May 2011 - At Marina Cortez Harbor Island, San Diego, CA
Here are the specs for this Mermaid Marine 5200 BTU HVAC unit
We took the Mermaid Marine 5200 btu Air\Heat unit to the boat on Friday. We placed it under the settee. We will build a box or modify the space so the front grill is sealed to the area we are going to AC, the stateroom.
For now though it will be just screwed in place so we can sail etc without it moving around.
Smallest footprint on the market and weighs in at 31.5 lbs. for the unit, and 4.7 lbs for the electrical box! This unit has a rotatable blower and tapers down to a "V" shape for those odd angle discharge installations. We use 4" ducting and recommend a minimum of 2, 4" round supply grills with this installation.
This unit will run off the new Honda eu1000i 1,000 watt portable generator, while in cool mode. Another option is to use a Statpower 1,800 watt inverter and 450+ amp hours of battery power and you can anchor out (one average) for one night. We have actually had success operating the Mermaid Model M5 off as low as a 1000 Watt Inverter and only 400 amp hours of battery power, however, longer operating times, it is recommended to use a higher wattage inverter and a bit more battery power.
On average, this unit is designed to cool cruisers up to 26' and sailboats up to 28'. So it will cool our state room and head just fine with our Honda EU2000i generator and work well with our Mermaid Marine 12,000 btu HVAC unit on shore power.
Opps, need a bigger hole!
Rested it on the stove top
There's the big hole.😁
Placed it under the settee and moving anchor windlass cable we are working on.
It does not take up much space.
Will need to decide if we need to re-route the water tank hoses.
Any way it is there.
The grill or square box on the front is the only part that need to be isolated from the salon. It will get it's air from the stateroom and return it there.
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