[C320-list] A/C Return Air Grill Size

[pat reynolds]

Orlando,  On those nights we go home

Pat

--- On Thu, 3/26/09, Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com <Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com> wrote:

> From: Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com <Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] A/C Return Air Grill Size
> To: "C320-List" <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009, 9:29 PM
> Jack,
> 
> As a southern california boater, I thought the same
> thing--who the hell needs AC in a sailboat...
> 
> Well, then I attended the Chicago and Baltimore regattas
> and I'm here to tell you, if you are at a marina on a
> windless, 90F, 90% humidity night and you don't have
> AC....well, I'm sure that's what hell feels like...
> 
> Since we take off for Mexico in October and then on to the
> So Pacific in 2011, when I bought my CM440, I installed 2-
> 16,000 btu units tied to a 8KW AC generator so I could enjoy
> nice cool nights while it roasted outside...
> 
> 
> ----------------------------------
> Regards,
> OD
> 
> Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack McDonough" [mcdonough5 at verizon.net]
> Sent: 03/26/2009 07:15 PM MST
> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] A/C Return Air Grill Size
> 
> 
> 
> How about this: open the forward hatch and the main salon
> portholes and 
> enjoy the breeze. Air conditioning in a sailboat? Sheesh.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert Seastream" <robert.seastream at comcast.net>
> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 2:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] A/C Return Air Grill Size
> 
> 
> > 16000 BTU...sheesh, your boats' gonna be an
> icebox.  I was thinking  12000 
> > max, less if possible when we go for it.
> >
> > Bob Seastream
> > Intuition # 906
> >
> > On Mar 26, 2009, at 12:11 PM, Wash, Steve wrote:
> >
> >> Bruce,
> >>
> >> I had not planned to.  It is a self-contained
> unit and it will sit on
> >> the shelf above the fuel tank.  I will cut a
> precise opening into the
> >> aft cabin and put the grill there.
> >>
> >> Have you done it a different way?
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> >> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com]
> On Behalf Of
> >> bruceheyman at cox.net
> >> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:28 AM
> >> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> >> Subject: Re: [C320-list] A/C Return Air Grill
> Size
> >>
> >> Steve,
> >> Are you going to have more than one air return?
> >> Bruce
> >> Somerset 671 SoCal
> >> ------Original Message------
> >> From: Wash, Steve
> >> Sender: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> >> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> >> ReplyTo: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> >> Subject: [C320-list] A/C Return Air Grill Size
> >> Sent: Mar 26, 2009 6:11 AM
> >>
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I am away from the boat and am trying to size the
> return air grill for
> >> the A/C we are installing.
> >>
> >> We will put it in the usual place in the aft berth
> ... On the  starboard
> >> side ...
> >>
> >> What is the largest grill that can fit there?
> >>
> >> We are putting in a 16,000 BTU Marine Air unit.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
> >> #1029
> >>
> >> PS - We will put a supply grill in the aft berth,
> the salon and (maybe
> >> if we can run the duct) the v-berth) ... What
> sizes there?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
> > 
> 
> 
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