"FamilySailor" wrote in message ...
Hummm.... I need to do more research I guess, but this will help us get into
the cooler fall season. Those that pick on us for wanting to sleep in
comfort must not live in this high humidity climate!
This is heat-stroke country. Most people don't even come down to the dock
here in August. With a little ingenuity, my whole family will want to stay
on the boat happily. Sail a mile in my shoes..... ;o)
Without the AC the cabin interior is 102 degrees inside.

Were just picking on you. You have a nice boat now, go ahead and
invest in a nice marine ac system. If you have to use a window unit
buy yourself some plywood and make a temp hatch cover system that will
pipe the cold air below and toss it in the dock box when not in use.
You might need your galley sink.

102 is cool compared to what RedCloud would be without the 34000
btu's we keep going 24/7.

Joe

I will have to look into a marine AC unit, since we are wanting to keep this
boat and trick it out. It sounds like a Spring project though. No offence
was take. I have been reading and posting here about a month. I know how the
posts go. ;o)
From one extreme to the other!

Joe,
your 3 ton unit could do a small house nicely. do you run it just at the
dock or do you have a genny too?
Scout

"Joe" wrote
102 is cool compared to what RedCloud would be without the 34000
btu's we keep going 24/7.

Joe

"Scout" wrote in message ...
Joe,
your 3 ton unit could do a small house nicely. do you run it just at the
dock or do you have a genny too?
Scout

Have a very nice air cooled 12HP 2 CLY Lister 75KW genny. And the
units are 3. a 16,000 Cruise air for the main cabin, a 10,000 Aqua air
for the aft cabin and a 8,000 unit for the wheelhouse. With free
electric here in the marina I can afford to run them all- all the
time. Also have a large solar panel the runs all the 12 volt fans to
push the cold air around. Its the perfect application of a solar
panel, the hotter it gets outside the faster the fans run.

Joe
Burrrrrrrrr





"Joe" wrote
102 is cool compared to what RedCloud would be without the 34000
btu's we keep going 24/7.

Joe

sweet!
Scout

"Joe" wrote in message
om...
"Scout" wrote in message
...
Joe,
your 3 ton unit could do a small house nicely. do you run it just at the
dock or do you have a genny too?
Scout

Have a very nice air cooled 12HP 2 CLY Lister 75KW genny. And the
units are 3. a 16,000 Cruise air for the main cabin, a 10,000 Aqua air
for the aft cabin and a 8,000 unit for the wheelhouse. With free
electric here in the marina I can afford to run them all- all the
time. Also have a large solar panel the runs all the 12 volt fans to
push the cold air around. Its the perfect application of a solar
panel, the hotter it gets outside the faster the fans run.

Joe
Burrrrrrrrr





"Joe" wrote
102 is cool compared to what RedCloud would be without the 34000
btu's we keep going 24/7.

Joe

Joe wrote:
Have a very nice air cooled 12HP 2 CLY Lister 75KW genny.

An air cooled diesel genset? Where is it mounted, and how is it vented?
I would think that water cooling would be a whole lot more effecient and
nicer to be around (although the raw water loop is a PITA).

DSK

DSK wrote in message ...
Joe wrote:
Have a very nice air cooled 12HP 2 CLY Lister 75KW genny.

An air cooled diesel genset? Where is it mounted, and how is it vented?

It's in the engine room, vented by a 10" duct system that dumps the
air outside the stern of the wheelhouse. During the summer with the
main running and the gen set running you can stay in the engine room
and be very cool. The blower is between the engine and the gen
windings, Its a cast iron squirrel cage type blower that is around 3
foot tall. I had to build custom duct work. The boat came from the N.
Sea were it is normally very cold so it use to just warm the engine
room. It's a great system.

Joe


I would think that water cooling would be a whole lot more effecient and
nicer to be around (although the raw water loop is a PITA).

DSK

Engine room - holy garbanzo! My engine room is air cooled too, it's hangs
off of my transom.
Scout

"Joe" wrote in message
om...
DSK wrote in message
...
Joe wrote:
Have a very nice air cooled 12HP 2 CLY Lister 75KW genny.

An air cooled diesel genset? Where is it mounted, and how is it vented?

It's in the engine room, vented by a 10" duct system that dumps the
air outside the stern of the wheelhouse. During the summer with the
main running and the gen set running you can stay in the engine room
and be very cool. The blower is between the engine and the gen
windings, Its a cast iron squirrel cage type blower that is around 3
foot tall. I had to build custom duct work. The boat came from the N.
Sea were it is normally very cold so it use to just warm the engine
room. It's a great system.

Joe


I would think that water cooling would be a whole lot more effecient and
nicer to be around (although the raw water loop is a PITA).

DSK

Scout wrote:
Engine room - holy garbanzo! My engine room is air cooled too, it's hangs
off of my transom.

Watch your language now. This is a family newsgroup.

DSK