Air & Genset loc. on '83-'90 28' Mariner/Voyagers?

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I want to find out more about where the HVAC system components are located on 1983 through 1990 Mariner & Voyagers. I am considering adding this prior to my launch this year instead of hanging a window unit in the cabin.

I am posting a separate posting on air conditioning install in the main section but wanted to find out from you carver experts where the factory located the components for the air conditioning/reverse heat.

Also, where in the heck did they manage to locate the optional 3.0 kw generator. Anyone have one on board? How badly does it make engine access? This is a project for a year or two down the road, if I feel the need, probably not though. Just curious on this one.

Thanks for all of your help. I am chomping at the bit to get my hands on my new boat, it's nice to have the "kid at Christmas" feeling again.

Thanks,

Jim
 
jim - some with limited space for a genset use a small portable unit, like the honda 2000, and strap it to the swim platform. one obvious benefit, aside from cost and permanent engine compartment space savings, is you can take it home with you and use it there if needed. if i ever put a/c into my boat, that's probably what i'd do.
 
Do not install an air conditioner in the engine room - even a marine one. They are not ignition rated.

I installed an air conditioner myself in my last boat - a 1999 Four Winns Vista 268. It was a very cramped installation.

I don't know about the mariners, but on my boat, the air units are tucked in between the exterior hull and interior walls. There is about a foot of space on each side of the boat in the main salon - and that is where they put them.

It is common practice to install two smaller air units rather than one large one, as it cuts down on the duct work and two small ones are easier to fit.

Even then, with 2 units, there is usually a box that allows either unit to turn on the water pump, so that you only need one thru-hull in the bottom, and two discharge thru-hulls on the sides, with one pump. The pumps are ignition rated, and usually in the bilge or engine room - below the waterline so that they are easily primed.

If you would like, I have web page that details the installation, with photos and such. Its not on a Carver, but should still be pretty useful for a source of information.

While I am no expert in air conditioners - the extent of my knowledge is you turn the thermostat down, and the air comes on. But if I can install one, anyone should be able to.

But one word of warning. Although I am pretty handy at boat projects, I am not sure if I would install another - at least in a 26ft boat, due to the cramped area you have to work with.

Aftermarket installers normally get about $2K for labor for installing one; that ain't enough (at least for a small boat).
 
Jim...the unit itself is mounted under the forward dinette seat, and the water intake and sea strainer are located in the bilge along centerline (next to the keel)plmbing teh hoses will be the issue as Caver built a cabinet for them to run through in the head. I've seen installs where they have the silver hose running right through the head and it's tied in place.
 
Nowadays its amazing how small and compact air conditioning units are. We sell a 25' Stingray cabin cruiser that has an incredibly small footprint for the A/C. And with the new electronic display/control units - we "bragged" about the fact that our control unit was the same as the one in the 52' Ovation at the NY Boat Show...

My 1980 Mariner has a rather small cool-only unit that takes the place of a drawer under the dinette. It was very well installed by a good marine mechanic on behalf of the boat's previous owner...
 
My 85 36 mariner has the salon unit under the bar on the port side. The stateroom unit is under the master bed ( with the holding tank, yuk ).
 
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