Hi Richard, This may be more than you want to know? I'm installing a 120V 16000BTU reverse cycle AC unit that measures 20 x 14 x 14 without ductwork. I made up a cardboard mockup to those dimensions and will see where that fits best in my boat, before I cut anything. Been thinking about this for a while and the best spot for my boat looks like a hanging locker just forward of the mast where I can easily run duckwork in two directions. It's the only place where I can hang foulies, or store coats, so I'm looking at other options. My boat has pilot berths that would be good candidates, but the locker hides the system better. Under the vee berth is a candidate but would make duck runs longer and the return air lower. I'd rather keep the return off the floor and pull the hotter air from the ceiling. My unit requires three supply grilles, so a 4" round one will go to the Vee berth, a 6" x 6" square grille will serve the main cabin, and a 4" round will be ducted to the aft sleeping area. I may add a 4th 4" round grille which is recommended to improve performance.
I can send you some pics separately, if interested? Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard N. Bush" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 9:01:14 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List Sizing AC unit Dennis, and others; apologize up front for being so basic, but never having had AC at all, I'm having difficulty following the thread; are these units being installed into the clothes locker just forward of the Main Settee? If not, then where? If so, what cutting or reconstruction has to be done to accommodate the units? Richard 1985 37 CB; Richard N. Bush Law Offices 2950 Breckenridge Lane, Suite 9 Louisville, Kentucky 40220 502-584-7255 -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Cheuvront <[email protected]> To: CnClist <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Feb 17, 2014 8:29 am Subject: Re: Stus-List Sizing AC unit Just a note on AC brands. I started out with a Mermaid 16K reverse cycle unit I installed in1999. Sent it back to Mermaid for repair twice in 8 years. Switched to a Cruisair 16K reverse cycle 6 or 7 years ago and sold the Mermaid on eBay. The Cruisair has run without a burp since install. My buddy here is the "go to" guy for refrigeration and AC installs and repairs. He is the Cruisair factory repair tech for this area. He works on all brands, Mermaid, MarineAir, etc. He swears by Cruisair. Dennis C. On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 6:50 AM, Kim Brown < [email protected] > wrote: Chuck Late to this party but- FWIW our 35-3 has a 9k unit from mermaid (they are local so no shipping...). It is intentionally undersized so we can run it off our Honda 2000 at anchor. Great once the sun goes down but it loses the battle mid afternoon in the 90's. The 9k also fit better in the hanging locker where we could vent easily to the v-berth and main cabin. Pay attention to the space needed for all the air handling bits and pieces. The larger the unit the larger those bits and pieces need to be. We spent the xtra for the reverse cycle. It adds a lot of flexibility though we consider 50's to be winter here. (sunny and headed to 80 today....) Don't know about others but the thermostats we started with never lasted more than a year or 2- just not marine ready. So I finally just bought a Honeywell hockey puck and as it is all mechanical it has been just fine. Kim Brown Trust Me!!! 35-3 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
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