Home Brew APU

Ran into a guy who had a Coleman Commercial Gas Generator mounted to his deckplate, and an $89 Zentih window mount AC unit in his Passenger window.The whole setup cost him under a grand, and the wall unit sat in a piece of plywood that just rested in the window, and bungeed down to his steps for quick set up. I worked suprisingly well. As well as a Tripac, that according to him cost $10000 to install/ 5000 to repair. It even had a remote control, and unlike my tripac, the auto temp control actually worked to maintain a temp.

It was a little loud, but with a muffler, this could be as quiet as a car.

If I were to do this, I would mount the AC unit in the Window above the top bunk, or under the bunk in that door. Have a muffler guy install a muffler further away from the cab. I might even go deisel, so I could fill up at the same time.

Also you need a Carbon Monoxide dectector to be safe.

 

In this guys case, He takes it down when he drives, or it would block view out his passenger window. If it was a permanent mount, that would definately be an issue, but maybe with some good padding it could be doable. (probably better in the side door) Otherwise you might be back to spend another $89.

Either way, I got a kick out of seeing a working man's solution to an expensive problem. He obviously couldn't afford the 10 grand, but didn't want to have to roast/freeze because of no idle policies.

This one ranks right up there with the garage spring sleeper bunk hammock I saw when running team line-haul for CF in trucks with no air ride and arm strong steering. (not all/ but some)