Man it's hot ( or I need Air Conditioning suggestions)

[Terry Neal]

John,



Take a look at this web site: Vintage Air.
I buy products from them for custom Land Rover conversions. They have
it all in components + they are a great resource for AC problems.



Terry

Terry Neal

Bozeman, MT

82 PT40 6V92

74 FC33 6V53









bubblerboy64 wrote:







Ryan, I think it's doable if a guy could find the right "stuff"

and 



had the skills needed. I am going to try the fan which suits my 



budget and I do believe I can plug it into the outlet all on my own. 



I see some limitations to my ideal solution. Space being the 



biggest. I have seen air conditioners on cargo vans which might be 



useful (wider then long) but having searched the web I can't find 



them. Perhaps they are a thing of the past. I don't have much space 



from the nose of the bus back to the railing which goes around the 



roof ( railing in not the correct term) but you know what I am 



talking about. If you could mount the air compressor roof unit and 



get that situated a guy could figure out how to duct it thru the 



upper dash or even use the existing defrost vents. Finding the roof 



unit which would fit is the first and likely biggest hitch. There 



are air conditions used on off high way equipment which look 



promising but they seem to be all hydraulic pressure operated. Some 



body will likely point me in the direction eventually. I am going to 



K-mart and get me a fan and see how that works. KISS. Keep it simple 



stupid. Always good advice. There might be enough cold air in the 



coach as has been suggested and this might do it for me. It 



certainly would be simple. Let you know. 







John Heckman



central Pa



1973 FC 



>



> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 4:46 AM, bubblerboy64 "jehdds@..."

wrote:



> > My ideal solution would be a small air conditioner



> > positioned where the condenser housing is and have air ducted



> > straight down from that location. I know we are an inventive

bunch



> > and I just figured perhaps some one had an ideal solution.



> 



> Well, I'm sure you could find an old ceiling unit, tear it apart

and



> duct it in. Sounds completely doable to me.



> 



> -Ryan



>









 
				

[Pete Masterson]

Perhaps some sort of deflector attached to the existing roof AC that directs the air forward would do the trick. Later WLs has ducted ACs (mine does) but even those don't really blow much cold air up front where you sit in the glass house. 

The ACs on my coach can be directed through the ducts, or you flip a thing and all the cooled are comes straight out of the AC (blowing downward). It wouldn't be that difficult to make up a light weight piece of aluminum that clamps to the AC vent to redirect the air. Make it so you can take it off when you're not on the road so it doesn't affect the headroom when you're parked.

(But I'll bet the 12v fan will give you 90% of what you're trying to accomplish.)

Pete Masterson

'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42

El Sobrante CA

"aeonix1@mac.com"

On Jun 16, 2008, at 12:46 PM, bubblerboy64 wrote:

Ryan,  I think it's doable if a guy could find the right "stuff" and 

had the skills needed. I am going to try the fan which suits my 

budget and I do believe I can plug it into the outlet all on my own.  

I see some limitations to my ideal solution.  Space being the 

biggest. I have seen air conditioners on cargo vans which might be 

useful (wider then long) but having searched the web I can't find 

them.  Perhaps they are a thing of the past.  I don't have much space 

from the nose of the bus back to the railing which goes around the 

roof ( railing in not the correct term) but you know what I am 

talking about. If you could mount the air compressor roof unit and 

get that situated a guy could figure out how to duct it thru the 

upper dash or even use the existing defrost vents.  Finding the roof 

unit which would fit is the first and likely biggest hitch.  There 

are air conditions used on off high way equipment which look 

promising but they seem to be all hydraulic pressure operated.  Some 

body will likely point me in the direction eventually. I am going to 

K-mart and get me a fan and see how that works. KISS.  Keep it simple 

stupid.  Always good advice.  There might be enough cold air in the 

coach as has been suggested and this might do it for me.  It 

certainly would be simple.  Let you know.   

John Heckman

central Pa

1973 FC 

[Rob Robinson]

John, Pete is right. Buy a cheap fan. I bought one of those Flying J clamp on fans and clipped it to the overhead consul. Works great and I don't have to run the front AC (and corresponding Super Fan) nearly as much. Sure work the ten to twelve bucks.

2008/6/16 Pete Masterson <"aeonix1@mac.com">:

Perhaps some sort of deflector attached to the existing roof AC that directs the air forward would do the trick. Later WLs has ducted ACs (mine does) but even those don't really blow much cold air up front where you sit in the glass house.

The ACs on my coach can be directed through the ducts, or you flip a thing and all the cooled are comes straight out of the AC (blowing downward). It wouldn't be that difficult to make up a light weight piece of aluminum that clamps to the AC vent to redirect the air. Make it so you can take it off when you're not on the road so it doesn't affect the headroom when you're parked.

(But I'll bet the 12v fan will give you 90% of what you're trying to accomplish.)

Pete Masterson

'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42

El Sobrante CA

"aeonix1@mac.com"

On Jun 16, 2008, at 12:46 PM, bubblerboy64 wrote:

Ryan, I think it's doable if a guy could find the right "stuff" and

had the skills needed. I am going to try the fan which suits my

budget and I do believe I can plug it into the outlet all on my own.

I see some limitations to my ideal solution. Space being the

biggest. I have seen air conditioners on cargo vans which might be

useful (wider then long) but having searched the web I can't find

them. Perhaps they are a thing of the past. I don't have much space

from the nose of the bus back to the railing which goes around the

roof ( railing in not the correct term) but you know what I am

talking about. If you could mount the air compressor roof unit and

get that situated a guy could figure out how to duct it thru the

upper dash or even use the existing defrost vents. Finding the roof

unit which would fit is the first and likely biggest hitch. There

are air conditions used on off high way equipment which look

promising but they seem to be all hydraulic pressure operated. Some

body will likely point me in the direction eventually. I am going to

K-mart and get me a fan and see how that works. KISS. Keep it simple

stupid. Always good advice. There might be enough cold air in the

coach as has been suggested and this might do it for me. It

certainly would be simple. Let you know.

John Heckman

central Pa

1973 FC

--
Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson

94 WLWB