Webasto Engine-Off Air Conditioner

[RostyC]

Thanks Mike, I know I asked you once before but I was just too damn lazy to search tonite.
I saved it on my puter this time. 8)

[Kurbski]

[quote="Malaki86"]From their web page:

The BlueCool Truck air handler is installed in the sleeper and features a control panel that operates both the fan, temperature, is able to dehumidify the bunk and can also be used as a circulating fan.

Like I said - I know nothing more about it than what I'm reading on their site.

BTW - who knew that an Air Conditioner could start a heated argument.[/quote]

CAD = Characters Arguing Daily :P

[Doghouse]

I went to the Bluecool demo in Tampa a couple of years ago. I thought the fan unit was too loud, and the tech told me that the optimal conditions for this unit to work are as follows.
1.Mid roof or smaller
2.70"or smaller
3.Light colored paint
4.Extra insulation package
He also said that they had some more R&D to do, but if I was interested, I could put a small tent over my bunk and keep the cool air in the tent.
I thanked him for being honest and went and bought my POS chinese Fu$k junk APU for $4,500 that only ran for 50 hours before it had a meltdown,...(sorry for the rant).

I thought the idea was good but it had too many limitations. You had to drive the truck for 11hrs to create the ice that would last only 7 to 10 hrs, and then on a restart you would have to idle anyway.

[mike3fan]

Asking again.

for 10k,you should be frozen in the summer and toasted in the winter,some have better things to spend money on.

Price goes up on every post. Boy, before long my Rigmaster will have cost me $500,000

So Steve what would you say you'll have into "your" system when you're done? APU,roof top AC,Espar.don't forget the mods done to the APU also....and your time too.

[NotSteve]

Lets see, so far I think $7,200 for the Rigmaster and $650 for the Carrier A/C and as far as the repairs I've made, they were covered under the warranty.

I'll probably buy an Espar off Ebay and do most myself if I feel comfortable.

The unit has already paid for itself.

For those of you who have a fully automatic APU, well, you know that it's priceless.

The Espar will just be the icing on the cake. I will have many options for cooling and heating. Once you have something that monitors everything you would understand the benefit. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat.