A/C follow up
Follow up:
The other day while parked in Camping World parking lot in Orlando I noticed the extreme heat coming from around the forward cabinet and TV area. So, today I removed the front TV to inspect the insulation behind it and found that there was very little. Much of the area had none at all.
I purchased a small roll of R-30 attic insulation 'unfaced' (about 40 feet) and tore it up and stuffed it behind the cabinet areas being careful to get every space. I removed the two small speakers and stuffed insulation up into that area until it was full top to bottom. The last ten feet or so, was placed behind the TV in that area.
I then properly screwed the wood TV frame to the wall top and bottom. (The top screws were broken off and barely holding the unit. The two bottom screws were basically all that was holding the unit to the wall.) It was necessary to drill the top two holes into the cabinet so screws could be inserted properly.
There's not doubt in my mind that this job will make the A/C unit more effective.
FYI: I talked with the Camping World tech about putting an additional A/C in the forward roof vent hole and he said if there was 110 volt wiring in that area it could be done. I checked today and there is Romex there that powers the forward cabinet plugs. I believe it's heavy enough to power an A/C unit in addition to the TV. A new 13500 Penguin A/C unit installed is about $1k.
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Joe, Sandy & the Pups (Griffie, Affie & Kate)
Indian Harbour Beach, FL
08 BT Cruiser, 3S, 5291
Radio KF4FM
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