I had come up with this idea, told a couple buddies and they did it, worked, and claimed it... but NOOOO it was my idea. (ben rankin sucks - 558 novice instructor!) anyway, Supplies: -Window unit AC (that everyone has laying around somewhere) -spackle or dry wall mud pan, whatever they are called -dryer hose -the good aluminum foil type tape for heating and cooling purposes -some insulation board -some silicone or sealer -I clipped the corners and flanged the spackle pan and screwed it with little metal screws over the vent from the unit. - got a couple inch hole saw and cut a hole in the end of the spackle pan -taped the dryer hose over the end -put some insulation board around the spackle pan so it doesn't "sweat" so much -cover it all in that tape for a good tight seal and added silicone wherever I felt air coming out -cut a hole in the bottom of the trailer (going to put the wooden circle on a henge so it can just rotate open and closed) - dryer hose goes up the hole and you have an AC in your trailer Not the best way, but I didn't feel like bracing the roof of my trailer. Total cost (minus the window unit): $32.00 and about 1 hour of my time I am sure you can do a million things to make it better, but this way worked for my friends, so here is mine
I have been trying to think of ways to do this...... fn sweet man. I will definitely build on this idea for sure
I got room Marc, it's just me with a huge air mattress. The trailer will be finished by monday this week... will have power, woooohoooo
Winston, How do you seal up the floor when towing the trailer...or do you even worry about it? I see you're going to put a hinge cover on, but is it going to have any kind of gasket or anything? I got a portable unit that I have to vent the exhaust. Was thinking about putting in some kind of window to use, but had also thought about doing the floor thing.
No offence intended what ever works and saves money for racin, but I gotta say...you might be a red neck if..... RG
No not gonna do a gasket unless a problem arises. I just finished insulating the roof, i turned the AC on for 30minutes and it was about 80-85 degrees in the shop, trailer was down to 75 I would have to guess. I think it will get plenty cold at night! Non taken at all, I actually have a roof mount AC too, but I found out I would have had to brace the roof by welding more supports in. Which I can weld, I just didn't feel like going through that much work, plus this is kinda cool and yes ghetto, but I did it myself, so