Verifying the a/c installation
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 8:04 pm
I got my Bavaria R40 and started getting to know the boat. The first thing I noticed is that the boat has four a/c units (2 of 8K BTU and 2 of 12K BTU). The two small size ones serve a berth plus a head each, the two larger ones serve the galley area. Although 24K BTU seems a good size at first glance, I am not sure it is properly sized for summer in South Florida.
I decided to review the installation to ensure the air flow distribution is optimized to take the most of the a/c units. The return air inlets seems sized to minimum limit and the supply air seems undersized (when compared with Dometic recommended sizing shown in the table below). I am posting this “kick-off” here and will be posting my conclusion as reply to this post.
The table attached may be useful to you as it covers other a/c sizes, I took it from the Dometic installation manual
I decided to review the installation to ensure the air flow distribution is optimized to take the most of the a/c units. The return air inlets seems sized to minimum limit and the supply air seems undersized (when compared with Dometic recommended sizing shown in the table below). I am posting this “kick-off” here and will be posting my conclusion as reply to this post.
The table attached may be useful to you as it covers other a/c sizes, I took it from the Dometic installation manual