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I have a Coleman Rooftop AC thats showing its age. I have never purchased a AC unit, but feel this unit isn't working correctly. (the air blows semi cool at best) The local RV place said they can't be refilled with gas. One of the controls is broken since the plastic is brittle. No big deal on the control I'm sure I can replace it myself with no problem.

Can anyone suggest a cost effective new AC with a heat strip? I have never shopped for one. I only have one AC with a Onan 4000KW working generator. I use propane for the frig. Not even sure where to start looking or how to pick. In AZ I know I really would like a unit that blew Ice Cubes!


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Re: [GMCnet] Coleman Rooftop AC [message #152581 is a reply to message #152569] Sun, 11 December 2011 20:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Michael,

Here's where I bought two Dometic 13,500 BTU Brisk Roof Air Conditioning units last year for my 26' Avion. I added the heat strip in
both units. I don't think you would need or want two units in a 23 foot unit. One 15,000 should be OK.

http://www.adventurerv.net/major-appliances-air-conditioners-c-24_40.html

Unfortunately they are made in China and control knobs that are attached to the roof unit do not align very well with the internal
panel.

They are called hi-effiency units and I have had both of these units running off my 6000 watt Onan in the A/C mode.

If you buy an A/C unit and it is shipped to you I highly recommend that you take it out of the box, take the plastic cover off and
inspect it carefully before you install it!

One of the units I bought from Adventure RV was damaged by FedEx in shipment. When John Sharpe and I examined it carefully we
determined that it had been dropped on the back side (faces rear of GMC as installed). It hit so hard that the compressor bent the
pan to which it was mounted. John and I were able to detach the guts from the pan without damaging anything and straightening out
the pan. When we got done we mounted and fired it up. It vibrated like crazy and sounded like a 747 taking off! I took it to the
local Dometic dealer and he wound up changing the fan. I got lucky and the repair was done under warranty, I didn' tell them it was
shipping damage!

The down side is that they as high as the original units. They are cheaper than the low profile units and don't look as nice. Also
it has been stated here that the height effects gas mileage.

Regards,
Rob M.


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael

I have a Coleman Rooftop AC thats showing its age. I have never purchased a AC unit, but feel this unit isn't working correctly.
(the air blows semi cool at best) The local RV place said they can't be refilled with gas. One of the controls is broken since the
plastic is brittle. No big deal on the control I'm sure I can replace it myself with no problem.

Can anyone suggest a cost effective new AC with a heat strip? I have never shopped for one. I only have one AC with a Onan 4000KW
working generator. I use propane for the frig. Not even sure where to start looking or how to pick. In AZ I know I really would like
a unit that blew Ice Cubes!
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Re: Coleman Rooftop AC [message #152596 is a reply to message #152569] Sun, 11 December 2011 21:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I will look at that website in better detail. But the prices didn't make me fall off my chair. Do most roof top units have the same size roof cut out for the controls? Maybe I'll have to call them with the model # of my Coleman and see what they have available for my Coach. I never saw that site before so thank you greatly!!!!

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Re: [GMCnet] Coleman Rooftop AC [message #152602 is a reply to message #152596] Sun, 11 December 2011 22:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Michael,

To demonstrate an acute grasp on the obvious I would suggest you make a short list of the unit(s) you're interested in then shop
around. I think you'll find that Adventure RV prices are pretty good. You can sign up to receive emails from them when the have
sales.

Look at the S&D (Scratch & Dent) prices if you don't care. You could select a specific unit and then ask what's wrong with it. I
suspect you'll find out - NOTHING. IIRC I paid $469.00 not $499.00 for my 13,500 BTU unit.

The roof opening is a standard 14" x 14".

As I noted you will be best served by a 15,000 BTU unit as that is the MAX you can get in a roof top unit AFAIK.

I have two 13,500 BTU units on Double Trouble in the USA and I can turn it into a meat locker even on the hottest days!

Regards,
Rob M.


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael

I will look at that website in better detail. But the prices didn't make me fall off my chair. Do most roof top units have the same
size roof cut out for the controls? Maybe I'll have to call them with the model # of my Coleman and see what they have available for
my Coach. I never saw that site before so thank you greatly!!!!
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Re: [GMCnet] Coleman Rooftop AC [message #152605 is a reply to message #152602] Sun, 11 December 2011 23:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Mind if I ask a question from someone new to the world of RV's?

Why 2 AC's?


Greg H.

"Your health is bound to be affected if, day after day, you say the opposite
of what you feel, if you grovel before what you dislike... Our nervous
system isn't just fiction, it's part of our physical body, and it can't be
forever violated with impunity."

