Installing an Air Conditioner
I'm about to attempt installing and Air Conditioner on my Palomino PUP. It's been pre-framed at the factory and I have a drawing of the roof layout as well as a screw that marks the center of the 14...
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Well, I have started the project.
First I Made slightly less than 14" marks on the ceiling (Inside)
and then cut out a 12" Square in the inside panel.
Problem #1:
The inside of the A/C Frame has a 3/4" foam piece of insulation inside. Glued on both the upper and lower sides. I had to scrape
and cut this out as best I could to find the edge of the A/C frame. The screw WAS NOT in the middle of the cutout.
Good thing that I was cautious.
Problem #2:
After scraping and gouging the foam away from the A/C frame I discovered that the access hole for the electric service was not
drilled.
I drilled an appropriate sized hole for the wire feed and found out
that the foam is also in the next section. All the way to the outer
wall. I did manage to get a fish tape to the outside wall by unscrewing and lowering the inside center 12 volt light fixture.
Then I passed the fish tape through the foam in and around the
light fixture to get to the outside wall.
Problem #3:
I could not get the fish tape to bend far enough to get a secure anchor to get the wire back through the ceiling so I attached a
thin pull rope to the fish tape and pulled it back to the A/C
opening. The rope broke!!! while pulling the wire into the ceiling.
Now the broken rope is in the space that I created by gouging the
foam with the fish tape.
So at this point, I drilled up through the roof line with a small drill to mark the corners from the outside. As it was getting on to
late evening and to dark to work much more, I called it a day,
closed up and covered the PUP and am now waiting for a most unusual rain in this part of the country to subside and then dry up.
Looks like my best bet is going to be to run the electric service in wiremold.
to be continued:
stop
First I Made slightly less than 14" marks on the ceiling (Inside)
and then cut out a 12" Square in the inside panel.
Problem #1:
The inside of the A/C Frame has a 3/4" foam piece of insulation inside. Glued on both the upper and lower sides. I had to scrape
and cut this out as best I could to find the edge of the A/C frame. The screw WAS NOT in the middle of the cutout.
Good thing that I was cautious.
Problem #2:
After scraping and gouging the foam away from the A/C frame I discovered that the access hole for the electric service was not
drilled.
I drilled an appropriate sized hole for the wire feed and found out
that the foam is also in the next section. All the way to the outer
wall. I did manage to get a fish tape to the outside wall by unscrewing and lowering the inside center 12 volt light fixture.
Then I passed the fish tape through the foam in and around the
light fixture to get to the outside wall.
Problem #3:
I could not get the fish tape to bend far enough to get a secure anchor to get the wire back through the ceiling so I attached a
thin pull rope to the fish tape and pulled it back to the A/C
opening. The rope broke!!! while pulling the wire into the ceiling.
Now the broken rope is in the space that I created by gouging the
foam with the fish tape.
So at this point, I drilled up through the roof line with a small drill to mark the corners from the outside. As it was getting on to
late evening and to dark to work much more, I called it a day,
closed up and covered the PUP and am now waiting for a most unusual rain in this part of the country to subside and then dry up.
Looks like my best bet is going to be to run the electric service in wiremold.
to be continued:
stop
