Lesse, the current draw of the air conditioner, the efficiency loss of the inverter . . . You are going to need 8 guage jumper cables from your deep-cycle battery to the inverter. Don't worry about getting the wires too hot, your battery will only last about 5 minutes anyway! :-) Michael
---------- > From: Joe Reed <joe.reed@MINDSPRING.COM> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: insane a/c project > Date: Friday, August 03, 2001 7:27 AM > > > Joe, > > What is the model make of the unit? Where did you buy it? It is 12v > powered? > > > > Thanks, > > Dave > > > > -=-=-=- > > > > It's a Whirlpool, model ACM062XK, and nope, it's not a 12-volt, but that's > why we're adding a fairly high-end quality inverter. Don't know THAT model > yet 'cause I dunno beans about 'em...one of my fellow escapees from the > loony bin on this project is an electrical engineer, circuit board designer, > etc...he's to blame -- I mean, responsible -- for picking that out and it's > still in research mode right now. > > I bought the unit at my friendly neighborhood Lowes for $149. It's fairly > quiet too -- the a/c I mean, not the Lowes -- much quieter than I thought it > would be. |
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