Doctor Zhivago

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Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 21:44
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>
> I have two 13,500 BTU units on Double Trouble in the USA and I can turn it
> into a meat locker even on the hottest days!
>
> Regards,
> Rob M.
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Re: [GMCnet] Coleman Rooftop AC [message #152607 is a reply to message #152605] Sun, 11 December 2011 23:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Greg,

1) The max you can get in a single roof air is 15,000 BTU of cooling.
2) With two 13,500 BTU roof air units you can get 27,000 BTU of cooling.
3) On a hot humid day in the middle of summer one single 15,000 BTU unit can have problems keeping a GMC cool.
4) Two units can pull down the temp inside a GMC faster than one.
5) If you have two units you have a spare in case one dies.

Regards,
Rob M.
 
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Mind if I ask a question from someone new to the world of RV's?

Why 2 AC's?


Greg H.

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Re: [GMCnet] Coleman Rooftop AC [message #152610 is a reply to message #152607] Mon, 12 December 2011 00:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Thank you, each of those makes sense ( to a degree, if you will pardon the
pun ).

If someone was to live and spend most of their time in a dry climate ( say
mostly back and forth Colorado, where summers mostly top out in the upper
80's ), would 2 units be needed ( or even units that large )? As long as
I can get below 75* ( or even just get to a small area to cool off ) during
the hottest part of the day I'm happy. As for night, as long as the
temperature drops, I'm fine with open windows and a fan ( it's what I
normally do at home during the summer ).

I guess what I'm asking, is how does one calculate just how much cooling a
GMC needs?

.

Greg H.

"Your health is bound to be affected if, day after day, you say the opposite
of what you feel, if you grovel before what you dislike... Our nervous
system isn't just fiction, it's part of our physical body, and it can't be
forever violated with impunity."

Doctor Zhivago

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From: "Rob Mueller" <robmueller@iinet.net.au>
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Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 22:33
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Coleman Rooftop AC


Greg,

1) The max you can get in a single roof air is 15,000 BTU of cooling.
2) With two 13,500 BTU roof air units you can get 27,000 BTU of cooling.
3) On a hot humid day in the middle of summer one single 15,000 BTU unit can
have problems keeping a GMC cool.
4) Two units can pull down the temp inside a GMC faster than one.
5) If you have two units you have a spare in case one dies.

Regards,
Rob M.


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Re: [GMCnet] Coleman Rooftop AC [message #152615 is a reply to message #152610] Mon, 12 December 2011 01:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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<<<<<how does one calculate just how much cooling a
GMC needs?>>>>

depends on several things things: how well your coach is insulated, how maintained theu unit/s are, where the coach spends it's summers, color of your roof, etc.

Best advice is to follow the experience of others with a similar coach in similar locale.


Don Adams Dallas, TX
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Re: [GMCnet] Coleman Rooftop AC [message #152618 is a reply to message #152610] Mon, 12 December 2011 07:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Greg,

The amount of cooling required in a GMC is inversely proportionate to the amount of its insulation and directly propionate to the
amount of biological insulating material between your body's muscular system and subcutaneous layer. ;-)

Regards,
Rob M.

PS - a 23 ft GMC will be fine with one 15,000 BTU unit

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg and April

Thank you, each of those makes sense (to a degree, if you will pardon the pun).

If someone was to live and spend most of their time in a dry climate ( say
mostly back and forth Colorado, where summers mostly top out in the upper
80's ), would 2 units be needed ( or even units that large )? As long as
I can get below 75* ( or even just get to a small area to cool off ) during
the hottest part of the day I'm happy. As for night, as long as the
temperature drops, I'm fine with open windows and a fan ( it's what I
normally do at home during the summer ).

I guess what I'm asking, is how does one calculate just how much cooling a
GMC needs?
.
Greg H.


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Re: [GMCnet] Coleman Rooftop AC [message #152620 is a reply to message #152605] Mon, 12 December 2011 07:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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110+ ambient temperatures heating up a
basically uninsulated aluminum box.

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> From: gregandapril@earthlink.net
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:08:51 -0700
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Coleman Rooftop AC
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> Mind if I ask a question from someone new to the world of RV's?
>
> Why 2 AC's?
>
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> Greg H.

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Re: [GMCnet] Coleman Rooftop AC [message #152626 is a reply to message #152605] Mon, 12 December 2011 08:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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""Mind if I ask a question from someone new to the world of RV's?

Why 2 AC's?

""

When you have a 26 ft in Arizona and it's 115 outside.


Bob de Kruyff
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Chandler, AZ
Re: Coleman Rooftop AC [message #152630 is a reply to message #152569] Mon, 12 December 2011 08:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Or hotter! lol This summer here in AZ was brutal!

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Re: Coleman Rooftop AC [message #152656 is a reply to message #152630] Mon, 12 December 2011 12:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Mr.RadioActive wrote on Mon, 12 December 2011 06:47

Or hotter! lol This summer here in AZ was brutal!


