air con & gennies

Thanks Steve but I dont have a air con yet that is why i want to see if anybody is using a honda 20 and i will buy the same air con unit as there one. Cheers ony

Derek.
Our 15' Getaway has the compressor unit at the rear under the bed. The main noise comes from the evaporator/fan unit over the bed (rear of the van) but we can quite easily sleep through it when the ambient is up.
Perhaps the compressor/condenser fan in yours is not so vibration isolated.
Much prefer it to the roof mounted ones, we are actually genuine "Getaway" travellers, dont need extra van height to impede progress through the scrub!
furph

Yes I agree the evaporator fan is noisy and have thought about fitting a extra speed switch to slow it down a bit. Just need to make sure it does not ice up.

We have moved our pillows to the other side so the condenser is at our feet and it is better but if I built the van again I would have the unit fitted under the fridge.

Great Lyle thats the unit ill get thanks for that the 2.2 might be a bit little for van Thank you Tony

Thanks Motherhen
You might remember me from the bt site i was looking to buy one went up to Qld last week and just went to kempsey to look at one. But being 35 with 1 kid and still having a morgage i decided to save my money and get a 2000 model supreme getaway with shower im happy with it ill just get the ac and diesel heater and tv antena and were off in March round oz. Ive heard all the stories about vans falling apart and only go with the best But as the story go,s 1 lone man built the ark and it saved the world a team of a thousand pros built the titanic and where is it now Cheers Tony

Hi Tony

I didn't reply about the diesel heater as we don't have one, but as no one else has so far, i will comment. They are small and very efficient. They can be fitted with an alternate vent to the bathroom which also doubles as a clothes drying cabinet. If travelling in cold areas, that would be my first choice. There are now at least three brands, so you can get a bit cheaper than the original brand names. They are still dear, but people have saved a bit by fitting their own. We have found no need for a heater in the BT. We have woken to stiff frosts, with frost inside the 4 seasons vent, but we have been quite warm and surprised to see the white landscape outside. A bit different to camping under canvas!

Putting an air con in a pop top may be a problem. I would not fit the domestic split systems as some people do unless the plan was to stay on new bitumen roads - even then they may have a fairly limited live span. Although we haven't ventured far from the southern parts of Australia, we have used our air con probably only half a dozen times. Inland it is usually cool enough at night, so it is only when we stopped early on very hot days that we used it. If it is too hot to stop early, driving in an air conditioned car and stopping later works. A 12 v truck van may be adequate for hot nights, without the noise or need to top up the fuel in the genny.

Motherhen