With our current boat our concern has been all about staying warm in northern waters but we are now on our way south and wondering about staying cool. We have plenty of hatches and an air scoop but we have been wondering about fitting air conditioning. We have s 4kva 240 volt A/C diesel generator and also have ducts in place for heating and dehumidifying.

I was wondering about simple air conditioning solutions that would be easy to install and not too power hungry.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

Simon

Brian,

We have an built in isolating transformer which is currently setup to step up our shore power feed from 110 volts to 240 volts. I have noticed that some 240 volt A/C units can run on both 50Hz and 60Hz.

Hiring a local 110 volt unit wouldn't be ideal for us as we would have to run it on yet another transformer from the generator or on a direct feed from shore power. Sooner or later i would get in a muddle and blow something up!

I think if we do go for A/C it would be an installed 240 volt unit that would run on both 50 and 60Hz. That we would give maximum flexibility.

Still not convinced we need air conditioning and this thread informing the decision.

Simon