Date:         Fri, 19 Jun 1998 20:19:32 -0700
Reply-To:     marcus <marcus46@FREEWWWEB.COM>
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From:         marcus <marcus46@FREEWWWEB.COM>
Subject:      Re: Idea for A/C and camping
Comments: To: Otmar Ebenhoech <Otmar@EVCL.COM>
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Well the only thing craig forgot was (f) in the subject area.

Otmar Ebenhoech wrote:

> >How about taking the working parts of a fridge, rigging it to mount in on
> >of the sliding windows(above the stove, close to the propane) so that the
> >cold part is inside and the warm part is outside?  Rig a fan to blow over
> >the cooling fins, and you've got a good AC unit that runs on propane and
> >doesn't drain your battery (except for the blower, which could run off a
> >solar panel).  I think this would work great.  Maybe I'll even start
> >scouring the junkyards in search of an old fridge.
> >
> >Craig
>
> Sorry, Propane fridges do about 50 Watts of cooling. AC does about 5000 Watts.
>
>  -Otmar-
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