Honda so you
wouldn't even notice it inside the salon.  We're
headed to the lake this morning so I'll take some
measurements.

Brad


--- Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com> wrote:
> brad haslett wrote:
> > ...  Which leaves us with the exhaust fumes issue.
> 
> Brad,
> 
> I use a coffee can mask with a rubber seal on the 
> output end of the Honda 1000i, hooked to a 2"
> plastic 
> shop vacuum hose, to carry both the hot cooling air 
> and the exhaust fumes out of the cabin and up the
> mast.  The end of the hose is run up the mast with a
> 
> spare halyard.  If the gen set is in the cockpit at 
> anchor, the hose goes up farther.
> 
> /Bob Skinner
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