I looked on the web and I can see that Coleman makes up to a 27KBTU
12/120v rooftop AC for rv's but I couldn't find a source. Any
suggestions?

Mike


Larry wrote - in part:

I have a terrible time convincing them, but the BEST solution I ever
installed was a nice Coleman 18000 Btu RV rooftop HEAT PUMP over the main
cabin hatch with the Coleman Easy Start Kit already installed. All the
noise from the AC, the noisy compressor, the noisy fan motor, the
condensate swamp water and everything except the small inside control
panel and distribution outlets fore and aft that stick down in the cabin
about 2 inches is OUTSIDE WHERE YOU'RE SLEEPING! Even the smallest RV
unit will make a boat MUCH colder, MUCH quicker than a "marine grade"
unit twice its capacity. You'll freeze your ass if you turn it wide
open...(c; The "Easy Start Kit", not available on "marine grade" units
I've ever seen, starts the compressor SLOWLY, without the 30A starting
surge current every time the compressor comes on. This allows you to run
the little rooftop unit with a PORTABLE or SMALL INBOARD generator! How
cool that is anchored up a creek on a hot, sweltering night full of
Florida mosquitoes the Manatees are afraid to surface under!
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Look on top of the tugboats and trawlers! They use them because they
WORK.

The whole thing costs just a little more than the seawater pump in the
"marine grade" thing in the closet. So, when it finally rusts out...you
just BUY A WHOLE NEW ONE. It takes YEARS on a shrimp boat with NO
MAINTENANCE WHATSOEVER....