12v rv air conditioning?

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12v rv air conditioning?

September 25, 2015, 08:20:18 am

Saw this on utube.. seems to work, I liken it to a minisplit. Anyone heard of it?

Might solve the ac inverter, alternator question...

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Reply #1 – September 25, 2015, 09:39:56 am

6820 BTU, 55 amps, $600-$1200 based on quantity.

Hot Sale Rooftop Mounted Electrical Dc Powered Rv Air Conditioner 12 Volt...

Maybe

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Reply #2 – September 25, 2015, 10:10:12 am

Oh my, what I would have given to have one of those on top of my 73 VW Campmobile for the 17 years we drove it around! But a great idea for those that don't want to run the generator and roof airs as they drive. Sure no shortage of roof space above my saloon.

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Reply #3 – September 25, 2015, 10:41:13 am

Excellent posts! The smaller one could be run off solar panels. 660 watts would not be a problem in summer with the sun up high and I wouldn't have to tilt them. On the other hand, it's too small to really cool the main salon.

The larger units would be perfect. Just have to run fat wires for 12V up top. Our Detroit and probably others would easily take a second alternator but would have to be a big one.

Perhaps the AC compressor could be removed from the engine, an large alternator installed and a small 12V AC unit installed on the other side of the GV's front bulkhead and the cool air plumbed into the cab.

Food for thought.

Pierce

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Reply #4 – September 25, 2015, 01:10:11 pm

Add a curtain that pulls across behind the seats to close off the driver compartment when going down the road. Would help keep the cold air up front. I think one Forum member already uses this method...

We had a curtain in our Chevy Van in '72...used it to go on our honeymoon up Route 1 in California.

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Reply #5 – September 25, 2015, 01:58:41 pm

I like the curtain idea but I would not want to give up the visibility looking back on the right for oncoming ramp traffic and to the left when we are coming down an on ramp.

Maybe a clear something? I would bet something like a sun screen would let you see through and stop enough air movement to be helpful.

Driving across ND and MT this summer it was 105-110 by noon. We had never done it before but started up the gen and turned on the AC, front and rear for a couple hours before we stopped for the day. It made a huge difference.

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Reply #6 – September 25, 2015, 02:54:15 pm

I wont comment on these units because I have not had one just like these BUT I just removed a Bergstrom 12 volt system from one of my trucks that wasn't worth having on board... Bergstrom tells that the system isn't designed to cool down an area rather it supposed to maintain an area that's already cool.. didn't do that either... Maybe these units are a better mouse trap but one will have to be demonstrated to me.. As of this minute I have no use for a 12 volt system or any other that doesn't perform in our heat..

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Reply #7 – September 25, 2015, 02:57:33 pm

Quote from: Dub – September 25, 2015, 02:54:15 pm

I wont comment on these units because I have not had one just like these BUT I just removed a Bergstrom 12 volt system from one of my trucks that wasn't worth having on board... Bergstrom tells that the system isn't designed to cool down an area rather it supposed to maintain an area that's already cool.. didn't do that either... Maybe these units are a better mouse trap but one will have to be demonstrated to me.. As of this minute I have no use for a 12 volt system or any other that doesn't perform in our heat..

I have one also for sale cheap!

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Reply #8 – September 25, 2015, 03:07:29 pm

I did salvage 4 bodacious deep cycle gel batteries that ran the unit.. 1 will go in the coach.. 2 in my fishing boat and 1 I hope to maintain with trickle charge for use down the road... That's all the good I got out of that new unit.

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Reply #9 – September 25, 2015, 03:09:11 pm

I was thinking of giving mine away Stump but I may wait on someone that wants to trade something for it... After I tell them my experience with it I don't expect much of a prize in trade.

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Reply #10 – September 25, 2015, 03:31:00 pm

Would like to know the words you used to get that pretty girl to ride up Hy 1 with you Chuck.

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Reply #11 – September 25, 2015, 03:54:33 pm

Quote from: Dub – September 25, 2015, 03:31:00 pm

Would like to know the words you used to get that pretty girl to ride up Hy 1 with you Chuck.

I told her "Why yes, I do fly jets", and she was hooked.

(I didn't mention it was a BUFF)

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Reply #12 – September 25, 2015, 04:06:54 pm

for jets.

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Reply #13 – September 25, 2015, 04:41:37 pm

I won't ask what BUFF stands for...

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Reply #14 – September 25, 2015, 04:53:46 pm

Big ugly fat "fellow"!!

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Reply #15 – September 25, 2015, 08:37:24 pm

Chuck, is that a b52?

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Reply #16 – September 25, 2015, 10:02:20 pm

Peter: That would be best...don't want to offend the delicate sensibilities out there.

Tim: Yes...that is the PG version.

John: That's just part of a B-52...4 BIG-A** tires. Below is a BUFF in all its glory (jungle paint + conventional weapons dates the photos).

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Reply #17 – September 25, 2015, 10:38:08 pm

At the Strategic Air and Space Museum near Ashland NE. B52 cockpit. Pretty nice museum. They have a lot to restore since most of this stuff has been stored outside.

Another real surprise was the Army 8th Airforce museum in Savannah, GA. Don't miss it.

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Reply #18 – September 25, 2015, 11:08:35 pm

Those were crappy missions during vietnam. Way too many bombers were lost. Way before my time, too.

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Reply #19 – September 26, 2015, 12:53:56 am

I've never thought they were ugly.

Craig

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Reply #20 – September 26, 2015, 06:48:00 am

BACK TO THE SUBJECT

Pierce, the utube video had a split system just where the battery compartment was. It looked like they put it in a closet, using the airbox above the heater

Bold used so I can see better

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