It's summer. And if you're like us sweating your butts off
right now, don't worry. We're going to be so cool. It's
really hot right now because the AC that we're going to work
on is not on. And a lot of you guys commented below in our AC
video where we had to fix the baffle you guys were like get
RV Airflow, you won't be disappointed and guess what?
We're doing it. Wow, she's ripping hard over there. Is this
on low? It's on low. Dang, these things are ripping. Our friend
over at RV Airflow, Art... Yes. Reached out and said hey I got a
couple of those puppies for you and I'm like send them over
because our ACs are having problems with keeping up with the
heat and I'm sure you're in the same circumstance. But the cool
part about this upgrade we're doing today guys is we are
doing a ton of before and after measurements. We're collecting
all the data, the Hanks data for you. Who gave the Hank's these
tools? We're going to compare before and after if you can
only run one AC. So, maybe you have two ACs but you're only on
30 amp for a couple nights and you're wondering, can I
survive? Well, with the RV Airflow, maybe you can. So,
let's, let's see. Strap in folks. We're going to get those
ACs kicking off real well. So I think the important thing to do
before we do any installation of this bad boy is to collect
data of how our ACs are running. The airflow, the
temperature. What do you got going on right here? I made a
little diagram. Oh do show us. We have six vents here in
the main living room. One in the bathroom and two in the
bedroom. You know we might have to do like multiple data
collections because there's going to be so many scenarios
where you only have one AC that has to cool down your entire
RV. So, we're going to see if we just run the living room AC,
how it keeps the entire RV cooled. So, couple things
before we get started is these do hickeys right here. An
anemometer and then, I don't even know what this thing's
called but you hook this puppy into here. You put it over the
vent and then it gives you a really clear reading of how
much air is being pushed out of the ACs. Our intentions are to
measure each of these before we get started. We're going to
then run over some basics of how your AC works and then
finally, yes, you asked for the gold standard. We're going to
actually get fixed results of how well these RV airflows
actually work. Just for the record, the way we're testing
all of these is one AC on one setting of being low and the
reason we're doing that is because not everyone has
multiple ACs. So, it'll give us really good readings and data
that we can like refer back to and see how well we're making
progress. You know what I mean? Progress is where it's at. Talk
about being able to run one AC to save on electricity, run it
on low, and not only that, these things are designed to be
more quiet which we're really excited about. Thanks, Hanks.
Cuz movie nights are going to be so much more enjoyable. Yes,
they will, Ney Ney. Actually, we'll be able to hear the TV
for once instead of being like huh? Look at this bad boy. Give
me that. I'm doing it. Oh. I'm doing it. Can I do this one?
Well, that hooks to this. You're just miss bossy pants
today. Lock that puppy in place. That ain't going
anywhere. Are you in there, Ney Ney? Whoa. Look at that. So,
this piece right here is going to go completely around
one of those vents there and then spinny fan do hickey thing on
the back there is going to measure how fast that air is
coming out. Man look at this bad boy. I'm like... I feel like
this is what cops use to pull over people. We should stand
outside the RV park and measure when people come in and be like...
Do you have a license for that thing? Slow it down? Sir, speed
limit is five and three quarters miles an hour, five
and three quarters miles an hour. So we're going to have to
gladly and kindly ask you to leave the park. Okay, according
to this do hickey and according to the book, we're
going to be measuring feet per minute. We're also going to be
measuring cubic feet per minute and temperature in Fahrenheit.
That is so exciting. Here is the issue. We are not going to
be able to fit this over that one. I tried, it doesn't fit.
Oh, the stinking... We're basically going to do the best
we can with that one and we're just going to... we're going to
alter it the Hank's way. That's right. Where's my pen? So, this
one isn't even running, this one will be running. Do I make
myself clear? I said it again. So, what do you say we start
getting some measurements? This is so much fun. Let's go for
it. Let er rip. You let er rip. Get up there. Make some
measurements. I'll be your data person. I'll write it down.
We'll write it down. You guys are with me, right? You're not
with Ney Ney. You don't want to go up there. It's dangerous.
