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Date:         Fri, 3 Aug 2001 12:05:34 -0500
Reply-To:     wilden1@JUNO.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: insane AC idea
Comments: To: wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET
Content-Type: text/plain

Solar panels will trickle charge your battery, run a 12v fan, a car radio. I'm speaking of a small 14x14, $125.00 panel. Things may have changed since the last time I installed one on an automatic gate operator but that was the general rule last time I bought one. I will accept being wrong on this one.

Stan 83 Westfalia Air Cooled

On Fri, 3 Aug 2001 08:53:15 -0700 Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> writes: > I'll toss in a question from an admitted electronics numnutz: I've > seen > photos of a van with a solar panel on its roof; how much power can > be gotten > from one of these panels? Enough to drive the AC unit? Adequate to > assist > in driving the unit, perhaps? > > Karl Wolz > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Stann" <ChrisS@INFORMS.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 8:43 AM > Subject: Re: insane AC idea > > > > Just an idea... > > > > If the Westy does not already have A/C, why not mount a second > alternator > > there, and help with the extra current load? Feasible? I don't > mean to > > detract from the heated-but-interesting A/C Frye-day conversation. > > > > Chris. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On > Behalf > > Of David Beierl > > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 10:30 AM > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Subject: Re: insane AC idea > > > > > > At 11:23 AM 8/3/2001, Joe Reed wrote: > > > > We're using a second, deep-cycle 72-amp hour battery > (dedicated to the > > > > a/c -- we're not using the Vanagon car battery) which at 100 > amps > > provides > > >a > > > > cycle of 7.2 hours of continuous draw before requiring > charging. > > > > > > > > >Not *completely stupid*, just got happy with the "0" key -- > that's a > > >*10-amp* load, of course, for a 7.2 hour cycle...not 100-amp > load!! > > > > Danger, Will Robinson -- your six amps at the A/C is going to > translate to > > at least 60 at the battery. > > > > d > > > > > > David Beierl - Providence, RI > > http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ > > '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" > > '85 GL "Poor Relation" > >

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