Lesse,  the current draw of the air conditioner, the efficiency loss of the
inverter . . . You are going to need 8 guage jumper cables from your
deep-cycle battery to the inverter.  Don't worry about getting the wires
too hot, your battery will only last about 5 minutes anyway!  :-)

Michael

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> From: Joe Reed <joe.reed@MINDSPRING.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: insane a/c project
> Date: Friday, August 03, 2001 7:27 AM
>
> > Joe,
> > What is the model make of the unit? Where did you buy it? It is 12v
> powered?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dave
> >
> > -=-=-=-
> >
>
> It's a Whirlpool, model ACM062XK, and nope, it's not a 12-volt, but
that's
> why we're adding a fairly high-end quality inverter. Don't know THAT
model
> yet 'cause I dunno beans about 'em...one of my fellow escapees from the
> loony bin on this project is an electrical engineer, circuit board
designer,
> etc...he's to blame -- I mean, responsible -- for picking that out and
it's
> still in research mode right now.
>
> I bought the unit at my friendly neighborhood Lowes for $149. It's fairly
> quiet too -- the a/c I mean, not the Lowes -- much quieter than I thought
it
> would be.