Good friend of mine does custom metal fabrication and does meticulous work.
Doing a window setup is very easy. The glass is a lot stronger than you think. Here is how I did mine.
This is an 8500 BTU window unit. Does a fantastic job of cooling my behemoth condo sleeper. Not all brands are as efficient,.. so be ware,.. not all 8000 - 8500 units will cool the same. The 8500 BTU LG I had before this one did not cool any better than a cheap 6500 BTU Haire until I have at home. So I replaced it with the Frigidaire. I usually keep the Fridigaire set at 69 and it will maintain that temp even on the hottest sun baked days. It will freeze me out if I set it down to 65.
The rack it self uses both the window glass and the door frame as support. I have rubber pads on the inside so there is no actual metal to glass contact. I can open and close the door with the AC running.
This is the view from the inside. Lowes sells window sill 4x4 foam padded insulation strips in a plastic bag. Thats what you see between the AC and the window frame over the left side and top of the AC. The block of wood is used to tilt the AC away from the door so on humid days the water drips to the ground and not inside the door.
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In your case a generator to keep the batteries charged would most likely solve your problem.
The Honda EU3000is has a 12 amp DC lead. Unfortunately you can not use the DC and AC together on the 3000. There is a smaller 2000,.. but it only has an 8 or 9 amp DC lead and depending on the draw of your AC system,.. I'm not sure that would be enough.
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Thank you, I was hoping that was the case......However.......I plugged into shore power, ran the a/c at lowest setting and lowest fan speed possible and it ran for a very long time (i got excited at this point).....but when I dropped cool setting to halfway into the blue (vs. just before it turned red) and increased fan speed to 4 (max of 8), it died out within an hour. Could be I used to much battery power running it for almost 10 hours on low and it just didnt have enough left in it to run any harder......I'll continue to experiment.
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I have one at home in my office now. My office is basically a converted Florida room that has no heat/AC vents. The indoor/upright AC is a 10,000 BTU. Has a long exhaust tube that I send out the doggy door. Has a tray that collects condensation/water.
I've read about a much better unit that eliminates the condensation tray. There is still the exhaust tube. My thinking was to put it inside the cabinet behind the passenger seat. Send the exhaust tube either out the side of the sleeper with a dryer vent with flap to keep the rain/snow out,.. or straight down through the floor underneath the truck.
I use my upper bunk as a storage rack. Took out the mattress.
Not sure which route I take. Leaning more toward a roof mount for my next truck. The indoor unit I have at home even though its rated as 10,000 BTU,. it struggles to keep the room cool. Not sure if thats because of the design or if I just bought a cruddy unit.
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