[C320-list] A/C Sizing

[Jeff Church]

Steve,

Where do you sail? From what I've read on this list over the years and my 
own experience, 12000 BTU  is adequate for northern climates and 16000 seems 
to be the largest anyone uses on a C320 even in southern areas. I installed 
an AquaCal 7000 BTU unit (mfg claims that it tests at 9000 BTU in all but 
very warm waters) under the port settee. The installation was relatively 
simple and very cheap. It works very well here on Lake Michigan in 95 to 100 
degree weather, but if this unit ever quits I'll probably replace it with a 
12-14000 BTU reverse cycle system and install it in one of the aft lockers. 
The smaller units will cool your boat adequately, but the bigger units will 
cool it off a little faster and allow you to install as many vents as you 
want while maintaining strong, cold air flow out of all of them.

Jeff


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wash, Steve" <wash at advantageelectronics.com>
To: <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 2:25 PM
Subject: [C320-list] A/C Sizing


> Hi All,
> When A/C has been installed, what capacity has been used? (10,000 BTU/
> 12,000 BTU/ 14,000 BTU/ 16,000BTU)
> I have looked at Cruisair and Marine Air.  They are both from the same
> company ... Is there a preference (or others)?
> I looked in the archives (briefly) for earlier posts on this subject.  I
> found one that put the A/C in the aft lazarette (Starboard).  Is there
> anywhere else that it can go?
> Thanks,
> Steve
>