Air conditioning costs

Post by **easyeee** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:23 am

About to install ac in a 28th does anyone have info on costs that I can compare thank you

Post by **Capt Ron** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 12:33 pm

I installed a 5,000 BTU unit (cold and heat) myself a few years ago. As best I can remember the cost was around $1,800.

Post by **easyeee** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 7:28 pm

is the 5000 btu enough I was thinking 8000 so I could leave the cabin open and pull the curtains down

Post by **easyeee** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 7:31 pm

I was going to have the marina do it got a price of 4600.00 for everything

Post by **jms02050** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 10:44 am

In 2013 I had Ocean Options, Inc, out of Tiverton, RI, install a 10k BTU Marine Air unit (Vector Turbo Self-Contained VTD10K-HV). This included everything from the thru-hull, pump, wiring, building the shelf for the unit to sit on under the forward berth, etc. Total cost was around $6k. The unit provides both heat and AC.

Post by **easyeee** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 6:28 pm

Thanks if you have a 28 it must be like a fridge

Post by **carolmarie** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 11:40 pm

Dear Jim S. :
A very realistic value. Capt. Ron hit the jackpot on his!

Post by **jms02050** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 6:44 pm

The unit is great. Set it and forget it. And yes, it can get cold if you want it too. It's one of those things where once you do it you'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner.

Post by **Mark Deeser** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 9:14 pm

AC was not in my plans but another Florida afternoon says life is to short for this.

Post by **Serenity** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 8:09 pm

I purchased a 6000 btu unit from MarinAire out of Florida with all the fittings for $1500. Had Marine Specialists in Ronkonkoma install it for $1400. System works great and Marine Specialists does an excellent installation. Big asset I had was my 28 came with the thru hull for the raw water pick up.

Post by **catalina_mike** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:02 pm

Bigger is not necessarily better. The unit needs to run long enough to provide De-humidification as well as cooling.

Post by **easyeee** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 6:11 pm

How long ago did you have it installed I also have the thru hull fitting already done

Post by **Pitou** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 9:50 am

easyeee wrote:is the 5000 btu enough I was thinking 8000 so I could leave the cabin open and pull the curtains down

Not sure if you've made your move on this yet, but my factory install from Albin on my 28 to cool both cabin and pilot house was a 10,000 BTU unit. I had the Alaskan bulkhead and the 10K was adequate, but required an outlet in the pilot house as well.

Post by **Serenity** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 10:24 am

It was installed in April. The benefit was the yacht was till on the hard in my backyard. This made it easier to install the thru hull for the unit to drain on the port side by the sink drain. The installation only took 8-10 hours. The first day they glassed in the support and the following day completed the installation. I also had them install a t-fitting with a shut off valve before the strainer. I put in a stainless steel washing machine hose off the valve to an water inlet at the helm area to flush out and winterize the ac unit.

Post by **Serenity** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 5:48 pm

Had the opportunity to use the ac while we were at Watch Hill, Long Island. Had the temp set for 72 with the hatch open. Worked great, in fact wife complained it was to cold

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