Tell me about it. I timed a trip south to PHX to be after the heat of the year... October.

It was 105 degrees.

I found the circuit breaker for the AC unit had gotten to old and tripped to easily. I could not find a replacement. (It was one of those thin doubled up ones.) 105 with no roof AC, just the dash AC, did not make the wife happy at ALL! (Not to mention how miserable the little fuzzy Pomeranian dog was.)

I swapped the wires so the AC used the other side of the double CB. No problem!

---
Back to buying Air Conditioners:

If you have a 26 foot coach install two. One in the "front hole" so you can use it to cool the cockpit area if you have to. The other should be all the way to the rear. Install a powered vent over the kitchen amidships. (Fantastic Fan?)

Keep in mind that the coach MOVES and you could "have to" make a trip somewhere HOT. Besides, it is always easier to not use something you have than to use something you do NOT have.

That being said, it is hard to justify two AC units on a 23 foot... especially a rear bath. (The only two "holes" are a few feet apart.)

Go with low profile units if you can fit them on your roof. (Around your Pods and stuff.) You might have to install the rear one "backwards." Some say this will effect the unit's airflow.... but most low profile units intake the sides and rear and "exhaust" out the top anyway. Also there isn't much call for running the rear AC while underway.


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Re: [GMCnet] Coleman Rooftop AC [message #152664 is a reply to message #152615] Mon, 12 December 2011 13:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Admittedly, I have been contemplating the use of heat reflecting paint, with
a normal coat of paint on top.

As for locating someone in my local with my model coach, that might be a bit
on the difficult side as I don't have a coach yet - I'm trying to learn all
I can before I make a purchase.
.

Greg H.

"Your health is bound to be affected if, day after day, you say the opposite
of what you feel, if you grovel before what you dislike... Our nervous
system isn't just fiction, it's part of our physical body, and it can't be
forever violated with impunity."

Doctor Zhivago

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Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 0:24
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Coleman Rooftop AC


>
> depends on several things things: how well your coach is insulated, how
> maintained theu unit/s are, where the coach spends it's summers, color of
> your roof, etc.
>
> Best advice is to follow the experience of others with a similar coach in
> similar locale.
>

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Re: [GMCnet] Coleman Rooftop AC [message #152728 is a reply to message #152664] Mon, 12 December 2011 19:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Heat reflecting paint doesn't work anymore when you put another paint on top of it.

Rick M.

Greg and April wrote on Mon, 12 December 2011 14:12

Admittedly, I have been contemplating the use of heat reflecting paint, with
a normal coat of paint on top.

As for locating someone in my local with my model coach, that might be a bit
on the difficult side as I don't have a coach yet - I'm trying to learn all
I can before I make a purchase.
.

Greg H.






1974 26' Canyonlands aka "The General" Clinton, TN
Re: [GMCnet] Coleman Rooftop AC [message #152741 is a reply to message #152728] Mon, 12 December 2011 20:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Good to know - I was assured on another forum that it would work.
.

Greg H.

"Your health is bound to be affected if, day after day, you say the opposite
of what you feel, if you grovel before what you dislike... Our nervous
system isn't just fiction, it's part of our physical body, and it can't be
forever violated with impunity."

Doctor Zhivago

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Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 18:29
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>
>
> Heat reflecting paint doesn't work anymore when you put another paint on
> top of it.
>
> Rick M.
>
> Greg and April wrote on Mon, 12 December 2011 14:12
>> Admittedly, I have been contemplating the use of heat reflecting paint,
>> with
>> a normal coat of paint on top.
>>

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Re: [GMCnet] Coleman Rooftop AC [message #152759 is a reply to message #152741] Mon, 12 December 2011 21:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Greg,

Mark Bennett up in the Gold Coast (Queensland) used this type of paint on his GMC's roof and he's happy with the results.

Regards,
Rob M.

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Good to know - I was assured on another forum that it would work.

Greg H.

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Re: [GMCnet] Coleman Rooftop AC [message #153053 is a reply to message #152581] Thu, 15 December 2011 11:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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In Atlanta August on a blacktop parking lot, one unit in a 23' was marginal.  It would hold 80 at the peak if I let it pull the coach down to about 60 in the morning.  I suspect in Arizona, two would be the move.
 
johnny
 
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From: Rob Mueller <robmueller@iinet.net.au>
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Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Coleman Rooftop AC

Michael,

Here's where I bought two Dometic 13,500 BTU Brisk Roof Air Conditioning units last year for my 26' Avion. I added the heat strip in
both units. I don't think you would need or want two units in a 23 foot unit. One 15,000 should be OK.

http://www.adventurerv.net/major-appliances-air-conditioners-c-24_40.html

Unfortunately they are made in China and control knobs that are attached to the roof unit do not align very well with the internal
panel.

