Thanks for the feedback. Great information...I can't believe it's TOO COLD! I've NEVER had anyone say that in my truck.
I have! It was ME.
My wife and I were on a trip once and stopped at a fast food burger joint. After we ordered...I turned to her and asked "do you really want that Malt & Fries with your order"? I distinctly remember it getting very cold for the duration of that trip.
I'm still sold on the overhead unit mounted on my attic rack. It has built in ducts that I can send forward along the roof line or down on the 2nd row. I won't get any direct cooling below the attic rack but given the open cage design, it should circulate the hot air (rising) nicely.
I think an overhead unit will do fine. We want to break up the temperature strata (front to rear) that occurs in our vehicles...but it isn't necessary to introduce too much cool air at too great a velocity. Generally...most folks have a 'comfort range' of about 70°F to 74°F in the summertime. And will tolerate about 20 fpm (0.1m/sec) to 40 fpm (.2 m/sec) air velocity after the vehicle has cooled down.
You'll be an instant hero if you can just lower the temps back there by 30°-35° from ambient AND move some air around. If possible... avoid having air blowing too hard on anyone. Regardless the temperature it gets annoying.
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