Reply to: RE: [VAC] Re: Roof AC NOT okay on '59??
Charlie can probably answer this better, but here's what I found on 1968 trailers &
earlier.
Unless reinforced at production or by retrofit, there is only one frame fore or aft of
each vent opening. That may not be enough to support the weight of the AC unit and
the loads induced during road travel. Combine that with the skin distortion caused by
the clamping action between the interior flange and shroud and the roof-top AC unit
(this is what holds the unit in place), and you can see why I removed our late model
Duo-Therm AC.
I think if you got an AC unit that downvented at the front of the unit and mounted it
over the frame aft of a vent, that would support the weight. (using the opposite
configuration for a vent with a forward frame).
The interior flange and shroud would need to be small to not distort or flatten the
crown skin panel. I wonder if any one has found such a unit?
RJ
'65 Caravel
johansen wrote:
>... I figured they
>reinforced the roof somehow. Perhaps RJ can jump in here, but I remember
>him saying that his 60's Caravel roof was dented from a rooftop A/C.
>Nothing substandard, you have to remember that ol Wally figured that you go
>north in the summer and south in the winter.... which is why Airstreams
>tend to be cold in winter and hot in summer.
>
>Ken Johansen
>59 Traveler
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