Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 21:40:14 -0800
Reply-To: mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject: Re: Air Conditioner
In-Reply-To: <20020330.220212.-299569.14.wilden1@juno.com>
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Smart Canadians.
> From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@juno.com>
> Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 22:02:11 -0600
> To: mwmiller@cwnet.com
> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Air Conditioner
>
> 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
>>>>> compressor to handle the belt from the AC motor
>>>> and the engine. Use
>>>>> a transformer/invertor to change the 120 VAC to 12
>>>> VDC to run the
>>>>> interior air conditioner duct fan and the fan up
>>>> front behind the
>>>>> radiator. This would be ideal, because there
>>>> would be no
>>>>> modifications to the vanagon body itself and no
>>>> appreciable space
>>>>> would be used.
>>>>>
>>>>> I haven't researched how much horsepower the air
>>>> conditioner
>>>>> compressor uses or if a double clutch unit is
>>>> available. My
>>>>> thinking is that these would be the two hang ups
>>>> for following
>>>>> through on this idea.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 86' Syncro GL (for sale)
>>>>> 84' Subaruvanagon Westy
>>>>> 01' KLR650
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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