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Originally Posted by FREAKY FAST (Post 3451601)

we go in the cabin quite often to make drinks so access there would be important. i am thinking of a portable unit from Home Depot and using an inverter and placing the self contained unit exactly where yours is up on the side of the bed. guess i would have to create an exhaust vent somewhere?

I don't know of a portable unit that could sit INSIDE the cabin like your asking. I also wouldn't expect an inverter powering a AC with 2 group 27 batteries to run the thing for more than 2-4 hours before starting the motors becomes a real concern. and remember, cooling air creates heat and moisture.....both of those have got to go somewhere.

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Originally Posted by RT930turbo (Post 3451638)

I actually ended up grabbing a window unit and making a shroud that forces the air down through a deck hatch. That way the cabin door is still useable.

As a side note, some of those portable units don't cool worth a damn, and you need to have an easy place to vent the hot air.

Be carefull with an inverter, with a typicall AC unit on a hot day you will kill even the biggest batteries in under an hour.

I was going to do an install like T500's did, but the window unit works so well for $99 i decided against it. My next boat will have AC built in ;)

sorry I missed your post asking what size....I just saw it today and figure it's too late now!!!

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Originally Posted by t500hps (Post 3451666)

sorry I missed your post asking what size....I just saw it today and figure it's too late now!!!

It's all good... I took the red-neck air option anyway :lolhit:

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Originally Posted by t500hps (Post 3451662)

yeah, i would only run it for half an hour or so to go in the cabin for lunch or a drink whatnot. Teh cabin on a 32' Fountain is impossible to spend more than a few minutes in ha) if i was going to be in there longer than that, I'd use shorepower at the dock. I would export an exhaust vent for the heat and the portable units have a drip tray that holds several pints of water before needing to be emptied. I have 4, Optima Blue top batteries FYI. some of the portable units I've been looking are are 23" high and pull 650 watts and would sit off to the side like your set up does. I'd run an exhaust hose behind the shelving and outside by the passengers knees under the dash.

If you only plan to run an hour or so on bat you should be fine. Here's another thread on inverters and AC...

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...-inverter.html

Got one in my 311 I just bought. Unit sits under the v berth. Doesn't look stock. I have no clue how it works just know that once I add sure power I'm cool:)