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We decided to add a single room small air conditioning unit for long hot, no wind motoring trips. These are far more common than you might imagine. The “off watch” can’t get any sleep when it’s 90 in the cabin too. As we are producing plenty of electricity while motoring, we will be able to use it to power this neat little unit that I am installing under our bed. The problem is: Cindy put the 48 lb little guy in a suitcase an brought it all the way to Tahiti. We were missing some parts so I had to wait till friends Dan and Jill brought them down on their last diving trip. The unit then worked great…..FOR 19 HOURS. Then it died. I called the company in the US who said, “no problem, just send it back and we’ll give you another one”……UH….I’m in Tahiti!….Oh…
I had to repack it back BOTH WAYS…..Good news is, it now works. Really well. The “off watch” will be very happy. (As long as it keeps working…welcome to boats. This means there is a 60/40 chance; at least to the good).
Papeete, Tahiti – Society Islands – French Polynesia
December 12, 2009