Slide out AC in cargo door

A slide out grill?! That is clever, but not sure I would want to grill that close to my trailer.

Hi, all:

I have a Shasta Compact, and the cargo door is smaller than any window air conditioner that I have been able to find after an extensive search.  I have considered getting a free-standing AC unit which would sit outside, and making a fitted replacement door that routes the cool air duct into a vent under the rear couch of the Compact.  This, however, has its own set of problems...the air would not recirculate, and thus one would always be cooling ambient temperature air, making the unit work very hard.  It would also render the built-in thermostat useless.

I suppose one could make a door that accommodated both a return duct and the cool air duct, blowing cool air into the camper, then returning it to the unit via a second hose.  Still, the unit itself would be sitting out in the heat, and using energy like there's no tomorrow.

Anybody have any thoughts on this?

Best wishes,

Pod

You might stop by your local fire department many medics and fire trucks have slide out drawers for generators and other such equipment and you could get an idea of how the slide unit is set up.

Sorry that was to page 3. Here is the page one link.
vintagetrailertalk.freeforums.net/thread/141/disasta-revisited-1962-shasta-sc16#page=1

Again, this thread was on the Vintage Shasta Forum and was removed just before the forum was shut down. Flyingham is kindly rebuilding the thread for us on here. He is not done and unfortunately hasn't gotten to the AC part yet. Sorry I don't have any pics. I'll see if he will send me some. 

I just did this on my trailer. I had had a heater in the side closet on the curb side. I replaced it with a Wave6 as it leaked propane. This left some space, then I decided to put in a window ac. I found a grill for a fridge that looked about the right size, and I put it on the side of the trailer in place of the heater exhaust, which required enlarging and framing. I mounted a 5000 BTU ac on drawer slides meant for 100 lb while the ac is about 50 lbs. This was the largest unit that would fit the space a max of 12.75 inches tall. The unit is in a plywood box I built. The ac now slides 10" out the side of the trailer when in use, and slides into the closet when not in use. In testing in my yard, it seems to work well. I hope one of our trips in the next few months is hot so I can really test it.

You'll need at least 15" of clearance under the bed for the A/C. Our Shasta Deluxe had only 11", so it was a no go...