themorganjane
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Do any of you that have cockpit AC in any Sundancer feel that it is basically useless?
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That kinda sucks. I still want a 48 (now 500) very badly, but I would have figured the AC would cool ya while ya drive in the hot summer sun.
I use it with the back off to just cool off the people in the helm seat
Thanks for all the responses. I basically turned my helm area into an up stairs Salon. I replaced the small cockpit TV with larger 35" version and fabricated a TV lift that lifts the TV up over Port Helm seating so that it can be rotated to be viewed from the swivel captains chair. I like sitting up their watching the big TV and waving to passers by and just observe the goings on. However during the day it was getting quite warm even with drop curtain down. To make a long story short. After realizing that the cockpit AC unit has a 2 ton capacity, I realized that the problem was not the unit but the air flow. I purchased an additional fan and now suck air from what was a supply vent in the front of the helm area and return that area to the AC unit. I then blocked off one of the two original return grills and turned the other original return grill into another supply vent. Major Major difference.
Thanks for all the responses. I basically turned my helm area into an up stairs Salon. I replaced the small cockpit TV with larger 35" version and fabricated a TV lift that lifts the TV up over Port Helm seating so that it can be rotated to be viewed from the swivel captains chair. I like sitting up their watching the big TV and waving to passers by and just observe the goings on. However during the day it was getting quite warm even with drop curtain down. To make a long story short. After realizing that the cockpit AC unit has a 2 ton capacity, I realized that the problem was not the unit but the air flow. I purchased an additional fan and now suck air from what was a supply vent in the front of the helm area and return that area to the AC unit. I then blocked off one of the two original return grills and turned the other original return grill into another supply vent. Major Major difference.
For some boats you don't need them and others require only some modest see through white meshes.