DC AirCon for your boat... it works!
November 01, 2023 by Sailing Fair Isle | Language: EN Play Time: 00:18:17 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
We don’t have built in AC on our boat and frankly I’m glad. It adds complexity, is power hungry and if you have the whole boat air conditioned you tend not to acclimatise to where you are and end up inside rather than out enjoying the wonderful places we visit.
However for the last few years in the Med we’ve had heatwaves that have made sleeping very difficult in high summer and we are now heading for the tropics so things can only get worse!
Or maybe not…
Until recently AC was something you could only really have at the dock on shore power, or by running your generator, things we don’t do. However there are now some excellent low draw, high capacity portable AC units on sale so we decided to do some testing.
This unit from EcoFlow is definitely the best we’ve found so far. It has its own battery and can also be run from our EcoFlow solar power stations. So we can charge the unit during the day at anchor with a solar panel on deck and then run the unit all night so it’s completely self sustaining and very effective giving us the large aft sleeping cabin at the perfect temperature and humidity.
EcoFlow just sent me a discount link below for viewers to get more money off, and it seems there’s some good Black Friday deals as well. This is what they sent me…
Score big this Black Friday with EcoFlow! Save Up To 58% on EcoFlow US from Nov 2nd-30th! And get exceptional Amazon ‘Deal Of The Day’ offers from Nov 17–27.
Check out the links below and use the Fair Isle viewers special code 05EFBFSAFI to get an extra 5% off all deals (Except flash sale products). Only valid until Nov 30th
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