They are called hi-effiency units and I have had both of these units running off my 6000 watt Onan in the A/C mode.

If you buy an A/C unit and it is shipped to you I highly recommend that you take it out of the box, take the plastic cover off and
inspect it carefully before you install it!

One of the units I bought from Adventure RV was damaged by FedEx in shipment. When John Sharpe and I examined it carefully we
determined that it had been dropped on the back side (faces rear of GMC as installed). It hit so hard that the compressor bent the
pan to which it was mounted. John and I were able to detach the guts from the pan without damaging anything and straightening out
the pan. When we got done we mounted and fired it up. It vibrated like crazy and sounded like a 747 taking off! I took it to the
local Dometic dealer and he wound up changing the fan. I got lucky and the repair was done under warranty, I didn' tell them it was
shipping damage!

The down side is that they as high as the original units. They are cheaper than the low profile units and don't look as nice. Also
it has been stated here that the height effects gas mileage.

Regards,
Rob M.


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael

I have a Coleman Rooftop AC thats showing its age. I have never purchased a AC unit, but feel this unit isn't working correctly.
(the air blows semi cool at best) The local RV place said they can't be refilled with gas. One of the controls is broken since the
plastic is brittle. No big deal on the control I'm sure I can replace it myself with no problem.

Can anyone suggest a cost effective new AC with a heat strip? I have never shopped for one. I only have one AC with a Onan 4000KW
working generator. I use propane for the frig. Not even sure where to start looking or how to pick. In AZ I know I really would like
a unit that blew Ice Cubes!
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Re: [GMCnet] Coleman Rooftop AC [message #153058 is a reply to message #153053] Thu, 15 December 2011 13:09 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Johnny,

How many BTU is the unit and how old is it?

Regards,
Rob M.
 

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Sent: Friday, 16 December 2011 4:55 AM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
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In Atlanta August on a blacktop parking lot, one unit in a 23' was marginal.  It would hold 80 at the peak if I let it pull the
coach down to about 60 in the morning.  I suspect in Arizona, two would be the move.
 
johnny
 
'76 23' transmode Norris
'76 palm beach


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From: Rob Mueller <robmueller@iinet.net.au>
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Coleman Rooftop AC

Michael,

Here's where I bought two Dometic 13,500 BTU Brisk Roof Air Conditioning units last year for my 26' Avion. I added the heat strip in
both units. I don't think you would need or want two units in a 23 foot unit. One 15,000 should be OK.

http://www.adventurerv.net/major-appliances-air-conditioners-c-24_40.html

Unfortunately they are made in China and control knobs that are attached to the roof unit do not align very well with the internal
panel.

They are called hi-effiency units and I have had both of these units running off my 6000 watt Onan in the A/C mode.

If you buy an A/C unit and it is shipped to you I highly recommend that you take it out of the box, take the plastic cover off and
inspect it carefully before you install it!

One of the units I bought from Adventure RV was damaged by FedEx in shipment. When John Sharpe and I examined it carefully we
determined that it had been dropped on the back side (faces rear of GMC as installed). It hit so hard that the compressor bent the
pan to which it was mounted. John and I were able to detach the guts from the pan without damaging anything and straightening out
the pan. When we got done we mounted and fired it up. It vibrated like crazy and sounded like a 747 taking off! I took it to the
local Dometic dealer and he wound up changing the fan. I got lucky and the repair was done under warranty, I didn' tell them it was
shipping damage!

The down side is that they as high as the original units. They are cheaper than the low profile units and don't look as nice. Also
it has been stated here that the height effects gas mileage.

Regards,
Rob M.


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael

I have a Coleman Rooftop AC thats showing its age. I have never purchased a AC unit, but feel this unit isn't working correctly.
(the air blows semi cool at best) The local RV place said they can't be refilled with gas. One of the controls is broken since the
plastic is brittle. No big deal on the control I'm sure I can replace it myself with no problem.

Can anyone suggest a cost effective new AC with a heat strip? I have never shopped for one. I only have one AC with a Onan 4000KW
working generator. I use propane for the frig. Not even sure where to start looking or how to pick. In AZ I know I really would like
a unit that blew Ice Cubes!
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Regards, Rob M. (USAussie) The Pedantic Mechanic Sydney, Australia '75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428 '75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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You can do all the insulation you want, but with our glass area it's still a greenhouse on wheels. Most of the gain is solar and both units are needed on a 26 in the sun. The good thing about 2 is you can run the front at night if you sleep in back and not have all the wind and noise directly above you. Once the sun is down that is.

John Lebetski
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