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ABSOLUTSECURITY
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by ABSOLUTSECURITY » Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:14 am
Got it in

- now I have to power her up!!!!!!!!!!!
Glynn
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by todds112 » Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:35 am
Looks great! That should be nice and comffy. The ambulance box looks pretty thick!

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by ABSOLUTSECURITY » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:06 am
Thanks! I have to take it all off again to run 12 ga wire to power it - I was going to use the wire from the dome light but its 18 ga or close to it and that just wont work

- lucky enough there is a chase/conduit that the dome light wire runs thru and I will just pull 3 new 12 ga cunductors thru there!
I will post pics of the re-wire also.
The box should be the coldest thing around - that is fiberglass/foam/fiberglass and its like an Igloo!!!!!!!!
Next two double pane insulated windows go in - one per side!!!!!
Glynn
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by texas pinzgauer » Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:33 am
The step by step process by which you successfully add air conditioning to your truck should be of great interest to every K or AMB owner on the forum.
I noticed those bada$$ headlights too!

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by ka » Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:39 am
glynn - could i get the location of your pix? i'd love to have full res versions of those!!!! my heart jumped when i saw that truck...
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by ABSOLUTSECURITY » Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:27 pm
ka wrote:glynn - could i get the location of your pix? i'd love to have full res versions of those!!!! my heart jumped when i saw that truck...
I will email them to you later ok!!!!!!!!!!
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by ABSOLUTSECURITY » Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:28 pm
ka wrote:glynn - could i get the location of your pix? i'd love to have full res versions of those!!!! my heart jumped when i saw that truck...
I will email them to you later ok!!!!!!!!!!
or you can go to photobucket and go to my account absolutsecurity
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by Jimm391730 » Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:06 pm
So, Glynn, what did you run into when you cut into the box (besides fiberglass and foam)? Did you hit any metal framework, and if so, aluminum or steel?
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Jim M.
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by ABSOLUTSECURITY » Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:44 pm
Wide open fiberglass/foam/fiberglass - I looked inside and eyeballed where I would want it then got up on the roof and positioned a full size template of the AC unit footprint on the roof and figured where I wanted that and pretty much hit it spot on - I took out the dome light that intended to use its wiring for the power to the AC (wire is 18ga so I have to run 12 ga) Everything worked out nice just a itty bit of the dome light cavity not covered by the inside cover maybe an 1/8 inch showing - I have to take the inside trim and mechanism down and pull the 12 ga into the heater space form the dome light cavity and then I can mount and wire in the Inverter.
I will take pics and post as I go!!!!!!
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by Erik712m » Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:41 pm
Looks good... heat pump?
Are you installing a second set of batteries?
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by ka » Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:47 pm
glynn - yes! please send full res of whatever! i have trouble accessing others' photobuckets accounts for some reason.
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by ABSOLUTSECURITY » Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:11 pm
Erik712m wrote:Looks good... heat pump?
Are you installing a second set of batteries?
Not a heat pump but heater element is installed so its a heater also!
I have 4 yellow top D31 optima batteries for house power that I will be installing just under the heater cabinet area in the valley of the bed I think , I have to figure a little more- that should be a nice battery bank for house power.
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by karoja » Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:42 pm
Nice! What brand of A/C is that?
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by Jon_Gilbart » Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:57 am
That looks really cool--I also would like to know the brand of the A/C unit you have there. I have a 712M, and have been thinking about buying an ambulance box and doing a similar thing w/ the A/C and heater.
Not to hi-jack your thread, but I've also been thinking of how to increase the headroom in the ambulance so that I can stand up straight. It would be pretty neat to turn it into a camper, and the A/C goes a LONG way to making that a reality. I was thinking of trying to section the box all the way around and add some sort of a soft tent-like section in the middle and use hydraulics to jack up the top when I want to. I'd like to keep the height as low as possible when using it off-road to keep the center of gravity low and not have to worry about banging the high top on every tree branch. This is probably just a pipe dream, though, as I don't have the time or skills (or garage space for that matter) to tackle that project by myself right now...