Need A/C in your truck?
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OMFG!!!!!!!!! That is the absolute most hilarious thing I've ever seen. That cab is now a refrigirator.
Hahahahaha..Smarter than your average Southern Redneck
Wouldn't it be cheaper just to have AC installed in your truck at an AC shop ??
He doubled the value of that beater...
What a suprise. Notice the nicely used roll of duct tape in the cab?
'Course, all together, that's $430 LOL
No, you could not get an A/C installed for that. You could probably find all the parts on Ebay/junkyard for that, but, that would require a little more finesse...
Actually not it only puts out 5200 Btu/Hr. which is way less than an auto A/C. What this guy did actually makes a lot of sense. Its cheaper to install than a conventional A/C..it will never need a charge and if the A/C goes bad..back to Walmart for another 100 dollar one. The more I think about it..the guy is ahead of his timequote:
Originally posted by Drew99GT:
OMFG!!!!!!!!! That is the absolute most hilarious thing I've ever seen. That cab is now a refrigirator.
Man, this person should be working for NASA. I bet he could do some good improvements on the space shuttle, is that outside the box or what..
I bet that thing would kick the crud outa my Corollas A/C!
Hmmm. Al, you are right. They talked about this years ago, but this it the closest thing I've seen to reality. Mass production making an entire system modular and cheap to replace...
Now I don't understand everything that I know about it but I was thinkin'...
Good thing he has the AC unit 'cuz that inverter is gonna blow sooo much heat!
Once he goes into mass production with this idea he should mount the unit in the rear window for the true trailer trash experience.
Good thing he has the AC unit 'cuz that inverter is gonna blow sooo much heat!
Once he goes into mass production with this idea he should mount the unit in the rear window for the true trailer trash experience.
I think those inverters are about 85% effecient, so the heat losses(Heat produced) on that set up would be a bit over 100 watts.
Awesome!
Most of the pickups I see running around never have anything in the bed anyways, so why not put a house air conditioner in the there.
I think it would have been better mount the AC unit on the passenger side to balance the load a little, and to avoid icicles on my backside. But then again maybe he has a fat girlfriend, so it evens out anyways.
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Sure does put out less. Most people don't figure what it's like to cool a glass house with no insulation. The 70's R12 auto units could cool a 2000+^ft house. He may have enough push to keep it comfortable.
Oddly enough ..I had often thought of how much money I would save adapting an automotive unit (the 20k btu size) for home use.
Where's he going to get the 125 to 200 continuous Amps to run the inverter to power that poor little undersized AC that will be running flat out?quote:
Originally posted by Gary Allan:
Sure does put out less. Most people don't figure what it's like to cool a glass house with no insulation. The 70's R12 auto units could cool a 2000+^ft house. He may have enough push to keep it comfortable.
Oddly enough ..I had often thought of how much money I would save adapting an automotive unit (the 20k btu size) for home use.
[ May 27, 2005, 01:09 AM: Message edited by: XS650 ]
Gary,quote:
Originally posted by Gary Allan:
Sure does put out less. Most people don't figure what it's like to cool a glass house with no insulation. The 70's R12 auto units could cool a 2000+^ft house. He may have enough push to keep it comfortable.
Oddly enough ..I had often thought of how much money I would save adapting an automotive unit (the 20k btu size) for home use.
personally, I'd go for the Rovac that I saw in my Grand-Dad's old mech illustrated magazines in the 60s.
They actually used an expander to retrieve some of the energy, rather than a needle valve, resulting in less power input, and lower air temps.
That A/C pulls 5.6 Amps @ 120 volts The inverter is about 85% effecient. It's closer to 60 amps, which is still a bit much for the 55 amp alternator. Where it's located though, it should be cycling enough to let the alternator keep up. If he does duct it so it would run continously, he's gonna' need a bigger alternator though...quote:
Originally posted by XS650:
Where's he going to get the 125 to 200 continuous Amps to run the inverter to power that poor little undersized AC that will be running flat out?
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