I believe I'm going with Roy. Out of the more than several AS's I have
owned over the last 33 years or so, the one I am currently using as my full
timer is the warmest and most corroded. I can leave the vent fan on with
the vents open and go away all day, when I return the temperature is pushing
115 degrees inside. The factory air conditioner takes about an hour to get
the thing even tolerable. Of course it has been over 95 for quite sometime
now in Houston. This trailer has the double pane windows and for that
reason is a keeper. In the winter it stays cozy when the temperature gets
around 25 just using the suburban furnace. Looking back, the other trailers
had a better sheen and no corrosion. This AS is a '79, the aluminum does not
seem the same as the others. All the other ones were '69 or older back to
'62. Their body skins had a horizontal burnishing or under a glass, very
fine lines on the surface. I still have the '69 and it does not get as hot
as this corroded one. You have convinced me. I'm going to polish.
Dean
Dean Sale
A Defender of Liberty and Advocate
of Freedom for Texas and Texians
Let's Live as Texans, Free Again
One of the Broaddus Six
----- Original Message -----
From: Roy Lashway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: VAC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [VAC] Shiny, for what its worth
> Last summer when I was working inside my gutted Bubble, running
> electrical, etc the temperature was around 92-95 degrees for many days
> (common summer temp. in southern new mexico). I had installed my heat
> pump and had it running from house power. Running steadily, the best I
> could do was get the interior temp. down to 85 degrees. I was using a
> 12000 BTU heat pump which I expected would make ice cubes in the 13ft
> interior space. No so. However, this summer, with similar temp and a
> polished exterior, and of course a finished interior which probably
> affords some insulation, I can get and hold temp to 72 degrees with no
> strain. . I can only chalk it up the the polishing. I am amazed at how
> cool the exterior feels when you touch it.
>
> Roy Lashway
