There are three main products I see here in Australia:
Truma Saphir
Haughton Belaire HB9000, and
Denso UB1.
All are 'do-it-yourself' plug and play simple boxes and all similar size, capacity, rating etc. The obvious differences are hose outlets options.
I will be buying one of them, but am not sure which, yet.
I'm looking to hear from owners who have tried any of these, to see if any advantages disadvantages.
Mamil said
09:32 PM Oct 1, 2020
I had the Truma Saphir on my van. Good little unit, heated and cooled, was just strapped down to the floor so easy to remove if I was going off-grid so couldn't use it and wanted to use the weight allowance for extra water/food instead. It requires three holes in the floor of the van, two large ones for the air intake and outlet, and a small one for the condensate drain. I would happily have one again, and definitely in preference to a roof-top one on a pop-top. Can't compare it to the other two you mention as I have no experience of them.
Warren-Pat_01 said
07:18 AM Oct 2, 2020
Hi Jason,
My van has a Heron permanently built in so it's not the same as what you're looking for.
As Mamil said, you don't have to be superman to lift the "lid" - an extra 7+kg up there would make it difficult.
Externally it's noisy but with it under my bed, it's ok. Mine has the air inlet coming in through the side with the outlet holes in the floor in front of the wheel. Performance wise, it heats & cools well. I've heard somewhere along the track that rooftops don't heat up in cold temps, mine never misses a beat.
How the portables work, I don't know but I've seen entries on this forum of how to make a semi-permanent installation of one.
Your weights should be a big consideration.
Jason F said
10:01 AM Oct 2, 2020
Thanks everyone.
glassies said
11:14 AM Oct 2, 2020
We had our air con under the bed at the foot of it we cut the square frame work under the bed to fit it and it
Worked brilliant all except it made the floor cold so we got a piece of cardboard the length of the air con and bent it so the air went upwards we also put a fan that clips onto a cupboard which blew it around the room
The air con itself was brilliant couldnt hear it running ,the motor was on the back of the van. We ran it on lithium set up of batteries by terry from T1terry mannum. I cant take photos as ive split up from mr glassies
(Graeme) and the van was a write off in a hail storm so its gone now too . Hope this helps
phum said
11:25 AM Nov 20, 2024
has anyone used a furrion 9000 , they seem to be the best priced but I cant any reviews/info about them
thanks
phum said
11:30 AM Nov 20, 2024
has anyone used a furrion 9000 , they seem to be the best priced but I cant any reviews/info about them
thanks
Whenarewethere said
02:25 PM Nov 20, 2024
A number of people here have installed a 2.5kW a Mitsubishi split system in their caravan. The 2.5kW air conditioners (pretty much any top end manufacturer) are the ants pants for efficiency.
You can run them off batteries for extended time, if a bit of forethought goes into the set-up. Cost wise it's a no brainer.
Peter_n_Margaret said
02:38 PM Nov 20, 2024
That is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
I am planning around a 2kw one for the new OKA, to run from solar/batteries, but probably will not fit it in the first instance.
It weighs 43kg total. 33kg for the outside section and 9.5kw for the inside.
Cheers,
Peter
Whenarewethere said
04:15 PM Nov 21, 2024
I'm personally a Daikin buyer for decades. Actually getting another one to replace a reverse cycle portable.
But as far a Mitsubishi, my neighbour, who is a Mitsubishi fanatic, thinks the standard Mitsubishi is better than the heavy industries model. This year he installed one. It is amazing how quiet these new systems are.
At the end of the day any of the top quality 2.5kW models you can't go wrong with. The efficiency of the 2.5kW split systems will leave all other set-ups in their wake.
I need to buy an A/C for my new pop top slide on.
There are three main products I see here in Australia:
All are 'do-it-yourself' plug and play simple boxes and all similar size, capacity, rating etc. The obvious differences are hose outlets options.
I will be buying one of them, but am not sure which, yet.
I'm looking to hear from owners who have tried any of these, to see if any advantages disadvantages.
My van has a Heron permanently built in so it's not the same as what you're looking for.
As Mamil said, you don't have to be superman to lift the "lid" - an extra 7+kg up there would make it difficult.
Externally it's noisy but with it under my bed, it's ok. Mine has the air inlet coming in through the side with the outlet holes in the floor in front of the wheel. Performance wise, it heats & cools well. I've heard somewhere along the track that rooftops don't heat up in cold temps, mine never misses a beat.
How the portables work, I don't know but I've seen entries on this forum of how to make a semi-permanent installation of one.
Your weights should be a big consideration.
Worked brilliant all except it made the floor cold so we got a piece of cardboard the length of the air con and bent it so the air went upwards we also put a fan that clips onto a cupboard which blew it around the room
The air con itself was brilliant couldnt hear it running ,the motor was on the back of the van. We ran it on lithium set up of batteries by terry from T1terry mannum. I cant take photos as ive split up from mr glassies
(Graeme) and the van was a write off in a hail storm so its gone now too . Hope this helps
has anyone used a furrion 9000 , they seem to be the best priced but I cant any reviews/info about them
thanks
has anyone used a furrion 9000 , they seem to be the best priced but I cant any reviews/info about them
thanks
A number of people here have installed a 2.5kW a Mitsubishi split system in their caravan. The 2.5kW air conditioners (pretty much any top end manufacturer) are the ants pants for efficiency.
You can run them off batteries for extended time, if a bit of forethought goes into the set-up. Cost wise it's a no brainer.
That is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
I am planning around a 2kw one for the new OKA, to run from solar/batteries, but probably will not fit it in the first instance.
It weighs 43kg total. 33kg for the outside section and 9.5kw for the inside.
Cheers,
Peter
I'm personally a Daikin buyer for decades. Actually getting another one to replace a reverse cycle portable.
But as far a Mitsubishi, my neighbour, who is a Mitsubishi fanatic, thinks the standard Mitsubishi is better than the heavy industries model. This year he installed one. It is amazing how quiet these new systems are.
At the end of the day any of the top quality 2.5kW models you can't go wrong with. The efficiency of the 2.5kW split systems will leave all other set-ups in their wake.