Malcolm, the Waeco site is quite interesting. Especially the roof AC units: http://www.waeco.com/en/1062.php?PHPSESSID=40eada3c5d5fea90ced6053335d2b62c Anyone have experience with these?
Neil. -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia. On 7/18/07, Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > --- Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I hope all this helps and has been of value. And thanks again to all that > offered such good > > advice, it really helped in this process. > > Very helpfull as I am doing a similar modification and I'll be glad to read > all that you can post, > here, or on your blog. So please let me/us know when you have photos ready. > > I'm putting a German Reimo interior in my van and I decided to go with a > top loading Waeco AC/DC > compressor 50 litre fridge: > ( > http://www.waeco.com/en/252_484.php?PHPSESSID=3b068ea8db255cc0d2bc64096f06024d > ). Over this > past weekend, this fridge cycled on for about 5 or 6 minutes every 30 > minutes with outside temps > about 70 F (and was makinng ice inside, so it used about 1 amp per hour on > average or 6 amps for > 10 minutes each hour.) > > I also hope to put in a (about a 2 amp/hr) solar panel and Surepower unit & > big amp battery under > the rear seat & a battery moniter unit such as you have described. All of > this with (I hope) Dave > Etter's help! So your post was/is "spot-on". Thanks. Malcolm |
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