Watching from Australia, this is very interesting. I don't believe that we have RVs like your RV. Just wondering how you control the temperature and air flow etc. When the controls are located on the air conditioner itself rather than via a panel inside. Brilliant engineering though. I have only seen a similar project done here. An enterprising man purchased a very big box air-conditioner and put it on his house roof. Ducted the cold air into the living area and had some kind of return to get the intake air back. It Worked well for a small house. Anyway well done!
This A/C unit has an app that I control from my phone. So I can control it all from inside the RV, or anywhere in the world. Because it connects to WiFi we are always able to keep an eye on the temp.
I plan on doing something like this in my fifth wheel, I had a 10btu window unit running out the back window of my rv and it worked great but RV park told me to take it down... Now I'm thinking if I should stick with window unit in the belly like this or the front storage, I think the front storage would be a better deal.. what would you recommend? With the front storage I could leave it kinda propped open maybe so the heat can come out and still be hidden
Honestly the easiest option would be the way I would go. Which in this case sounds like front mounting it. Like you said you would be able to mitigate heat a little easier and it would still maintain its stealthiness. Plus they can still be more efficient than a mini split. Hope this helped.
@@Independent_DIY yeah it's gonna take some thinking and some Craftsman ship haha, but man the window units work great. I have a 38ft rv, both top units are crap and always will be crap, the window unit you can replace for quarter of the price and they work even better. I was mad when the rv park told me to take it down, my rv is backed to some trees and I had the window unit propped on a metal shelf. Worked great and the air was nice and clean, my old roof top unit has a old ac smell....but anyway nice work bro. Gonna take some notes from this! I bet it's still working like a champ!
I’m just curious if the cooler works as good as it would if it was not in that storage bay because as we all know, cold air sinks, while hot air rises and normal campers and RVs, the heat ducks are on the ground in the bay that your air conditioner, while your air conditioner is usually on the ceiling and the AC ducks are in the ceiling in between all the rafters
I guess I have one more question what are you doing to make it so that when you drive your motorhome that water is not getting splashed back up into that storage bay because otherwise you’re just going to be replacing air conditioners left and right because they’re rotting away or theregetting clogged fins because the tires are shooting up all that road debris
@@codyschwoch5451 Our RV has a furnace that puts heat out through the floor like a normal RV. Winnebago went to this design because it was more efficient and put less weight on the top making the handling a little better. Our AC is ducted so that the cold air comes through the roof. Truth be told the AC we retrofitted did not have as many BTU's as the factory unit and If our finances where better I would have found a place to get that repaired. But the unit we did buy was way more efficient and used less energy for our boondocking needs. On really hot days, this system I built could use a booster such as a small battery powered unit. But we were more than happy with the outcome because it was so much better than no air conditioning. As far as going down the road with it, I don't see an issue. I can spray it out to clean it if I like. Not that much road debris is really getting up there and it is strapped down good and tight. Hope this helps!
I guess that will work.. But venting the hot air is going to tax that unit. As the side and top vents need clean fresh air. Then some place to vent it real fast... I would also mount it on rubber feet. As these things are not designed for rattling around down roads...AS the oil in the compressor gets plashed around.. Why they ail pretty quick. People need to let them settle for a few hours once they park. Then turn them on..
There is still room around it on all sides, Behind it is also pretty open. Luckily we haven't had any overheating issues and it runs really well. We try not to take the RV down any rough roads. We have also had this unit on and running while traveling down the road with no issues. There are some videos we have seen where window units take quite a bit of abuse and keep on working. I think they are a lot tougher than people think they are.
So far its done an amazing job of keeping our RV cool. We can't wait to make the update video where we can show everyone just how efficient this new unit is compared to our old one.
@@jwlindem1 the TLDR answer, because this works with our previous setup and uses less energy.. I had contemplated going the mini split route. But it would have actually taken more fabrication, and likely still use more energy than the system I built. Feel free to check out the follow up video where I show you just how efficient this whole setup has been for us this summer. Again thanks for watching. ruclips.net/video/rVCoa1CXXTI/видео.html
Watching from Australia, this is very interesting. I don't believe that we have RVs like your RV. Just wondering how you control the temperature and air flow etc. When the controls are located on the air conditioner itself rather than via a panel inside. Brilliant engineering though.
I have only seen a similar project done here. An enterprising man purchased a very big box air-conditioner and put it on his house roof. Ducted the cold air into the living area and had some kind of return to get the intake air back. It
Worked well for a small house.
Anyway well done!
This A/C unit has an app that I control from my phone. So I can control it all from inside the RV, or anywhere in the world. Because it connects to WiFi we are always able to keep an eye on the temp.
Very cool work! we have a 96 37 rq Vectra and our a/c still works. But this is great info for the future
Awesome! Gotta keep these old Vectras alive! Thanks for watching!
good job sir!!! glad it works!! Love taking what you have and making the best out of it!!! YOU DID IT!! :)
Thank you, it has definitely come in very handy this hot summer!
