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Date:         Sat, 30 Mar 2002 23:05:25 -0600
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Air Conditioner
Comments: To: napszeerf@yahoo.com
Comments: cc: napszeerf@yahoo.com
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Real simple! Have the plastic company cut it in 1/4" acrylic, then get the PVC parts from Ace Hardware. Don't forget the screen wire on the pipe, bugs hurt when they are coming at you at thirty miles an hour.

Stan

On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 20:50:36 -0800 (PST) phil stanhope <napszeerf@yahoo.com> writes: > Thats neat! How did you cut a circle into the glass?? > > > --- Stan Wilder <wilden1@juno.com> wrote: > > I'm not knocking any gadget that anybody wants to > > try. > > I'm a fresh air nut, shame we haven't got any in my > > town ........ have to > > get about 60 miles out to get fresh air. > > I built a crazy little air vent that worked good for > > me. > > > http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/vent.htm > > and that doofus > > AC that is in the third picture. > > I'd think that you could build a good cooler with a > > tube type oil cooler > > circulating water that was in a ice chest packed > > with ice, use a little > > sink pump in a coil of copper tubing in the cooler > > to keep the water > > flowing and a good Chinese PepBoys fan to blow past > > the oil cooler. What > > a mess though. > > > > Stan > > > > > > On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 20:23:11 -0800 phil stanhope > > <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM> > > writes: > > > But what if you can make your own Ice for short > > trips? > > > Did you check out this link: > > > http://www.swampy.net/im30.html > > > It has a BIG separate Igloo cooler that it pipes > > cool > > > water from. That cooler looks like it holds 10 > > gallons > > > of ice. > > > THey quote: > > > " a 48 quart Ice Chest filled with ice will give > > from > > > 4 to 5 hours of cooling. The water contained in > > your > > > Ice Chest is cooled by ice or ice substitutes like > > > reusable Freeze Packs which are available in many > > > local stores in most areas. Another great feature > > is > > > that you can always get cooler air from an > > IceStrMystr > > > than a standard Evaporative Cooler, even after the > > ice > > > melts. This is posible because of the two stage > > > cooling process. A fully charged 105 amp hour deep > > > cycle battery should last from 8 to 12 hours on > > low or > > > medium speeds without charging." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM> wrote: > > > > At a $1.29 a bag you could pay for a good Toyota > > in > > > > a month of driving in > > > > Texas when we get 30 consecutive days over 100 > > f. > > > > I always try to include that little (f) when I > > give > > > > temperatures cause > > > > the Canadians are scared that Texas is hell. > > > > > > > > Stan > > > > > > > > On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 19:40:48 -0800 mike > > > > <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> writes: > > > > > Probably work great but stopping every 30-40 > > > > minutes for more ice > > > > > would get > > > > > to be a drag pretty quickly I think. > > > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > > :>) > > > > > > > > > > > From: phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM> > > > > > > Reply-To: phil stanhope > > <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM> > > > > > > Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 18:55:49 -0800 > > > > > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > > > Subject: Re: Air Conditioner > > > > > > > > > > > > Has anyone heard of these ice assisted > > > > evaporating AC > > > > > > units? They plug into your cigarette lighter > > and > > > > they > > > > > > say it only needs to be refilled with ice > > every > > > > 30-40 > > > > > > minutes for maximim cooling. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.swampy.net/icemystr.html > > > > > > http://www.swampy.net/im30.html > > > > > > > > > > > > Snake Oil or?? > > > > > > > > > > > > Phil84' Westy Tiico (The Millenium Falcon) > > > > > > 60' Morris Mini1340CC > > > > > > 84' Westfalia Wolfsburg edition--FOR SALE-SE > > > > > > VENDE!!!!!!(Florida Title/2nd owner) > > > > > > AC, PS, 4spd. Super clean interior, Captains > > > > chairs, > > > > > > rare removeable center bench seat for 6 > > > > passenger > > > > > > capability. Body has some rusty seams > > > > > > Rolling Chassis-(Has NO engine)-Perfect for > > a > > > > > > conversion project!!! Tiico? Subaru? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM> wrote: > > > > > >> Back in the early sixties Chrysler came out > > > > with > > > > > >> their electronic > > > > > >> ignition, a turbine car that ran on Wesson > > oil > > > > or > > > > > >> anything clean enough > > > > > >> not to clog the injectors. Ford came out > > with > > > > > >> Overhead can 427 engines > > > > > >> and GM was experimenting with an Automotive > > AC > > > > unit > > > > > >> that cooked the Freon > > > > > >> in/on/around/near the Exhaust manifold and > > > > powered > > > > > >> the required heat to > > > > > >> force the Freon gas through the system. > > Problem > > > > was > > > > > >> the Freon got to over > > > > > >> 600 degrees in about fifteen minutes and > > the > > > > > >> pressures became > > > > > >> extraordinary. The extreme pressure > > literally > > > > cut > > > > > >> the orifices out of the > > > > > >> regulators and exploded the condenser and > > > > > >> evaporators. They continued > > > > > >> working on the system until 1965 to be > > > > installed on > > > > > >> the newly released > > > > > >> Toronado. The first Toronado that came > > through > > > > the > > > > > >> dealership I was > > > > > >> working with had appendages cast into the > > > > exhaust > > > > > >> manifolds to mount this > > > > > >> system but the innovative system had been > > > > abandoned > > > > > >> by release time. > > > > > >> So there have been a lot of people working > > on a > > > > zero > > > > > >> horsepower AC unit > > > > > >> for many years. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Stan Wilder > > > > > >> > > > > > >> On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 21:18:40 +0800 David > > > > Wilhite > > > > > >> <dnmwilhite@EARTHLINK.NET> writes: > > > > > >>> I use the hang in window air conditioner > > on my > > > > van > > > > > >> when camping > > > > > >>> during the summer myself, but have always > > been > > > > > >> thinking of other > > > > > >>> solutions. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> I was wondering if anybody has considered > > the > > > > > >> following method. > > > > > >>> Install an AC motor in the engine bay with > > a > > > > belt > > > > > >> going to the > > > > > >>> compressor. Put a double clutch on the > > > > vehicle > > > > > >> air conditioner > > > === message truncated === > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover > http://greetings.yahoo.com/ >

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