Started to insulate my top.

Erik712m · Post by **Erik712m** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:55 pm

ABSOLUTSECURITY wrote:
Erik712m wrote:
texas pinzgauer wrote:How did you put that much mileage in over the course of a weekend driving a Pinzgauer?
three days. Not that hard when you're doing 3500 RPM had to keep the speed up to get a breeze. A/c unit is to big and drained my batteries once I get it all insulated i think i'll put in a A/c like mark has.
What kinda of AC are you using! Upgraded alternator?

G

16,000 btu, yes. Lots of other things were plugged in as well

FDLMFAO ? No idea what this means.

ABSOLUTSECURITY · Post by **ABSOLUTSECURITY** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:05 pm

Erik712m wrote:
ABSOLUTSECURITY wrote:
Erik712m wrote: three days. Not that hard when you're doing 3500 RPM had to keep the speed up to get a breeze. A/c unit is to big and drained my batteries once I get it all insulated i think i'll put in a A/c like mark has.
What kinda of AC are you using! Upgraded alternator?

G
16,000 btu, yes. Lots of other things were plugged in as well

FDLMFAO ? No idea what this means.

What kind of AC are you running? and how are you powering it?

110 vac AC with inverter (what size inverter) or 24 volt dc AC unit?

FDLMFAO = fell down laughing my f-ing ass off!!!!!!!!!

Glynn

Erik712m · Post by **Erik712m** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:18 pm

110v A/c. A/c can be seen behind my son Jake. Inverter is http://www.qualitekindustries.com/50wadctoacpo.html Really is to big Also never gave low voltage alarm My EFi Controller gave the low voltage alarm.

EvanH · Post by **EvanH** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:45 pm

Erik,

Is that you on the right with the binkie?

Has the idea of using a small window-mount AC with a small genset been hashed out? You could mount the AC on the back, over the door. Lower center of gravity and more easily remove it in the off-season.

-Evan

Erik712m · Post by **Erik712m** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:51 pm

Is that you on the right with the binkie?

Some day's I wish!

Has the idea of using a small window-mount AC with a small genset been hashed out

Hadn't thought of that. not a lot of room in the back with the door opening taking up a lot of room.

EvanH · Post by **EvanH** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:04 pm

Erik712m · Post by **Erik712m** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:39 pm

EvanH wrote:

If I had enough coffee cans I could make it ducted throughout the pinz.

undysworld · Post by **undysworld** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:33 pm

A custom Continental. Must be Bad Bad Leroy Brown. Somehow I never imagined it like that...

Sorry, old reference.

russ · Post by **russ** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 8:07 pm

I installed a Toyotomi portable AC in my Pinz when I first got it. It only drew 400 watts for 4000 BTU. It worked surprisingly well for camping and had its own adjustable timer for automatic shut off. I ran it on a 2000 watt 24 volt inverter. The inverter has a low voltage shutoff to insure I didn't get the batteries too low.

The problem I had was where I mounted it. It exhausted air out the side behind the driver's door. Unfortunately when driving down the highway at any speed over 30 the flat front of the Pinz causes a high pressure zone at exactly the point where the AC exhaust was. This made it useless except for slower off-road driving.

When I discovered deeper water challenges I took all that out. I still have it around for camping but uninstalled it from the Pinz. Because of this I never put in the second bank of batteries to be dedicated to the vehicle accessories, keeping the starting batteries isolated.

rollingpinz · Post by **rollingpinz** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 9:46 pm

Hello

With enough duct-tape, that could be a Red Green project.

Eric P

ABSOLUTSECURITY · Post by **ABSOLUTSECURITY** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:33 am

EvanH wrote:

Check out those taillights!!!!!!!!!

LOL!

G

Erik712m · Post by **Erik712m** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:50 pm

rollingpinz wrote:Hello

With enough duct-tape, that could be a Red Green project.

Eric P

Starting to really like the show been watching it online pretty funny stuff.
I'm also getting pretty proficient with duct tape.

Wife yells theres dust coming in I pull over pull out the tape threaten to use it as a muzzle and proceed to tape up areas.

If you look at the pics you can see tape n a few of the dust entry areas once I find them all i'll caulk it before it gets painted.

Russ, good to see you post been poking to see if you'd respon.

russ · Post by **russ** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:32 pm

I'm just bummed I didn't incur the wrath of Vince

I really need to try harder I guess. It must have been the LEDs.

Been watching Red Green for years, used to wear his suspenders and flannel shirt to work on Halloween.

David Dunn · Post by **David Dunn** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:49 pm

russ wrote:I'm just bummed I didn't incur the wrath of Vince I really need to try harder I guess.

If you feel left out, I can oblige ya and beat you up

Does ya want me to make a comment about your girl's friend pic you posted on MY glass thread?

Erik712m · Post by **Erik712m** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:46 pm

FWIW. I ended up using styrofoam on the roof. One inch thick.