Installing a hidden A/C unit in a vintage trailer
I am halfway finished with the installation of the AC unit. The coil overheating problem is fixed and it now cools like a dream! I just have to build the ducting and air boxes for the inside of the...
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Thanks for sharing, Kai. I was really interested in seeing the details of your air conditioning install. I love how nice and neat it looks. It would be great to see how others here have put in their...
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Here is a photo documentation of the interior side of the air conditioner installation. I have a bunch of old emblems that I have collected and we were experimenting to come up with a name for the...
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Engineering, design and assembly.
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Great job and wonderful pictures, Kai! VK
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thought i would write in here to bring it forward
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Hi,I am engineering my A/C to slide out of the refrigerator access vent. First, I enlarged the access door by 5 inches in height. Created new metal mounts for the new access door. Then mounted the...
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Sounds like that would be a great way to go. Definitely post pics! I had considered something similar, but the aesthetics of invisibility won out, and my design was way more complicated than it needed...
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That was really interesting, impressive, and another all around excellent pictorial Kai! Sidebar: I Love the "Estate" emblem you decided to go with on the grill also. Classic.Thanks for bumping it...
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Looks great Kai! I'm about to install that exact same unit in my Shasta. I'm going to put it in the closet. Why was the coil overheating? How much room do I need around the unit? thanks Pete
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It was overheating because there was no flow. Air has to cycle around and through the coil. It needs a fresh supply of air to draw from. Even with the exterior door wide open, it overheated in minutes...
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I plan on getting the same Fridgidaire 5000 BTU unit as falconizer has. I am thinking of mounting it inside of the Shasta closet underneath the fridge. It would be flush to the outside of the closet...
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Your old fridge vents would prob work great. You have an in and an out which is what the coil needs. The drip pan works great. It is a aluminum "cookie sheet" kind of thing with a hole in it and an...
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Does the air blow out the back or the top? The specs say it has a top exhaust. I guess that would mean that I need to vent that to the outside also. As you can probably tell I don't know how these...
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After doing some research I see that by "top exhaust" they are talking about the front of the unit blowing into the room.
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I was in the same boat. howthingswork.com (I think that was it) had a diagram of how they worked, so I was able to figure it out. If your unit is the same as mine, you can use my design and adapt as...
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