Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 12:07:22 -0400
Reply-To: Bryan Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
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From: Bryan Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
Organization: MDS
Subject: Re: Idea for A/C and camping
Woooohhhh, back up here a second. A DC to AC converter? The motor needed
to power that compressor would drain the battery in minutes. About as long
as a battery last running your starter when the car won't start. You may
get a few more moments out of it if you used a DC motor and skipped the
conversion part. You _could_ use an AC motor plugged into the hookups but
then you might as well stick a window unit in the luggage rack and poke it
through the tent.
Bryan
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris & Aimee Uzzi [SMTP:uzzi@AIMNET.COM]
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 1998 11:52 AM
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Idea for A/C and camping
i love it! send me your procedure specs when you complete yours! ;-)
chris
At 11:30 AM 6/18/98 -0400, KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote:
>OK spending a week in a westie in several different climates got me to
>thinking about some practical climate control. I know about the propex
>heaters so I think that the heating problem is solved but what about the
>cooling (we mostly camp out in summer anyways right?) So here is my idea.
>Use the van's exsisting A/C setup to cool the camper while it is sitting
on
>the campsite. Here is how it would work, mount a 5 hp electric motor to
the
>left of the A/C compressor in the engine compartment and install a small
drive
>belt between the motor and the compressor using the other pulley that is
>already there (you were wondering why it had two pulleys weren't you?)
>Mount an easily adjustable idler pulley between the crank pulley and the
A/C
>unit and put a longer belt here. Now when you stop for the night you
could
>just adjust the idler pulley down until the belt was slack enough to push
out
>of the way, then turn on the electric motor and the compressor would be
>turning. Now all you have to work out is a 110v to 12v convertor to run
the
>van's electrical system (so you can run the clutch on the compressor, the
>condensor fan, the A/C blower motors, etc.) and you are done. I know this
>seems like a bit of trouble but it wouldn't be expensive and once you did
it
>you wouldn't have to fry in the summer at night or haul around a heavy
window
>A/C unit, installing it and taking it down every night.
>This is just an idea. Let me know what you folks think.
>Ken Wilford
>John 3:16
>
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