Air conditioning

[Surfer]

I had the Swift dealer fit my Blizzard 1100 two seasons ago. The lightest in the range and very effective. If you get one the best method on sunny days is to close the blinds and leave it on. In the heat of 2006 when it hit 37c coming back to the van was like walking through the frozen section at the supermarket. Not much use for it in 2007 so far though.

Changing my van next month so if you are still interested in getting one pop a reply up and I will give you a contact number. New van comes with one as standard.

I have all the brochures and instructions for installing. Trickiest bit is running the 240 supply to the unit. Wouldn't pay a dealer to fit it again though is it is real easy going by the instructions.

Hi Cliff what is the weight of the roof mounted part of the Blizzard as that is what has prevented us getting one fitted. Apparently the roof on the Lunar Lexon needs to be streghtned to accommodate the extra weight.

The cost of the Truma in comparison was just a bit to high to warrant purchase. Does yours allow it to circulate warm air in the winter and what was the approximate cost of fiting? Our concern would be the noise disturbing neighbours as they have come away for a peaceful weekend.

 

[Cliff_374312686]

Hi Cliff what is the weight of the roof mounted part of the Blizzard as that is what has prevented us getting one fitted. Apparently the roof on the Lunar Lexon needs to be streghtned to accommodate the extra weight.

The cost of the Truma in comparison was just a bit to high to warrant purchase. Does yours allow it to circulate warm air in the winter and what was the approximate cost of fiting? Our concern would be the noise disturbing neighbours as they have come away for a peaceful weekend.

From the technical section in the fitting instructions:

Weight = 28.8kg

Refrigeration yield = 945 watt per hour

Cooling consumption = 490 watts

Heating capacity = 800 watts

So there is an element of heating for the winter. Amperage draw at 230 volts is just over 2 amps (490watts/230volts=amps)

My van specification had a roof weight limit slightly less than the units weight but the maker was fitting these as a factory fit option without strengthening it funnily enough.

The fitting cost was about

 

[ColinA]

On a site in france this year we frequently srarted the air conditioning when the tv and satellite were already on. the pitch had a 6 amp circuit breaker and we never tripped it.As for effectiveness, I measured the temperatures at the inlet and outlet of the unit and the drop is about 20'c. When the outside temperature was 30'c with the blinds on the sunny side closed the temperature in the van became almost unpleasently cold within 25 minutes.

Colin.

 

[Cliff_374312686]

Sorry for committing the cardinal sin of hijacking a post!

Found out how to put up an advert here. Should appear in due course

Cut and paste this into your browser:

http://www.practicalcaravan.com/selling/partsale.html
The advert should eventually appear as "A/C unit Dometic B1100"