12V Air Conditioners

[Nanner]

Looking for a 12V air conditioner. Found one but it won't work out. Any one know of something? TIA

[Tom&Shelly]

lots of stuff in the older threads about this (you can search). The fundamental problem is that air conditioning takes so much power it isn't practical to run off of a battery.

Tom

[Shadow Catcher]

The only practical 12V is a swamp cooler which increases the humidity, fine for desert but nowhere else. I have played around with the idea of a small engine powered system using automotive components but frankly a generator is about the only easily practical solution.

[Philip]

Low voltage DC, A/C currently a dream. There are a few models on the market. About the lowest I have seen is a 50 amp hour drain. That requires a massive battery pack. A tesla battery pack might work for a while. Then you need some way of charging it back up. Plus the size issue. There is one member that was installing a tesla pack in his camper for power and to supplement his tesla car. I can't remember his name.

[Socal Tom]

I can tell you a 5k btu unit is just enough for my TD on hot days. The batteries to run it 8 hours would cost more than a generator to power it for the whole weekend. The new inverter generators are really quiet.
Tom