You're going to be standing on unsafe conditions but that's
okay. We're nurses. We're ER nurses. So, if you break your
neck or break your leg, I'll I'll fix you right up. Put a
band aid on it? Yeah, call it good. Let me help you out here.
Let's get you all set up there. Okay. So, what we're doing is
not taking this off as long as we keep them all on, I think
the data should be like comparable. Dude. If I say data
one more time. Yeah, you sound like such a nerd. Just get to
it. You know what you're doing. You've done this before,
haven't you? Okay. Let me get a bird's eye view here what we
got going on. So, I'm going to need you to write this down for
me. Give me a second. Let me get everyone on board here.
We're ready for you. It's like so all over the place. Ready.
Hold on. Okay, this one went all the way up to 407.
Feet per minute, 407. Oh, it's hanging around. New
plan. We are going to take the vent covers off because what
I'm learning is that the air is like bouncing all over this
thing and the readings are all over the place. Okay, let er rip.
Oh, wow. That's working good. Let me get everyone over
here. We're going to write down the numbers. You throw out the
numbers but don't be too aggressive, okay? We got
feelings here. We just want to write them down normally. This
thing's kind of difficult especially when you're not
savvy with tools like we are. So, we found a way that this
thing will do like a timed average for CPM or CMP or TNT.
I'm dynamite. TNT. That's a lot to process. Oh, we're almost at
twenty. Oh, we're there. What do you got? Wow, 970.
970. Man, that thing is big. Alright, 970.
It's really coming out here versus that side. Yeah, it's
like kind of uneven, huh? It's not equally dispersed. Oh, I
screwed it up. This one's supposed to go over here.
970. I'll put 970 here. 256. 54.6 And then
we'll just pretend this never happened over here. I'll
remember, trust me, I know what I'm doing here, alright? I got
this. Have faith in Carl.
Alright, to run over some of the basics real fast of how the
AC works. As stated before, in our other videos, it's like the
human body with breathing. You breathe in oxygen and you take
out CO2 and the AC does the exact same thing. It pushes
cold air in and sucks hot air back out and that's exactly how
it works. So, lots of good ventilation is key and that's
what we're going to hopefully kind of nip in the butt today
because there's a lot of dead space up here and what do I
mean by dead space? Well, if you were to take a big breath
in, and breathe all the way out there's still some air left in
your trachea no matter how hard you breathe it just sits in
there, you can't get rid of it and that's dead space. And
that's exactly all the air that sits up in here, in this cavity.
It just sits there and it's not getting pushed beyond the
ducting so when we put this RV airflow in, hopefully it's
going to get rid of that dead space and make that air move a
little bit more adequately. These are the vent covers. If
you do not partake in anything related this video, stay on top
of cleaning these because if these get all junked up, it's
going to prevent that airflow when it's trying to suck that
hot air out. It's going to be unable to do so. It will lead
to things called short cycling where basically the motor
freezes up. You don't want to go down that avenue. Just keep
it clean. And to further continue our surgical procedure
here doctor, I'm going to remove four phillip screws
around the area here. You really don't need much surgical
tools. It just all comes so naturally. Boom. Look at that.
We're almost done. No, we're not. We're not almost done.
Voila. Come on. Done. So. Wow. Look at that. Look at that.
Look at that. It's a hole. It's a hole. Wow. What a hole. Wow.
What a hole. So, basically, this up here is the part that
pushes that cold air down and you could see these vents right
here. That's where it gets distributed throughout the RV.
And then this side here sucks all the hot air back out so
that it's like continuously doing a cold push, hot blow,
whatever you want to call it. And then this bad boy here in
the middle, that's your baffle and that keeps the two areas
divided, you want that. You don't want to mix them together
because you just don't. And speaking directly to that
baffle that I mentioned we're going to have to take that
puppy out because this RV airflow is going to do
everything we need it to.
Who needs this anyways? Nobody needs your negative attitude.
Let's get all this junk out of our way here. This is so
satisfying. Let me get one for you guys here. You like that?
