Airstream Air Conditioning

When we purchased the tin can and were in the middle of the gut job in Montana, we decided that an air conditioning unit was not of utmost import considering that the neck of the woods of Montana that we were in never got overly-warm.

Fast forward a couple of years.  Since we are now in climes that are a little warmer, it was time to revisit the air conditioning question.  We removed the old unit when doing the overhaul.  It was not working so we ended up replacing the space with a 'fantastic fan' that can push air in or out of the tin can depending on which direction you crank the fan.

We took the tin can down to Coachmasters  to have them move the fantastic fan to the rear vent and install an A/C unit where the original used to be way back when.  It was a bit of an iterative process.  The team at CM installed a Cree unit that they had been raving about.  I went to pick the unit up after install and they showed just how relatively quiet the unit ran - pretty cool (no pun intended).  Unfortunately the unit was skinny and tall and was a bit of an eye sore.  After looking at the Globetrotter as it sat at home, it became evident that it did not really blend in well with the trailer.  I called the boys back at CM and they offered to remove the current unit and install a low profile unit.  They were a pleasure to work with and really took good care of the Globetrotter and us.

Alas,  here is the new and improved set up (a Dometic 13K unit which should be more than ample to turn the little trailer into an icicle box):