Tri Cabin Air Conditioning

[rickalan35]

I had mentioned about my recent decision to install two portable, dripless, vertical air conditioners. I installed a separate circuit for the one that cools the salon.

Thanks

Rick
http://s869.photobucket.com/albums/ab25 ... 0Tricabin/

[k9th]

Neat installation.

I have one unit like that in my salon but have no place to "bury" it like you did so I made a table out of it that sits between the chairs in the salon.

[aweimer]

I have 16k marine unit under the salon seats, it works really hard to keep tempature. It can pull the temp down to 76 when its 95+ outside. Its not exactly comfortable. I'm going to put one of those units between the beds in the aft cabin this year.

Couple questions.

1. Did you run a new AC outlet to power it or use an extension cord?
2. Where did you exit the exhaust from it?

[rickalan35]

Hi Aaron,

To answer your first question:
I bought a six foot, heavy duty, fused extension chord and ran it under the mattress to the starboard wall plug. (The similar style air conditioner I installed in the salon works off it's own dedicated circuit, but not so this aft bedroom air conditioner).

To exhaust the aft bedroom air conditioner on my Tricabin

1. I purchased ten feet of white, flexible, dryer vent tubing.

2. Next, I drilled a round, four inch diameter hole into the rear access door (located directly behind the bedroom access ladder to the back deck)

3. I crawled through the same access door and into that cramped area where the rudders, trim tab controller and in my case, the battery charger and batteries are located and then crawled over to the port side, rear corner.

4. Located in that rear corner and made of heavy duty, black cardboard stock, is a rectangular shaped, tube-like vent that extends downward toward the bilge for about four feet. This rectangular tube is about six inches wide and four inches thick. At it's top end, it is connected to the hull's rearmost air intake.

5. Approximately 3 inches down from the top of the black vent, I drilled a second, four inch round hole. This one is drilled into the six inch wide, rectangular vent tube.

6. I then fitted one end of the white, flex, dryer vent tubing into this new four inch diameter hole.

8. I supported this new, dryer vent tubing by screwing it into the rearward side of the rear bulkhead (referring here to the end surface that our feet would hit if we stretched out in bed.

9. I pulled the white, four inch diameter tubing through the four inch diameter hole, that I'd cut into the access door (see point 2) and then closed the door.

10. Finally, I wheeled the air conditioner into place, under the rear entry steps. Then I connected the other end of the white dryer vent tubing to the exhaust outlet located on the rear side of the stand-up air conditioner.


Notes: When we turn the rear bedroom air conditioner. I can stand outside on the port side of the sole and subsequently reach over the side and feel the warm air blasting out through the rear air intake.

When the air conditioner is not on. The vent tubing acts as it was originally intended, as air is still allowed to flow down the cardboard vent tube into the hull.[/i]

All in all, the air conditioner vent is invisible and functions quite well.

Hope this helps

Cheers

Rick

[aweimer]

Thanks very much, i see all that clearly from the access door. Seems very simple, thanks again!