[C320-list] AC Install Advice

[Bryan Morton]

I know this topic has been brought up before but does anyone have advice on
the best way to install AC on the 320.  We are going to install a 16000 BTU
unit next week. I have read several posts saying that the best place to
install the unit is in the “aft port locker” but I am unclear if this means
in the Lazarette (in front of the wheel) or the space under the aft port
seat (behind the wheel) where the Adler Barbour fridge compressor is
installed.  It would seem to me that an installation in the Lazarette would
make for a shorter and more direct routing of a cooling duct to a salon
vent near the bread box but the plumbing would be more difficult.  Space in
the Lazarette would also be sacrificed.  Installation under the aft port
seat would be easier from an air return and plumbing point of view but
would mean a longer and less direct cooling duct run to the salon.  This in
theory would mean a reduction in air velocity at the vent discharging into
the salon.  Maybe I am over thinking this.  I also read that the factory
installation is above the Diesel tank in the aft starboard locker (like in
the upgrade ac article posted by Jeff Hare on the C320 Association web
site).  This seems more difficult than the other two options.  If anyone
has some photos of their installation they would be greatly appreciated as
I am struggling to visualize how this going to go.

Thanks

Bryan

Slainte Mhath (Hull 32)