Looking for anyone out there who has installed a small split system in a Flamingo or Swan. I have a Flamingo. I reckon it could be just squeezed in on the back wall below the below rear bed? Would probably need to be largely recessed out the back of the van to enable access to the microwave. Bit neverous about cutting such a large hole though? Any thoughts cheers
Doug, thanks for the welcome. Yes are correct, you would normally only require a 60-70mm hole. However if I fit the head unit on the rear wall where I'm proposing, It will poke out to far, meaning I wont be able to open my microwave. Thus I'm toying with recessing the unit through the wall....The more I think about the harder it may appear to be. May have to cut my losses and just buy a small free standing portable unit?
What about a small bedroom box type aircon and just seal around it. Maybe you could fit it inside a cupboard, instead of the cupboard a nice cool aircon, just another thought TJ.
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Should like to see what a split level set up looks like when set up on a caravan. We might want to set one up the bedroom of our 34' (11 m) 5th wheel. We primarily boondock and we do have enough solar/battery bank to run the Dometic for a few hours but it does require 1750 W. Something that required half or less of that would be preferable.
Our battery bank is 48 V nominal and I have read that some split levels run off 48 V DC.
Our preferred mode is to just go where it is cooler when it gets hot by either going north or higher in elevation. Elevation works well in New Mexico and Colorado since camp sites in NM can be found at 9000' (2700 m) and 10,000' (3100 m). The temperatures at lower elevation might be over 100 F (38C) while it might get down to 40 F (4 C) at night.
Reed and Elaine
I run the smallest Fujitsu split system in a relatively large van, and it is about the right size. I believe a similar system would be serious overkill for a swan/flamingo.
I believe one of the under bed units would be more size appropriate, and given that it is designed for the job, it would also be a whole load easier to fit as well.
I'm thinking of a dakin split inverter you can get a flush roof mount unit fits in the old air con hole and thinking putting the compressor unit in the boot
I have seen a split system condenser unit located in the boot of a van, it sat in the centre with lockable security screens on either side to secure boot contents while lid was open, when unit working.
We have a Fujitsu 1.5hp split inverter system in our pop top, installed over 8 years ago and never missed a beat, condenser is mounted on the A frame
Cheers
David
