Best portable AC no Apu

Good to know thanks for the information..

 

that yellow jacket cord is heavy duty enough for the ac? Doesn’t get hot/not work as good due to resistance?

 

Oh yeah it works fine and no it doesn't get hot at all...

 

I'm about to do this today, inspired by your post. But I'm wondering how you routed your water drain? I've got a turbo in my garage I'm thinking about pulling the dump off of it and drilling a hole in the bottom of the A/C, and then siliconing the dump to the bottom of it and drilling a hole in the floor to route it through.

 

Cant say i know how he did it but id just get a drip tray about the right size for under it, plumb a hose connection to it at lowest point and drill a hole through the floor of the sleeper, then just run a hose so it dumps the water where you want it. (Bear in mind you need to have the door open or a vent bringing fresh air in/hot out in that little compartment)

Example.
14 7/8" Countertop Drip Tray - Stainless Steel - With Drain

 

Seems to have a slinger in the unit to splash it on to the condenser. Never had it it drip that I remember?

But my cabs made out of aluminum so not to worried.

 

I’ve seen a few setups on Docks down south. Where a window unit is mounted in a shed on the dock. All window units have Whats essentially a built in drip pan. They simple run a hose to a drain. Pvc fitting installed in the drain hole on bottom of unit. You can run 2, one at each corner. Or just 1, plugging the other. Tilt unit a bit accordingly. An extra drip pan could be made, to set the whole unit in, but I doubt its needed. Can easily add one later, If you have drainage problems. Tug Toys side box set up is ideal. So simple. A vented side door, and a small fan blowing across the coils, might make usable while Driving, with the side box closed. I’d like that, for when my Trucks A/C goes out. Till I can get it fixed.

 

@Tug Toy check it out! And thanks for the idea. So much better than that F'n window bracket. For a drain, I had an aluminum turbo dump with 3/8 NPT. I siliconed and screwed it to the unit, and screwed in a male air fitting.

 

In most parts of the southwest, swamp coolers work decently.

Swamp coolers work via water evaporation. The more dry the air is, the better they work.

There are lots of them out there, but honestly none of them are anywhere near as good as a compressed gas a/c unit of the same size.

Do you not have an APU because you can't put one on your truck, or do you not want one?

 

Im putting a 5k btu unit in my bunk door. Gonna use a 2x4 frame to hold it in and foam board insulation to seal up the rest.

Edit: I mean that I'll open the bunk door, set the ac sitting out of it and put the foam board around it, when Im parked.