Instruction sheet. It comes with instructions. Wow. This is
great. Remove ceiling assembly. I did that already so we're on
the right step. Did not fit? Let's hope we're not going down
this avenue. Yeah. And then the actual do hicky here. Oh, this
is so cool. Wow. Look. Oh and provide foil tape. Oh, that's a
nice touch. Yeah. So, you don't have to go buy this at the
hardware store. I was going to say you need this but not
anymore. Let er rip. Okay. This is that piece I was talking
about. This is the RV Airflow here. So, this is going to take
up that little blowy part up there, that hole, it's going to
sit right up against it and then, it's going to distribute
it through these ports here how it's divided. Boom and it's
going to push it throughout the ducting. Look it and it all
connects. You see? Wow. What about this? Go with these do?
That is for the actual vents up there but it looks like we already
have ones in place already. Okay. So, once you get the
shower plate removed, you're going to have access to this
whole area where all that dead space is taking place. This is
called the plenum. So, now we're going to take off this
mounting plate which is this thin metal piece that goes
around the whole area here. You'll notice four lag bolts
here and we're going to take em off with the 5 1/6 inch drive.
So, we're going to get those loosened up here and all the
way out. This is what holds your AC in. Don't use these bad
boys by hand because you're going to be twisting and
turning a lot. Look how long these puppies are. Look at it.
This is, this is ridiculous. I'm going in. Everyone look out.
When these screws come out, what's going to fall on us?
Nothing. Are you sure? No. Yeah, I think the better
question to be asking is what's going to fall on Carl.
Yeah, I'm over here. I'm just going to step back. I'll let you
know in just a second. Oh, wow. Wow. Wow. Coming off. Dad's
getting all crazy over here, okay? Yeah, you stay protected.
Mounting plate. So, when we actually put the RV Airflow
back in, this will cover it and then we're going to drive those
lag bolt screws, whatever you want to call em back through
this and the RV Airflow to hold it all in place. Can I get a
whoop whoop? Whoop whoop. Okay we're going to work on the
excitement. We're going to get it all cleaned up in here, any
loose wiring, we want out of the way because we don't be
cramming junk in there and just be like... You know what I'm
saying? So as you can see I had to clean it up in here really
nice and good. I have removed all the excess foil tape. I
removed the stock duct inserts that fit in here pulled them
out there. And then I just took some of the wire and covered it
with foil taping so that it's out of the way and all bunched
up together. That way I'm not having to fight it when I'm
putting the actual airflow in. So it wants us to make sure
when you put this in that those bolts go through these holes.
Yes. And if not that we have to shift the entire AC unit
around. Right right. Yeah. So those bolts that we just
took out are going to go through these pre-drilled areas
already. I'll switch you. Give me them and you take this.
Okay. Okay. Ready? Okay. Come on. Wow. Is it toasty? It's
toasty. We're going to really.. Toast my loast here. Putting the
headlamp on. It's getting serious. Not threading? Need
safety goggles. Yeah. Yeah, you got all the... wow. Where's your
hard hat? Alright, now that we're good here. You know, this
AC for whatever reason it lines up perfectly here. Get a good
thread on. Can I try? You want, you want the thinking cap?
Yeah. Okay, so I went ahead and move that AC over just so
slightly. Honestly, so far, this is the hardest part is
just when you take those lag bolts out just getting it all
lined up. Once they're out, You can move that AC however you
want it. So just small increments. Yeah. And then put
the RV Airflow in place, hand screw it in place and make sure
it all lines up perfectly. Make adjustments accordingly. That's
a pain in the butt. But once that's done, looking good. I
can't believe that you can just like move that AC. Isn't that
amazing? But that's what those bolts. So the bolts. Yes.
Secure the AC to like the actual RV. Yes. The ceiling.
Absolutely. You got that right and it's hard to take with
those lights and those glasses on. Oh. Yeah. I thought it'd be
easy to. Don't I look smart? You do look so smart. Thanks. I
want to see because these ducts are weird. Your ducts are
weird. My ducks are in a row. You're going to be tempted to
skip this part but because I was thinking about skipping it
but I have instructions for a reason. So, I'm going to stick
this onto this part. Whoa. You've done this before. Look
at you go. Love it. Yup, that fits like a glove. I love it.
