[Rhodes22-list] Brad - Air Conditioning

[Bill Effros]

You guys have got to be kidding.  Where is Roger when we need him?

Bill Effros

brad haslett wrote:

>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:
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>>brad haslett wrote:
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>>>...  Which leaves us with the exhaust fumes issue.
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>>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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