Don't you need to vent the hot air?
@@jeffreyb8152 hot air vents out the back. That compartment is open to the outside, so it has plenty of airflow around it.
I plan on doing something like this in my fifth wheel, I had a 10btu window unit running out the back window of my rv and it worked great but RV park told me to take it down... Now I'm thinking if I should stick with window unit in the belly like this or the front storage, I think the front storage would be a better deal.. what would you recommend? With the front storage I could leave it kinda propped open maybe so the heat can come out and still be hidden
Honestly the easiest option would be the way I would go. Which in this case sounds like front mounting it. Like you said you would be able to mitigate heat a little easier and it would still maintain its stealthiness. Plus they can still be more efficient than a mini split. Hope this helped.
@@Independent_DIY yeah it's gonna take some thinking and some Craftsman ship haha, but man the window units work great. I have a 38ft rv, both top units are crap and always will be crap, the window unit you can replace for quarter of the price and they work even better. I was mad when the rv park told me to take it down, my rv is backed to some trees and I had the window unit propped on a metal shelf. Worked great and the air was nice and clean, my old roof top unit has a old ac smell....but anyway nice work bro. Gonna take some notes from this! I bet it's still working like a champ!
@@theodorecarbajal2975 Thank you, and yes this summer is definitely going to be much more comfortable. Good luck and keep us updated on your progress.
Good Job,, I like it.
Thank you for watching!
I’m just curious if the cooler works as good as it would if it was not in that storage bay because as we all know, cold air sinks, while hot air rises and normal campers and RVs, the heat ducks are on the ground in the bay that your air conditioner, while your air conditioner is usually on the ceiling and the AC ducks are in the ceiling in between all the rafters
I guess I have one more question what are you doing to make it so that when you drive your motorhome that water is not getting splashed back up into that storage bay because otherwise you’re just going to be replacing air conditioners left and right because they’re rotting away or theregetting clogged fins because the tires are shooting up all that road debris
@@codyschwoch5451 Our RV has a furnace that puts heat out through the floor like a normal RV. Winnebago went to this design because it was more efficient and put less weight on the top making the handling a little better. Our AC is ducted so that the cold air comes through the roof. Truth be told the AC we retrofitted did not have as many BTU's as the factory unit and If our finances where better I would have found a place to get that repaired. But the unit we did buy was way more efficient and used less energy for our boondocking needs. On really hot days, this system I built could use a booster such as a small battery powered unit. But we were more than happy with the outcome because it was so much better than no air conditioning. As far as going down the road with it, I don't see an issue. I can spray it out to clean it if I like. Not that much road debris is really getting up there and it is strapped down good and tight. Hope this helps!
Had bad experiences with ge I'll only buy Fredrick or fridgedaire
drill a 3/8 weep hole thru the bottom of the tubing or you will have a mold problem thru out the a/c venting system..
I laughed so hard when your said littler.
Thanks for watching!
I guess that will work.. But venting the hot air is going to tax that unit. As the side and top vents need clean fresh air. Then some place to vent it real fast...
I would also mount it on rubber feet. As these things are not designed for rattling around down roads...AS the oil in the compressor gets plashed around.. Why they ail pretty quick. People need to let them settle for a few hours once they park. Then turn them on..
There is still room around it on all sides, Behind it is also pretty open. Luckily we haven't had any overheating issues and it runs really well.
We try not to take the RV down any rough roads. We have also had this unit on and running while traveling down the road with no issues. There are some videos we have seen where window units take quite a bit of abuse and keep on working. I think they are a lot tougher than people think they are.
The box says 122,00 BTU. Super cool, or maybe not!
So far its done an amazing job of keeping our RV cool. We can't wait to make the update video where we can show everyone just how efficient this new unit is compared to our old one.
I would have built the top more like the bottom that round pipe seems like a major bottleneck.
There were definitely some spacial constraints we had to deal with. We just had a 118 degree day today, it kept up pretty well for what it is.
replace the blue tape with the aluminum hvac tape. It's very sticky and will hold up.
Thanks for watching. The blue tape was only for mock up. We used the HVAC tape..
It's been a year so how is the ac doing?
Too cold to fire it up yet. But it kept us pretty cool all last summer. Will be making an update video for it soon!
I really am trying to find something nice to say, but the more I watch you cut cardboard the appropriate response/s eludes me.
Thanks for watching. What do you think we should have used for the fabrication material?
@@Independent_DIY why don't you buy a mini split or fabricate a roof top AC unit.
@@jwlindem1 the TLDR answer, because this works with our previous setup and uses less energy..
I had contemplated going the mini split route. But it would have actually taken more fabrication, and likely still use more energy than the system I built. Feel free to check out the follow up video where I show you just how efficient this whole setup has been for us this summer. Again thanks for watching.
ruclips.net/video/rVCoa1CXXTI/видео.html
You should have just took the front cover off