Low voltage Air Conditioning [RE-wrenches]

[Bob Ellison]

Look into a RV rooftop air conditioner.
 Or talk to Larry at Sunfrost, he deals with a lot of DC for cooling.

Bob


On 4/21/08, Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar <larry at starlightsolar.com> wrote:
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> Wrenches,
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> I did not get a response to my post from last week. I know most of you do not work with battery based systems but is there anyone here that can offer some experiential advice about low voltage air conditioning?
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> Thanks again,
> Larry Crutcher
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar
>  To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
>  Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 11:30 AM
>  Subject: Low voltage Air Conditioning [RE-wrenches]
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>  Does anyone have experience with DC air conditioning equipment? I have a
>  customer with a semi truck and wants a roof air for the sleeper.  Many
>  truck stops now forbid engine idling for more than 5 minutes so they can
>  not use the cab air.
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>  A small diesel generator is one solution but the trucker is not sure if
>  some truck stops may forbid that as well. Since the truck engine is only
>  off for 10 hours or so, it looks like 18kWhr of battery @ 50% DOD  will
>  operate the A/C load until the engine starts again.
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>  Some customers in Mexico are running mini-splits successfully but I
>  don't want to add the complexity of an inverter if there is a low
>  voltage DC solution.
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