Aqua Therm A/C

guglielmo6160 · Post by **guglielmo6160** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 6:50 pm

does anyone out there have this air conditioning system,

how do they work, any good?? I have to connect the water pump to it, can someone tell me where they pick up the water for the inlet of the pump

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:45 pm

You will need a thruhull ( with seacock )for the a/c water pump and of course a thru hull for the water to exit / The water pump needs to be mounted below the water line .

Are you sure this is a water cooled a/c ? almost looks like a wndow unite .

Are you putting this in or is it just not hooked up ?

guglielmo6160 · Post by **guglielmo6160** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:01 pm

yes its a water cooled unit, I believe it came with the boat, in 71, I have the original owners manual ,
it is a heating unit as well

guglielmo6160 · Post by **guglielmo6160** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:05 pm

the previous owner disconnected everything because he said is was to noisey, the pump iis there and the water out thru hull is there as well, but the inlet is cut off,
was just wondering if anyone else has this unit in their Trojan and how its hooked up
thanks

jimbo36 · Post by **jimbo36** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:34 pm

Bill, It would be a good idea to attach a small sea strainer on the intake of your a/c unit.

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:54 pm

Bill , I would hook up a garden hose to it and try it . If works ok and its not too noisey then you can hook up a water pump I asume the thru hull for the pick up is still there and can be used ? if it won't work or is to noisey ( you can put up with a lot of noise on a Hot day ) then you can go from there as you haven lost anything but some time.

Your thru hull for the pump should be close to the pump .The pump should be in the bilge

mr elevman · Post by **mr elevman** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:36 pm

i had the same unit in mine and its a 72 factory option thu hull was just behind the berth under the floor board but my unit was shot rusted out so in the dumpster it went

guglielmo6160 · Post by **guglielmo6160** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:32 am

thats a good suggestion prwler,
the hose idea before I spend alot of time hooking up the pump

Safari · Post by **Safari** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:26 am

I had one of these on my old Chris Craft - it lasted 35 years before it died. There was a water pump built into the fan on the back of the unit (also a venturi for condensate removal). Check it out; if you don't use the built in water pump, you should remove the impeller.

Bill