Okay. Man, that was actually really easy. So, this just
kind of holds a little barrier in between the actual air vent
itself and this plenum piece here. Okay. There's that little
foam barrier and it helps not allow air to escape around it.
You know what I'm saying? So, that's going to flow the air.
That's going to flow the air right into these bad boys out
here. I have a feeling this is going to work out really good.
I can't wait to see what the numbers say. And look at that.
Wow. Hot air is still able to escape through this side and
then the cold air is going to be blocked and shoved out these
vents really really well. Wow. Can't wait. It is so stinking hot in
here. Yeah, it's going to be the like it's over 80 degrees
in here. So, if this cools it down, it's going to be the
ultimate test and the hottest time of day. Just make sure if
you do plan on tackling this project just in case you run
into a little bit of a snag or anything. Make sure you're not
going to have any rain outside because we are releasing some
of this pressure on the AC. It might allow seepage of rain
to come in. So, once those bolts are out, nothing's
holding that AC down. So, just make sure it's on a clear day.
Finally ready to go. Hopefully, nothing explodes when we turn
turn it on. That would be a plus. Ugh. So these are no
longer a thing these dump valves. Yeah. Because that RV
Airflow prevents. They're blocked. Yeah. They're dumped. Let's
give this a trial run. Let's make it happen. It's 81° in
here. I'll turn it on and you listen over here. You stand
over here. Oh okay. I guess we'll let's go over here. Let's
get up to close to the action. Just coming up here, you can
feel it cranking out really well. It's like super nice.
This is awesome. The one to your right, it it cranks out
the most. Why did it, why do we wait so long to do this. This
is so silly. It's the Hank's way. We're hard headed. So, we
just like wait til the very last minute but especially with
these increased temperatures lately in the summer. You know
how hot it is. It's hot everywhere. This is the way to
go. Okay. I'm ready to read numbers. I'm not. I'm not. Hold
on. Okay. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. What we got?
387. Okay. Temperature 79. 79.
27.2 cubic feet per minute. Copy that. Went up from 322 to 387
and then the cubic feet per minute was 22.7 originally now
we're at 27.2 but this next vent is really going to rip, I
bet. I'm ready because originally we are at 1023 for
feet per minute on this what do we have? 1432. 1432 so we gained
over 400 feet per minute. Wow that's, that's quite a bit. Okay
CFM 71.8. 100.6. Whoa, okay so... Wow it went from 71. 8 to 100.6.
Actually, it is already cooling down like crazy in here. Yeah.
Alright, what do you got? Are you done calculating, crunching
numbers? Yes and I'm really excited because these numbers
are great. Really? So, the total increase in like the
airflow in feet per minute. Yeah. It went from 3079 to
4902, which is a 59% increase. Are you serious? 59% is
cranking out more. So, we just like tallied the total of both
of all the events and did like a total airflow. You guys, went
in on these cool vibes because it's hot across the board. Make
sure you use our discount code. It's THANKSHANKS and it will
land you 15% off. Please do not pay full price for these
products. You don't need to be doing that. Save yourself some
money. RV life is expensive enough as it is. Keep the cool
vibes coming. We love you guys and we'll see you next week.
Peace. Wait, before we do this, I want to measure the average
speed at which I yell at Carl. Look at this bad boy. It's
called a.... Dexter, come help us. Strap in folks. We're going to
get those ACs kicking off real well. Let's go. Pretend that's
my face you're just yelling into. Right here. This is my
face. What are you doing in there?
I gotta go this way actually. Ney Ney. We're starting this
already? 7 seconds. Push it. Push it. Push it. Uh the
velocity that I yell at him is 27 feet per minute. Temperature is
81.2 and the cubic feet per minute is 1.9.
And that ladies and gentlemen is how we do it in the Hank's
household. Welcome.