I have a 30 MkII and am in DC. I have a 9,000 house vented through the roof hatch. It does not keep up with the 90 degree temps. The air coming out is cold, but the hull of the boat is just not insulated and I often see 80-82 degrees in the boat. I'm running it in conjunction with a 4200btu hatch AC and together I still see 78 in the mid day heat. At night, I can get the boat back down to mid to lower 70. Great for sleeping. The main benefit of the 9000ac is that it blows hard and I can stand and sit anywhere and have very cold air blowing on me and it feels great. However, the boat wall and everything not in the path of the ac is still hot. Better than nothing and well worth the $200 I spent.
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Edd Schillay via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Listers, > > We’ve had some really hot days up here in the Northeast and the Admiral is > thinking air conditioning. I don’t really want to go through the expense of > installing a marine air conditioner and through-hull valves, but I have > been hearing stories of boaters putting one of those portable AC units on > board with the exhaust hose going out through a hatch. > > I would probably stick with an 7,000-8,000 BTU using drawing 7-9 amps. The > specs say that can cool 250 square feet, which I think would make the > inside of a boat cabin quite comfortable. Obviously would only be used > during shore power or while the engine is running (I have a high-amp > alternator and a great inverter on board). > > Has anyone done this? Any thoughts? > > All the best, > > Edd > > > Edd M. Schillay > Starship Enterprise > C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > City Island, NY > Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All > Contributions are greatly appreciated! > >
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