Air conditioners in trailers / caravans

I have seen car air conditioners fitted to similar units but using a Honda petrol engine to run it.

They work great for bringing back a weekend load of meat from a shoot.

You use everything from the Condenser / Compressor and mount it all on the draw bar.

Have a talk to a radiator or air conditioning place.

The only other way would be to get hold of a 240v generator and a small Air Con.
Even then the Generator would need to be big enough to run the Air con.

yeah mate pleny of people have done it and it works well

have a look at the photo section on this site http://groups.msn.com/Caravanforum/caravanairconditionerinstalla.msnw

Hi mate!
I asked a similar question on this forum some six months ago and got howled down. I was told that the thing would shake to death, that it would not be covered by manufacturers warranty and that the moon would turn blue.
Being an ignorant sort of bloke and knowing far less than the experts who gave their opinions I happened to have a look at "the caravan forum". Lo and behold there were any number of people who had done similar to what you are talking about. Instead of spending an exorbitant amount of money on overpriced, inefficient, noisy crap caravan air conditioners, those with a little nous are fitting split system air conditioners at a third the price then if unable to hook up to 240Volt are powering them from Honda EU10 generators or equivalent.

The forum I mentioned has any number of photos showing the condenser unit mounted on the A Frame or the rear bar.

It can be done. It is done, and it's done regularly. If necessary log in to the Caravan Forum and ask a few questions.


Ian

thanks everyone, especially ian.

i have a 2kva engel brand genny that runs everything at the camp, so power isnt in an issue.

i dont go off road with this trailer (BUT THE ROADS OUT THIS WAY ARE CRAP) so i reckon it would probably be ok.
i m wondering what brand / size i should buy.
cheers, justin.

how do i post this on the caravan forum? i cant even find it!

Mate!

I'm hopeless at the cut and paste thingo, but maybe this will help.

Caravanforum@groups.msn.com


Ian

Justin,

Tell the sparkie to set it up with automotive air conditioner hose, instead of copper. Won't have any pipe/leaking gas problems then.

Reckon you might have to mount the external unit on some rubber mounts too, to reduce the risk of it self destructing.

Local bloke up here has a donga on a 40' trailer, with couple of splits on it. The copper pipe broke, in hot weather, and on 2nd attempt, did the hoses with auto hose. No more dramas.

Fujitsu are hard to beat for performance & quietness

Hooroo,
Bob.

thanks fella's.

by the way, if there is any Navara knockers out there, have a look at this. this set up weighs 3t when the race car and all of our crap is loaded. and it tows it with ease...

little bit noisy for that!!

Why not have a look at the evaporative coolers the truckies mount in their sleeper cabs? Mate just put one in his Kenny and it works great. Just uses a 24v fan to push air over a coil. Fed from water in a container mounted on the back of the cab.