If I remember right, I posted elsewhere that whoever mounted my air conditioner did a real weird job of it, and the compressor is a couple inches too far back to get a good belt line. I'd really like to start taking this truck to work every day, as I'm really not happy with getting into my Trailblazer all grimy and sweaty to go home.
Also, since I'm one of the very few non-smokers (hate the stuff) in the construction biz around here, I thought I'd make my truck into a small non-smoking breakroom for just myself. But... I don't want to run the engine to keep it cool for just the few minutes I'm using it (hard on the engine, that).
A couple remedies I've considered range from mounting a tall camper shell, and running a window unit hooked up to the 110v at work, down to the simplest and cheapest: drawing air through an ice chest mounted heat exchanger, and we have an ice machine at the shop, too. The former could also be powered by a small generator when the truck isn't running (and maybe a big inverter when it is) and can be used in remote locations, such as when I'm basing small airplane operations out of it.
Then again... so can the ice chest.
I still want to get the main a/c fixed regardless, but if anyone has any ideas or other input on the others, fire away.
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