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britinusa
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Initially Posted - 06/03/2009 :  06:12:45  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Ok, so we are getting our Tarazzo flooring refinished.

By all accounts it's a messy dirty task (they grind away the surface) and the house will be unlivable while they do it (4 or 5 days)

So, JD is parked outside on the trailer, we could 'livaboard' for the few days, of course, we'll need AC! And that's the issue.

I'm thinking of making a 'sump' that I can strap to the underside of the boat with a water inlet (from the pool) and then a hose from the AC outlet into the pool.

(Ok, not my bright idea, it was the admiral's! But pretty good!)

What do you think of it?

Paul
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 06/03/2009 :  10:09:46  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
I can vouch for Terrazzo being a dirty mess, I helped one of my best friend's families put in a floor when I was a teenager. The grinding is loud and really messy.

As far as the sump, why do you need a it for the AC, are you running a swamp cooler? You could always run an "elephant trunk" from an AC unit in your house out to JD for the duration. I've seen the Mythbusters use plastic tubing that comes in rolls to do similar things (usually with helium, but that's besides the point).
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 06/03/2009 :  10:14:43  Show Profile
I think Paul has an onboard AC unit that requires water to cool.
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Response Posted - 06/03/2009 :  10:21:37  Show Profile  Visit Prospector's Homepage
A couple of University of Waterloo students came up with a homemade AC unit to cool their dorm... maybe there is a hint or two in there.

http://www.gmilburn.ca/2005/06/14/homebrew-air-conditioning/
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Response Posted - 06/03/2009 :  10:23:26  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
just float the boat in the pool!
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Response Posted - 06/03/2009 :  15:55:15  Show Profile
Is cooling water sucked into a thru hull fitting by an onboard electric pump then routed over the AC hot side and then out another hull fitting ?



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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by jbkayaker</i>
<br />Is cooling water sucked into a thru hull fitting by an onboard electric pump then routed over the AC hot side and then out another hull fitting ? <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Yep!
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by JimB517</i>
<br />just float the boat in the pool!
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We thought about that too (definitely outside the box) but two things prohibit it:

a: The pool has is screend in!
b: No room for a Ramp.
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