Low voltage Air Conditioning [RE-wrenches]

[Peter Duchon]

Larry,
You might also look into www.turbokool.com and Ben and Barbara Bachman's evaporative cooling based
(they're from NV) "spin-spray" offerings, powered by solar PV/12VDC nominal systems.

PD

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Ellison [mailto:reellison at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 7:54 PM
To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
Subject: Re: Low voltage Air Conditioning [RE-wrenches]

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:
>
>
> Wrenches,
>
> 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?
>
> 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]
>
>
>  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.
>
>  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.
>
>  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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