12V Air conditioner

[dmb90260]

Some one pointed me to Instructables for all sorts of handy things you can do, complete with instructions. One that might work for a teardrop is the 12v AC Someone else can try it and report on its usefulness. I am just passing it and have nothing to do it with. If it does not work don't come yelling at me.
If it does work I will accept thank you gifts.

[doug hodder]

Dennis...I read the article and instructions...I was wondering why he didn't try using it with a piece of solid block ice in it rather than the cubes...block lasts a lot longer, especially the home made ones, not the ice chips frozen into a block. Fun idea! Doug

[Ira]

Throw any real humidity into the picture and forget it.

[dmb90260]

Dennis...I read the article and instructions...I was wondering why he didn't try using it with a piece of solid block ice in it rather than the cubes...block lasts a lot longer, especially the home made ones, not the ice chips frozen into a block. Fun idea! Doug

Blocks are hard to find in many areas. That was one reason I dumped the ice box in my trailer for a fridge.

[doug hodder]

I always forget about that Ira...out here, it's so dry in the summer that even the lizards pack a Chapstick. With humidity, it'd be like having a cold vaporizer running...nice clammy damp sheets in a tear!!! Doug

[Juneaudave]

it's so dry in the summer that even the lizards pack a Chapstick....Doug

How about...it's so dry here even the jackrabbits bring a lunch?...Juneaudave

[dmb90260]

it's so dry in the summer that even the lizards pack a Chapstick....Doug

How about...it's so dry here even the jackrabbits bring a lunch?...Juneaudave

But you should access to plenty of block ice.

[Ira]

I still can't get over the fact that in the U.K. and other countries, they don't sell ANY ice.

Oh--so THAT'S why you guys drink your beer piss warm.

[rowerwet]

I made one of those instructables type ac units using a heater core from a car, I made mine with the icewater sealed inside the cooler and only the heater core outside. It had two computer fans on it to blow the air through, I found the cool air was overwhelmed by the solar heating from the windows.
I ended up making a backrest cooling coil that I attached to the back of the seat and pump the ice water through it with a 12v bait well pump, it works great and I can cruise with the windows down and be nice and cool. The guy I got that idea from on instructables uses a copper coil and says he has to put an intermitent switch on the pump as he will get too cold, he is a mailman in Texas.

[john warren]

I still can't get over the fact that in the U.K. and other countries, they don't sell ANY ice.

Oh--so THAT'S why you guys drink your beer piss warm.

[teardrop_focus]

What the hell is rowerwet's avatar a picture of?

[GuitarPhotog]

What the hell is rowerwet's avatar a picture of?

Looks like an aircraft being de-iced in a snow storm??

<Chas>

[teardrop_focus]

I see the de-icing boom now... Thank you very much.

[the other side]

Couldn't you make your own blocks of ice with a plastic (gal. or whatever size) milk carton with water and freeze your own?

[chorizon]

Is there really such a thing as a 12V air conditioner?

One that's cost effective and puts out the same BTUs as its 120 VAC counterpart at a similar price (not 10X higher).
Everything I've ever seen is basically a swamp cooler, which is not an air conditioner...