Airspeed
The dog house AC/Heat units are real nice units.
The advantage of the doghouse unit over a regualar $100 to $150 window mount is the low amps (you can find a few 4amp small ac units)
But the main plus of the dog house over the ac unit is that the dog house unit will keep the dampness & humidity a lot lower,Where as the standard AC unit will cool your TD alot quicker & will even be able to make your TD colder then the the dog house,But the only down fall is that the AC unit will cool the TD real quick, it cools the TD so quick it dose not run long enough to dehumidify the air and the dampness can cause some possible problems in the future with your TD and possibly your health.
(Prolonged moisture with wood can cause mold,wood rott,stinky TD & even illness)
Here I am talking up the dog house units Now I am going to flip the coin over to the other side.
I was going to buy some of the dog house units, I have been in contact with at least 4 different suppliers over the past 6 or so months(over the phone) not a one has followed up with any type of response not even a call back with any info. or update
I even spoke with the folks after they used the excuse that the the container had been dropped .( I was willing to buy all of them)
Guess what I was told they would see what they could do and they would get back with me. Well I think most of you know by know that I never heard a word or an E-mail.
(Just my opinion I think thier excuse was was a little white lie.
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My father & mother had an equipment & machinery import busines years ago & we still speak with some of our old suppliers from time to time, I plan on putting a bug in thier ear I am going to send them some literature on these units & see if they can possibly import some of these units in.
A container of these units to them would be like me or you buying a bag of groceries
Well enough of that, I refuse to pre pay for a dog house unit from any of the current suppliers with what I have seen so far. (Just imagine if your unit breaks down
how do you think there warranty will work.
I do hope that all of you folks that have pre paid do get your units soon.
I gave up at this time I can not hold up my present builds until they get in any longer.
I went down & bought a small window mount I will have to do a few modifications Buy forceing some of the heat of of the unit back into the TD & I may possibly make it so I can vent some of the outside air back into the TD so that the unit will run long enough to dehumidify the TD without turning it into a meat locker
With a little experimentation I am sure that I will be able to make it work the way that I would like it to.
I almost forgot about the dog house heating feature.
We have camped a few times when it was 12degrees when we went to bed it was a little chilly when we first got into bed but once we are snuggled in with some heavy bedding and our body heat the td warms right up & I usually had to crack the window or the vent.
A person could always pick up a 12volt electric blanket at the local truck stop, I know of a few teardroppers that swear by them.
Well happy trails to all.
The Sin City Teardropper.(s)
Ken F.
by emiller » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:18 am 
