At 03:23 PM 1/21/00 -0700, CARY CHIANG wrote: >Westy's roof in place of the vent hatch. It was so heavy I could not lift the >top more than a few inches. Prolly full of water... > I only saw 5 buttons for controls; 2 for fan >speed and 3 for low to high humidity. I am not familiar with these devices >and was wondering how they compare to an air conditioner, especially in >regards to what type of climates/temperatures are best suited to each? They don't work where it's humid. The dryer and hotter it is the better they work. Just how well that is, though, I don't know. >Someone once told me they can make the air feel "cooler", but I don't >understand how, other than a "dry" heat is better than a "wet" one. They work because every gram of water they evaporate sucks about half a kilocalorie of heat out of the air. So when conditions favor evaporation they cool the air considerably. > Also, >would this monster be capable of "conditioning" the air in a westy at rest on >battery or only on shore power, They only use electricity for a fan and maybe a little pump -- the heat transfer is by the evaporation of water. You might have to find a train station to fill the water tank, though -- better add some railroad wheels <g>. > and is it a possible option to a real air >conditioner only while driving, if at all? No data... David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.