Has anyone heard of these ice assisted evaporating AC
units? They plug into your cigarette lighter and they
say it only needs to be refilled with ice every 30-40
minutes for maximim cooling.

http://www.swampy.net/icemystr.html
http://www.swampy.net/im30.html

Snake Oil or??

Phil84' Westy Tiico (The Millenium Falcon)
60' Morris Mini1340CC
84' Westfalia Wolfsburg edition--FOR SALE-SE
VENDE!!!!!!(Florida Title/2nd owner)
AC, PS, 4spd. Super clean interior, Captains chairs,
rare removeable center bench seat for 6 passenger
capability. Body has some rusty seams
Rolling Chassis-(Has NO engine)-Perfect for a
conversion project!!! Tiico? Subaru?

--- Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM> wrote:
> Back in the early sixties Chrysler came out with
> their electronic
> ignition, a turbine car that ran on Wesson oil or
> anything clean enough
> not to clog the injectors. Ford came out with
> Overhead can 427 engines
> and GM was experimenting with an Automotive AC unit
> that cooked the Freon
> in/on/around/near the Exhaust manifold and powered
> the required heat to
> force the Freon gas through the system. Problem was
> the Freon got to over
> 600 degrees in about fifteen minutes and the
> pressures became
> extraordinary. The extreme pressure literally cut
> the orifices out of the
> regulators and exploded the condenser and
> evaporators. They continued
> working on the system until 1965 to be installed on
> the newly released
> Toronado. The first Toronado that came through the
> dealership I was
> working with had appendages cast into the exhaust
> manifolds to mount this
> system but the innovative system had been abandoned
> by release time.
> So there have been a lot of people working on a zero
> horsepower AC unit
> for many years.
>
> Stan Wilder
>
> On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 21:18:40 +0800 David Wilhite
> <dnmwilhite@EARTHLINK.NET> writes:
> > I use the hang in window air conditioner on my van
> when camping
> > during the summer myself, but have always been
> thinking of other
> > solutions.
> >
> > I was wondering if anybody has considered the
> following method.
> > Install an AC motor in the engine bay with a belt
> going to the
> > compressor.  Put a double clutch on the vehicle
> air conditioner
> > compressor to handle the belt from the AC motor
> and the engine.  Use
> > a transformer/invertor to change the 120 VAC to 12
> VDC to run the
> > interior air conditioner duct fan and the fan up
> front behind the
> > radiator.  This would be ideal, because there
> would be no
> > modifications to the vanagon body itself and no
> appreciable space
> > would be used.
> >
> > I haven't researched how much horsepower the air
> conditioner
> > compressor uses or if a double clutch unit is
> available.  My
> > thinking is that these would be the two hang ups
> for following
> > through on this idea.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> > --
> >
> >
> > 86' Syncro GL (for sale)
> > 84' Subaruvanagon Westy
> > 01' KLR650
> >
>
>
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